The Runaway Groom
Chapter 426

Chapter 426

lan snorted and laughed icily. “You can't even if you want to. Don'tforget that I have the upper hand here.

“No, we are on equal terms right now,” Irene growled in return. “If youhurt Tommy, my mom is going to make you suffer. You can't lay a fingeron them even if you have them, and while you have leverage againstme, I'm only complying because I would rather they not get hurt at all.”Her retort only drew more laughter from lan. “No, you're mistaken.Isaac killed my mother, left my father a cripple, and took Light Groupaway from me. I have nothing, and therefore fear nothing-all I want rightnow is for Isaac to have a taste of losing everything too.”

Irene panicked right then-there was just no arguing against a man whohad lost everything.

Since there was nothing holding him back, lan was truly capable ofanything.

And that makes him utterly terrifying.

After she hung up, Irene turned toward James and asked, “Did you getanything?”

James shook his head. “He probably expected us to track him andprepared accordingly. There's no fix on

his position, and he knew enough to pick a time when Mr. Jeffersonisn’t around.”

“Get in the mansion for now,” Irene told them. “Think of something asfast as you can.”

“What about you?” James asked.

“He told me to get in an MPV with the registration plate 90026. I'll turnon the GPS on my phone once I get in, so that you can track me..."“No.” James refused squarely. “That's too dangerous, and I won't beable to explain myself to Mr. Jefferson if anything happens to you!”Irene held his gaze as she told him, “lan Jefferson has Tommy, andhe’s not afraid to get killed or reprisals at all. What if he hurts my momand Tommy if I refuse him? Do you think I can bear losing them. both?And do you really think Isaac won't blame you if we lose Tommy?!"James was stumped, whereas Irene understood the risk-she would bein danger if she played along to lan’s whims, but it would buy themprecious time.

“Look, I'll do my best to delay him while you look for my mother andTommy and save them,” she said determinedly. “We don't have achoice because he has two of my loved ones. I'd never risk my mom orTommy's safety, so just do what I say.”

James certainly had no alternatives, so she went along.

Irene put her phone on silent mode while turning on the tracker just asthe MPV in question drove into Spencer Mansion’s front porch.

James and the rest of Irene’s protection detail had already hidden inthe mansion, so that no one would know that she had help and wouldpresume that she was isolated.

irene took a deep breath, strode over to the MPV, and got into it.Inside the mansion, James divided his team between tracking Ireneand searching for where lan was holding Tommy and Sheryl.

Outside, the MPV had driven off, with Irene leaning against the window,her palms clenched and sweating.

“Where are you taking me?" she asked the driver, but he kept his eyesup front.

“lan Jefferson sent you, right?” Irene kept trying, but her response wassilence.

“Did he even tell you where you're supposed to take me? Does he nottrust you or something?”

The driver finally reacted and glanced at her through the rearviewmirror. “Don’t bother. I'm not falling for anything you say.”

Irene giggled. “You're so smart.”

The chauffeur rolled his eyes-was she trying to flatter him like he was akid? Did he look like a kid to her?

Soon, the car stopped beside the road, but it was not exactly isolated.Still, she got off since the driver told her to do so and drove off. Shestood there for a while and two men soon approached her!