The Runaway Groom

Chapter 436

The patient on the bed was burned from her right cheek down to her neck.

Although it had been bandaged and medicated, the gruesome carnage underneath could not be concealed.

Unlike incisions or lacerations, burn scars remain because the dead skin cells would linger.

While grafting and plastic surgery were advanced enough to restore Irene’s face completely, the problem was that she was pregnant right now.

She must get an abortion for the antibiotics necessary for surgeries, and even if she did not, it would lead to defects in fetal development or a miscarriage.

Stephen tried to reason with her, saying, “You can have another baby…”

Irene was staring blankly up at the white, fluorescent lights that were dizzying, and closed her eyes. “No. There’s a reason I survived that explosion… Maybe it’s someone up there intent on having me keep my baby.”

In the instant she was falling into the river, she somehow slipped out of the explosive vest, which only detonated after she dropped underneath the river.

Though the resulting flames and shockwave still struck her while she was underwater, she survived her injuries.

did not

was life and death for the ladies, she had no use for

is devastated about your

sorry for his

passion and liveliness–what Isaac said before left her feeling a fool for all the love and

I might have second thoughts. Book me a flight to Mead Clinic in three days, and thanks for saving me a

somewhere to

me so much with Mick, I’ll do whatever I can to

what was weighing down on his mind. “I’m worried that the body we used wouldn’t keep Isaac fooled. There’s a chance

and he knows how powerful the blast was, and that the bomb was tied to me. He should actually be surprised that there was

used an intact body as well, “Stephen pointed out. “His subordinates might get

for getting the perfect replacement,”

them was a woman with around the same weight and height. She was burned extensively to the point there’s no chance of recognition, so Isaac

Isaac’s boys holding your baby. Suffice to say, I think he had been rescued along with your

to Irene. Although he was too far away to capture

felt as if a meat hook was driven through her heart at the thought of

sorry… I’m so