The Runaway Groom

Chapter 437

While Stephen was too nervous to speak, the hospital chief gave him a look that said he knew everything, and rebuked him from the very start, “What do you take this hospital home for, your backyard? A place where you can do anything you like?!”

He had been lenient toward Stephen after the drama with Mick Gooding before, but warned him that nothing like that could be allowed to happen again.

This time, Stephen was caught abusing his authority again to help Irene.

Even if it was the right thing to do, he was committing a serious crime by helping her fake her death, even using someone else’s body in replacement!

“I’m sorry…”

“I don’t need apologies. I’m not playing along this time. I’ll send someone to inform-”

“Sir.” Irene got to her feet despite much difficulty.

Stephen moved up to help her stand. “You’re still hurt…”

Even so, Irene kept her eyes fixed on the hospital chief. “I asked him to help me. Blame me if you want, but I hope I have your forgiveness this one time.”

The chief frowned even as he stared at Irene’s face. It would not be a far cry to compare her to Helen of Troy before, but now…

“Your face…”

go this one time? Seeing that I’ve never made mistakes since I started working here, and have always given

face, and eventually heaved a lengthy sigh. “Fine, pretend I was never here and that I don’t know a thing. But this

his tone and words were stern, he actually did not press the tissue and turned

sigh after he was gone. “Thank

for bringing you into this,” Irene said

trouble for you before, haven’t I? You really saved

to smile, but it stung as she tried to move

for now, and don’t say a word. I’ll

nodded, still feeling guilty toward Stephen as if

did not help Mick because of Stephen–instead, it

of that mattered now, since it

down again and

the country since he had been working abroad for years. Naturally, he had

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a place soon enough since his time spent working domestically

was a castle formerly owned by a late millionaire built halfway up a mountain, and his son had

bought it

at it. “A 30 million

rolled his eyes. “Which is more important, money,