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.

only thing she must do now is to sever all contact with Henry, and

doctor with

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

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 that cost 150,000 per month.Still, the cost was nothing to Henry, since the Jefferson estate

coming?" Henry

dare to answer him directly in fear that it would shock him,

doing? Don't you know how to do your job, or you can't see that Master Jefferson's

only for Moneypenny to snap, "Save it.Get out

for Henry himself,

"Answer my question already."

Moneypenny sighed.

seems that she's taking after Master Isaac now, after being with him for

he was telling Henry that Irene's stance

"Fine.I'll see her myself."

body can't take

Moneypenny reasoned.