The Runaway Groom
Chapter 155

Chapter 155

Irene suddenly felt cold all over, and Isaac gathered her into his arms,whispering into her ear as he comforted her.

“I'll be fine. I'm here with you.”

A crystalline teardrop trickled off the corner of her eye and disappearedinto her hair.

“I hate him... But it hurts so much.” Her voice was shaky and hoarse.

“l know,” Isaac said.

Blood runs thicker than water.

Lionel was her father—there was no way she felt nothing!

“I want to see him.” She scrambled to her feet.

Isaac helped her get dressed. “Calm down.”

“How could 1?! She suddenly shouted from agitation, but soon realizedthat she should not have taken it out on Isaac, even if she was feelingmiserable.

“I'm sorry,” she said quietly.

“It's not your fault,” he told her as he wiped away her tears.

She stared blankly at him, and suddenly threw herself into his arms andbawled, her shoulders. shaking as she did!

Isaac returned her embrace and patted her on the back.

It took a while for her to calm down, dress up, and leave the house.She did not manage to see Lionel when she reached the hospital. Hisbody had already been wheeled into the morgue and covered in whitecloth.

Irene paused in hesitation for a moment, and started walking toward it.Samantha was crying hysterically nearby, and she pushed Irene away.“You jinx! Your father died because of you-"

“Mom!” Ricky Spencer promptly cut her short. “How could you blameher?! You were the one who kept arguing with Dad until he choked anddied!

He was there when Lionel died, and he naturally knew that Lionel'sdeath had nothing to do with Irene.

Samantha shot him a vicious glare just then—why did her boy alwaysside with everyone else, as if he did not know his own family?

Irene stared icily at Samantha then.

While Lionel was terminally ill, he could have lived a little longer—it wasmost definitely Samnatha’s fault that he died so abruptly.

Feeling guilty, Samantha averted her eyes, but kept crying and howlingas if she was heartbroken.

“Oh, what are we going to do without you?” she cried, not forgetting tothrow shade at Irene as well. “Look at that daughter of yours! She's noteven shedding a tear! You raised her for nothing!”

“Mom,” Ricky said, pulling Samantha along. “Let Irene have some timewith Dad.”

Samantha turned to glare at her son, but Ricky pretended not to see itand kept dragging her away, allowing Irene some time alone withLionel.

Irene appeared calm, but her knuckles were balled at her sides,exposing how she felt!

Isaac held her hand in silence, offering her warmth. She slowly calmeddown thanks to his comfort, and she strode up to pull down the whitecloth to see Lionel’s face.

Although his eyes were closed, it was clear from his expression that hedid not die peacefully!

Irene stopped crying, and turned toward Ricky. “You were there whenhe died, right? Did he say anything?”

Ricky was just about to speak when Samantha beat him to it. “Whatelse would he say? He's leaving everything to Ricky!”

It was obvious Ricky wanted to protest, but Samantha shot him a glareand snapped, “What, you think I'm lying?! I'm your mother!”

She put considerable weight behind the word “mother, as if to warnRicky that she was his only family.

Ricky's lips twitched, but he stayed silent.

However, Irene did not actually hope for anything from him anyway—shewas just testing Samantha.

She would show no mercy, given Samantha's attitude.

Although she did not want anything from the Spencer estate before,she now decided that she would take it all!