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

he slowly got to his

since she did not expect him to

she was glaring fixedly at

“Want

“What were you

“Nothing,” Zachary replied flatly.

glass of water. “Here. You need to

not at all cagey as she planted herself on the couch beside the window.

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

Irene nodded. “Yes.”

is how Isaac feels about you?” Zachary asked,

brow wrinkling as she asked,

all too well how things were between her and Isaac when

Irene would be aware whether Isaac had

a wedge between her and Isaac, but they were discussing the

merely being self-indulgent when it came to

what she said, Isaac only liked her and was

to her feet and walked up to Zachary,