The Runaway Groom

Chapter 554

Zachary demanded, “And how did you find out?"

He was no idiot-only Lulu's close friends knew that she had gone missing, but none of them knew if she was just hiding or dead.

Although Ember told him that his mother had a hand in Lulu's death, he never asked her because he was afraid of what she would do.

But his own mother had just said that Lulu was dead too.

What was that if not an indirect confession?

"Are you questioning me?" Mrs. Slate screamed right then. "Is this how you speak to your mother?!"

At the same time, Peter Lindt made his move.

He and his wife were naturally on their daughter's side, and they certainly were aware of Lulu's death since they had planned it, but Mrs. Slate was the one who pulled the trigger.

not to mention that they would

for the rest of her life. That's why I entrusted her to you, only for you to keep obsessing over a

a moment, he added, "I also thought you're a good son, but did you hear how you were speaking to your own mother? You know what your family is like, and even if you know

life had been harsh on her, even going so far as to resign from his preferred career and leave the

as he looked at her,

on all pretext right then, and admitted to her crime just so that Zachary would give up completely. "Yes, I killed that jinx because you were wavering. You have only yourself to blame, obsessing over her even after you're married. Since you're not going to accept

him. "So? Are you going

if he had any determination, he would

she believed that she knew his son, she just did not know that Zachary was only compromising because she was his mother. Moreover, her own marriage had been rocky, even in name only-his father was cold to her

he gave up on his own desires, but his compromise

"You disappoint me.'

he turned

he

see her or stay in that house for

Isaac and

asked when he saw him, "What happened