The Runaway Groom

Chapter 105

“I have something to ask her, or I’ll die.” Zachary cut Isaac short.

Isaac stared at him for a while, and stayed silent.

Considering that to be his silent approval, Zachary stood at the doorway without getting near Irene, staring at her as he asked, “Tell me-did Lulu leave me because she fell for someone else?”

Irene thought to herself that she had never asked Lulu that, and Lulu never mentioned it.

“I don’t know,” she admitted.

Zachary, however, believed that she was lying-how could she not know, when she had. constantly been in touch with Lulu?

“I’m sure I’ve never wronged you in any way. Why did you hide this from me?”

Irene replied, “I didn’t.”

Zachary doubted that, and simply sat down, leaning against the doorway.

Irene had never seen him so despondent-the sun seemed to shine whenever he went, and it hurt her to see him like this.

Zachary was a good man who had always been good to her, just as he had been kind and caring. to Lulu when they were in a relationship. He rejected all the girls flocking to him, which gave Lulu some sense of security.

In reality, she was curious as to why Lulu would suddenly just leave-she knew that Lulu could. not say it, but it would never be because of another man.

“H-How could she do this to me?!” Zachary cried then as he buried his head in his arms.

Irene wanted to offer him words of assurance, but was not sure what to say to ease his pain maybe such words did not exist at all.

Moreover, no one ever leads the same existence, and they would not truly understand how another person feels if they did not go through the same thing.

“Just let it out. It just might make you feel better.”

Zachary shrugged and chuckled quietly and self-deprecatingly

What was there to let out? He was somehow getting even more lucid despite the ton of alcohol he had.

There was no easing this unbearable pain. Anything he did only seemed to make it hurt more.

And he could not take it!

“How could she get married and even have a child?! How could she hurt me like this?!”

Irene was perplexed. “She had a child?”

As far as she knew, Lulu did not… but Irene soon remembered that her mother was with her, and it was likely that Lulu had used Tommy to deceive Zachary.

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She went that far to make Zachary give up?

While Irene never asked why Lulu had left before, she was suddenly interested now.

What unspeakable horror could it be that Lulu was compelled to hurt a man so in love with her? “Don’t bother pretending. She told me everything,” Zachary growled, convinced that Irene was still trying to help Lulu hide the truth.

Irene did not offer any explanations, so he sat there, not intent on leaving.

Meanwhile, Isaac called Stan, who arrived in no time at all.

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Stan glanced at Zachary on the floor. “Okay.”

As he helped Zachary to his feet, Stan remembered something else and said, “Harvey Gooding’s potential partner-the one we poached-is really keen on a partnership with us, and they’ve sent a proposal. Would you like to read it?”

“Tomorrow,” Isaac replied.

“Okay.”

With that, Stan began to take Zachary away, who was still mumbling to himself.

“I’m not leaving…”

“I need to talk to Irene…”

“How could she be so cruel? How could she and Lulu lie to me…?”

“How could they do this to me?!”

His voice echoed in the walkway as they headed to the distance, with Irene listening quietly and feeling sympathy for Zachary.

He was genuinely in love with Lulu, or he would not be hurting so much.

She certainly envied Lulu for having the earnest affection of a man.

As she breathed a deep sigh, Isaac started toward her-she was relaxed for a moment, and was on edge again.

Staring warily at him, she stammered, “S-Stay away from me.”