The Runaway Groom

Chapter 716

Irene found the voice familiar, as if she had just heard it last night.She turned around and found Moneypenny standing behind her.She could not help taking one step backward while asking warily, "What do you want?"

"We need to talk,"

Moneypenny said, and quickly explained, "Master Jefferson doesn't know that I'm here.In fact, he's too sick to order me around.Coming to see you was my own decision."We have nothing to talk about."

Irene refused him right away, and started toward the building again.

Still, Moneypenny jogged up and stood in front of her.

"Master Jefferson has made errors in judgements, but having you marry Master Isaac was definitely the best thing he had ever done."

Irene knows that Moneypenny was appealing to her emotion, just as she never forgot everything Henry did—be it good or bad.

She had decided to see past it since it was in the past, but she would still hold Henry's treatment of Isaac against him.

He was clearly treating Isaac unfairly, when he was the one who hurt Isaac first.

the only thing she must do now is to sever all contact with Henry, and let them live their own

you.I know that you are a doctor with honors and

I can't help you—he has brain cancer, while my speciality is cardiovascular

that, Irene turned away and strode off, leaving Moneypenny standing there helplessly.He turned in dejection and returned to the hospital, where Henry was laying in his sickbed.His life was only sustained by medication, including a monthly injection

coming?" Henry

it would shock him, and instead

you doing? Don't you know how to do your job, or you can't see that Master Jefferson's lips are parched?! Get him some

only

poured a glass of water for Henry himself, but

"Answer my question already."

Moneypenny sighed.

Isaac

words, he was telling Henry that Irene's stance was

"Fine.I'll see her myself."

can't take

Moneypenny reasoned.