The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 977

Zachary refused to answer, leaving Irene unable to stay composed at all.

He knew Isaac much earlier than she did, and she scarcely knew a thing about his past.

What was Zachary trying to say?

[Explain yourself, Zachary Slate! What were you trying to say?!]

Zachary simply lay in bed, lifting a brow when his phone jingled with a notification, but he did not check it.

He knew that Irene was flustered-and certainly had the capacity for it.

As it turned out, no one could stay unaffected when something like that happened to them.

He certainly did not believe in empathy—one had to experience the same anguish as the person to really know how it felt, and those who had never gone through it would never understand it.

Meanwhile, his phone kept jingling, and he finally picked it up for a look.

[Zachary Slate!]

[Zachary Slate!!!]

was being spammed with

slowly got to his feet and answered the

stunned, since she did not expect him to

initial surprise, she was glaring fixedly

“Want to come

asked bluntly, “What were

“Nothing,” Zachary replied flatly.

glass of water. “Here. You need to cool off-you’re

entered his room, not at all cagey as she planted herself on the couch beside

door and said, ‘You were saying that liking a person is self-indulgent, whereas love is self-restraint.

Irene nodded. “Yes.”

ask you this—which of those two is how Isaac feels about you?”

wrinkling as

knew all too well how things were between her and Isaac when they

Irene would be aware whether Isaac had been self-indulgent or restrained around

a wedge between her and

merely being self-indulgent when it

to what she said, Isaac only liked

and walked