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?"

it endlessly-did she not

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

"I was punished for my mistake, and there will be extensive scars left on me even after I recover. 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 about or spited Lulu

mood, and now that he had calmed down, he said,

Slate was still huffing, however. "You can eat with her now. No

have told you to keep your diet bland, didn't he? Just ask the servants

the door and strode out, looking out at the

a care

and put more food on her plate.’

if she did not see him

they returned to

window with his arms folded

things were different now

realized that he must give her a

for a woman, a child was perhaps reason enough for her to abandon her hatred

himself the instant