The Runaway Groom
Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Isaac loosened his collar indignantly and snorted coldly out of his chest.He vividly remembered that the woman with him that night was soinexperienced.

On the other hand, Whitney had a boyfriend, and after seeing howintimate they had been, it was obvious they had done it before.

“The cameras were sabotaged that night so we lack definitive evidence,making it likely for a mistake. I'll check again... But it would have beenideal if you'd given her a token or something...” Stan said, heading offto the hospital while not forgetting to complain.

“Wait...”

Isaac suddenly called out to him. “Never mind.”

Now that he had calmed down and thought about it, would a womanwho spread her legs under those circumstances be a woman of virtue?Desiring her to be saint when she offered her virtue on a whim?

He was asking for too much.

Still, none of it meant a thing to him now!

Whoever that woman was, he no longer felt butterflies in his stomachfor her.

Stan naturally did not understand his sudden change in mood, andasked in curiosity, “Did Ms. Cox upset you?"

Isaac looked up then. His pupils seemed glazed over by pure, icydarkness. Cowed immediately , Stan said, “I'll get back to work ifthere's nothing else?”

With that, he swiftly retreated from Isaac's office as if the devil was onhis heels.

Once he closed the door behind him, barring the office from all thenoise outside, the room turned silent right then.

Isaac sat in his chair, holding a hand over his forehead and rubbing itfirmly, finally calming down then.

He stopped Stan from making queries at Charity Hospital because hedid not care about that night anymore.

He now had no interest in that woman at all — it had all just been anaccident!

She was not worth his heart or sentiment!

Someone suddenly knocked on his office door, and he growled, “Comein.”

His secretary entered. “Ms. Cox lelt after receiving the

money,” she reported. “Also, Mr. Wickers from Dorime Pharmaceuticalscalled—he's asking when you'll arrive at Blue Bridge."

It was only then that Isaac remembered his prior appointment.

Dorime Pharmaceuticals was developing a medicine to fight cancer, butthey lacked the capital, and Mr. Wickers made an appointment withIsaac to discuss the prospect of an investment.

Isaac had agreed to it because he could see the potential in the project,the whole world was giving all they could in cancer research, becausethey knew the market value of a successful anti-cancer drug.

Money matters not when life is at stake, which is why

financial conglomerates can always be found pulling the strings ofevery major pharmaceutical research organization.

After all, they would want to build a monopoly over the supply oncesuccess is at hand.

Isaac naturally wanted a piece of the pie as well, because he could seethe immense returns and was reluctant for any foreign financial giantsto monopolize the market.

He was no saint of justice — he was a businessman , and for him,profits came before humanity.

The reason he had asked Irene to be there as well was

because she was a doctor and would know about the field, while helacked any knowledge in pharmaceuticals.

However, the plan was cut short because of Whitney... and now that hethought about it, he had really lost his cool there.

“Tell him that something came up. Set another appointment for him.”Yes, Mr. Jefferson,” the secretary replied and left his office.

Meanwhile, Irene was still not returning to her mansion. Since she wasalso jobless, she visited her mother, who was recovering well but stillneeded more time to get better.

She had just received money from Lionel, but she would only bethrowing it down the drain if she did not get a job —after all, how longwould it sustain her and her mother?