The Runaway Groom

Chapter 687

Zachary glowered. “Are you saying that we're already dead?"

Mrs. Slate scowled, her fingers clenching on the handles of her wheelchair. ‘I was hurt, but I came back on a wheelchair because I had to. I'm worried she'd hurt you-"

"If she does kill me, I deserve it. Consider that I'm paying your debt.”

With that, he reached for the door handle, but suddenly paused and turned around to his mother again. "Don't mention anything, and pretend you know nothing about the fire."

After all, he knew very well that Lulu would just leave him if she could not have her revenge, and he wanted to keep her at his side even if she was doing it out of spite.

"If she leaves me again because of you, I'll never forgive you!"

"Fine, I'll even treat her like my daughter," Mrs. Slate quickly replied. But you have to be wary of her-I don't want you to get hurt.”

Zachary sneered. "You don’t want me to get hurt while you hurt others?"

Mrs. Slate had no comeback for that. "Look, I know I've made mistakes, but I’ve done it. What do you want from me? To send me to jail?"

did not like Zachary mentioning it endlessly-did

I'm just telling you to be careful because I don't want you to get hurt, or is that

Your father had always been cold to me, so it's not like this would help matters-he wouldn't even want to look at me a second longer now! But have I complained

to anger because of his foul mood, and now that he had calmed down, he said, "I know. I will watch

still huffing, however. "You can eat with her now.

“The doctor must have told you to keep your diet bland, didn't

out, looking out at the dining

eating alone without a care like an emotionless machine-cold and

sat by her side and put more food on her plate.’ Have

see him put the food in her place, and

said nothing, and they returned to their

arms folded before his chest, Zachary was musing to

but things were different now -he was paranoid about her

it, the more he realized that he

reason enough for her to

himself the instant