The Runaway Groom
Chapter 389

Chapter 389

Mick started to panic right then—why was Isaac showing up here, andwith Layla at that?

Seizing the moment as Mick let his guard down, Irene rushed to Isaac'sside and told him quietly, “That woman is Yvaine Lynd.”

She knew that she just had to say her name, and Isaac wouldunderstand.

Isaac lowered his gaze at her, surprised that she would say somethinglike that.

She knew that he was investigating Layla?

However, now was not the time for the questions—he was here becauseJames Cross had tracked Layla to this hospital. After running into heron the walkway, they followed her here.

On the other hand, Mick was paranoid that Isaac had come to takeLayla away, and kept her behind his back while glaring at Isaac warily.“What do you want?”

Irene was just about to speak when Isaac raised a hand to stop her,while gesturing for James to pass the DNA test results from before toMick.

“What's this?" Mick was clearly reluctant to take it, let alone look.James shoved it at him again, “You'll understand when you read it.Even if you stayed abroad, the Gooding family of Sunny City is stillmore or less a dynasty—it's not that hard to track you down.”

“What...”

They found him already? How did they do it so quickly?!

What on earth was going on here?!

Mick then turned toward Irene. “You told him?!"

“You were keeping me here,” Irene countered. “And I wouldn't evenhave the time.”

She knew that in truth, Isaac had already been investigating Layla.James appeared to hold contempt for Mick's behavior. Pointing at theDNA test results, he said, “You'd better read that.”

Mick had a foreboding feeling just then, and read it, stumblingbackward when he saw that it was a DNA test.

Layla quickly rushed to his side, holding him up. “What's wrong, Mick?"Mick's face was pale even as he stiffened and kept reading, and hesaw that the test confirmed Layla and Isaac were mother and child.His fingers loosened, and the papers drifted down the floor.

When Layla reached for it, Mick quickly picked them up and toreeverything into pieces. “Lies. All lies.”

“Mick?” Layla watched him uneasily, convinced that he was beingoverly dramatic. What happened?”

Mick squeezed her hand. “It’s fine—it's nothing. Let's go home.”

As he put a hand around Layla's back, however, she could feel hisbody shaking.

Even so, she softly assured him, “It's alright. I'll stay by your sidewhatever happens.”

Those words left Irene turning toward Isaac—even though he remainedmostly impassive, she could see his cheek stiffening for a split second.At the same time, Layla and Mick reached the doorway. “Excuse me,but you're in the way.”

Isaac stood there motionlessly, however, and merely kept his eyes onher calmly.

James felt indignant for Isaac, and walked up, saying, “Ma'am, you'reactually-"

“James,” Isaac suddenly said, cutting him short. “Let them go.”

Irene understood his reasoning—keeping Layla was pointless if she didnot even remember him.

But he must be torn inside.

His mother was right there, but she did not recognize him.

There was no way he was unaffected—he was just hiding everythinginside.

Unbeknownst to any of them, Layla turned around to look at Isaac afterheading into the distance.

An unusual look in her eyes appeared for a moment, but she soonturned away, and it was as if nothing ever happened.

Meanwhile, Irene walked over to Isaac and held his hand while turningto Stephen.” May I take the day off, Dr. Carr?”

Given the mess just now, Stephen certainly knows that Irene would notbe in the mood to work.

"Yeah," he said with a side.

Irene tugged at Isaac's hand. “Let's go.”

With that, they left the hospital, with James driving.

It was eerily silent in the car—Isaac never spoke, so no one did.Nonetheless, Irene eventually broke the silence.

“Your mother doesn’t remember you due to something surgicallyimplanted in her brain. I don't know what it is, but I have a hunch that ithampers her memories.”

Isaac turned toward Irene right then!