The Runaway Groom
Chapter 151

Chapter 151

Irene stepped outside her room the instant she hung up, where shefound Isaac leaving his

room as well.

Their eyes met, and Isaac spoke first. “Are you going out?”

Irene nodded. “A good friend of mine is in trouble. She asked me tohelp.”

Seeing that he was heading out as well, she asked, “You too?”“Yeah.”

Isaac strode off, asking, “Where are you going?”

Irene told him the address after receiving it from Lulu.

Isaac turned around to look at her then. “We're going to the sameplace.”

“Eh?” Irene gasped in surprise, though she soon remembered thatZachary and Isaac were close. “Did Zachary call you?"

“Yeah,” Isaac replied. “Let's go together.”

Irene nodded, and they left in Isaac's car.

Although Irene was riding shotgun, they were both silent. They wantedto talk, but did not know what to say.

Eventually, Irene said, “The friend I mentioned is Lulu Adams—she usedto be Zachary's girlfriend.”

Isaac did not actually know much about Zachary's personal life. Fromwhat Irene said, however, it became clear that the man had beendepressed recently because of relationship issues.

“So, are they having a fight?” he asked.

Irene did not know how to put it into words. “Lulu wants to break up withZachary, but he is refusing to let her go.”

Isaac remained aloof and did not ask any further questions—he neverdid poke his nose into others" affairs.

Soon, they arrived, and Irene alighted before Isaac did.

Zachary answered the door, and he did not appear surprised to seethem show up together. In fact, he had been right next to Lulu whenshe called Irene.

Standing aside, he said, “Come in.”

Irene hurried over to Lulu, who was leaning against the couch and hadher face buried in her palms. Dropping to a crouch in front of her, Irenepatted her on the back. “Lulu.”

Lulu looked up, and her eyes were red and swollen. Her voice was alsovery hoarse—she had clearly been crying for a while. “Get me out ofhere.”

Irene helped her up to her feet. “Okay.”

It seemed that Lulu was exhausted from crying, and Irene had to helpher walk.

“Head back to the mansion,” Isaac said as he gave Irene his car key.“Thank you,” she said as she took it.

Isaac gave her a look but said nothing.

Once they returned, Irene helped Lulu to the couch and poured her aglass of warm water for her throat.

As Lulu had a couple sips, Mrs. Watson came and asked, “Is she yourfriend, Mrs. Jefferson?”

“Yeah.”

“Will she be sleeping here tonight? Mr. Jefferson..."

"He knows,” Irene said.

She understood why Mrs. Watson seemed uneasy-this was Isaac'shome and he never usually allowed strangers, so Mrs. Watson wasworried that they would fight again.

Naturally, Mrs. Watson was relieved to hear that Isaac knew, and saidwarmly, “Very well. I shall prepare a guest room for your friend so thatshe can get some proper rest.”

“Sorry for the trouble, Mrs. Watson,” Irene replied.

“Oh, it's no trouble,” Mrs. Watson said, and left.

Meanwhile, Lulu was starting to calm down.

“Are you alright?” Irene asked.

“No,” she replied.

“What happened?”

Lulu did not hold back anything, since Irene was aware of what wasgoing on between her and Zachary.

“Did you know that Zachary had a blind date at that teahouse?”

Irene nodded as she watched Lulu. “I did. Did it go south because ofyou?"