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.

certainly did not matter to

no use for it. Was there anyone whom she wanted to look pretty

sighed. “Isaac Jefferson is devastated

probably just sorry for his son who doesn’t have a

said before left

to stay or I might have second thoughts.

somewhere to be,

you helped me so much with Mick, I’ll do whatever I

what was weighing down on his mind. “I’m worried that the

how powerful the blast was, and that the bomb was tied to me. He should actually be surprised that there was a body at all, since I should

in–it’s only natural that we used an intact body as well, “Stephen pointed out.

for getting the perfect replacement,” Irene

a woman with around the same weight and height. She was burned extensively

other favor, I have footage here of one of Isaac’s boys holding your baby. Suffice to say,

and showed it to Irene. Although he was too

driven through her heart at

sorry… I’m