The Runaway Groom

Chapter 459

Harvey lifted the employee ID dangling over Irene's chest and read it.

"Jane Tanner? I didn't think that it'd be you," he said in surprise. "I was actually wondering where I should start searching."

He was impressed that he recognized her despite the face mask, too.

As a matter of fact, Harvey had found out that Isaac might invest in the fully artificial heart project and was going to poach a certain doctor from Mead Clinic.

Since Isaac was known not to fail, he wanted to poach the doctor before Isaac could, and then put his own money in the project.

However, he had no experience in the medical field, let alone any contacts he could speak with.

As such, he came here looking like an idiot, and was kept out of the staffs quarters.

Frustrated, he paced around outside when he saw Irene came out, and grabbed her like he was grasping at straws.

"Come with me,” he told her as he pulled her along.

Irene was at a loss for words, and simply grabbed the nearest scaffolding.

Harvey had to turn around right then, and when he saw just her eyes and forehead, he blurted out what he was thinking right then.

"lrene...?”

He did not mean to say it out loud, but it left Irene terrified.

she tried to hide, and Harvey

she have to

off her face mask, and was left staring at the

burn scars, were they

killed by an explosion, with

"You..."

almost did not want to admit it even

Those burn scars...!

"...You survived?"

speaking in

struggled as hard as she could, but that only made Harvey hold on tighter to her, preventing

Minervese?" Harvey pointed out as he leveled a piercing

afraid, and you wouldn't be if you had nothing

honestly don't know what you're talking about. Let me go.” Irene kept on speaking fluent Minervese, too flustered to understand her

harder she tried to hide, the more

at her. "You survived... No, you faked

Irene finally looked up to meet

red and he wrapped his

alive..." His voice was choking with

expect herself to be so easily recognized, and

refusal and

to feel uncomfortable

and finally remembered that she

at the bulge, he asked, "Sorry, I didn't mean