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…”

it go this one time? Seeing that I’ve

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

he actually did not press the tissue and

a long sigh after he was

into this,” Irene

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

to smile, but it stung as she tried to move her

a

toward Stephen as if she was exploiting

of Stephen–instead, it was because of Yvaine’s letter

now, since it was all in

slowly lay down again and closed her

was not at all knowledgeable about anything in the country since he had been working abroad for years.

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a place soon enough since his time spent working domestically was not for

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

it since

eyebrow as he stared at it. “A 30 million dollar castle to keep one body?

eyes. “Which is more important, money, or getting Mr. Jefferson over Irene Spencer’s