The Runaway Groom

Chapter 785

The building was at once grand and stylish.

It was only natural since they were in Franconia, a city where the old met the new and where innumerable historical events occurred.

Such a place of romance naturally would leave people forgetting to leave.

Still, they were not visiting some famous tourist spot, but attending a banquet held by the Gallads, an influential dynasty.

Everyone attending was rich or important, and Isaac already told Irene about the situation.

Isaac wanted company because Stan had received information that this was not the usual social occasion attended by high society.

Rumor had it that the Gallads were out looking for the right suitor since the family business was in the midst of a crisis, and they were planning to arrange a marriage that would get them out of a bind.

Those who were aware naturally did not want to be picked —they had every right to refuse, but that would be a slight to the family.

All Irene had to do was play the role of a wife, which she was by wrapping her arms around his intimately.

any random person making it inside,

was already crowded when Irene and Isaac

was a round table in the middle with its center removed in place of a fountain, where

down, the vapor that swirled out of it made the statue appear as if it

a luxurious crystal spiraling chandelier was

with exquisite confectionery, fruits, and snacks, along

two and three, all of them gossiping or discussing their outfits for the day, praising boutiques or

dressed elaborately and exquisitely fit for the occasion, and it was obvious that they were not your usual housewives since they represented both themselves and their

only foreigners there, and especially eye- catching among the crowd, and naturally drawing much attention! Most knew Isaac since he had some reputation here, and a couple Franconian men made

nodded slightly and said, "I've worked

Irene nodded.

might this wonderful be?" one

Isaac

appeared surprised that he was married, and Isaac explained that they got married in

to send a message

two Franconians

her head with a sidelock dangling beside her head, projecting a liveliness amid her feminine

of which was encrusted