The Runaway Groom
Chapter 427

Chapter 427

Neither of the two men spoke, and they started to search her.

Irene moved out of their reach. “What do you think you're doing?”

Both men leered at her pretty face, unfriendly ideas occurring to themright then. “Searching for trackers.”

Irene shook her head right then. “I don't have anything of the sort.”“That's not up to you to decide, we'll only believe you after we searchyou and replace nothing,” they said, though they seemed eager to cop afeel while they did.

Irene kept backing away. “I said I don't have anything of the sort-"“You should listen if you want your mother and baby to be safe fromharm,” another voice said just then.

Irene turned to replace lan looking at her in amusement from within a silversedan, having wound down his window.

She was left clenching her fist at his threat, but had to stay calm inappearance.

“I promise you that I didn't bring any trackers, and aren't I your relative?Having men grope my body will be an insult to you and your family. Andare you sure they won't run around telling everyone that they molestedlan Jefferson's cousin-in-law?”

lan’s expression changed slightly but said, “You're Isaac's wife. He'sgoing to be humiliated, not me.”

“We're all Jeffersons. Don't you think you'd get caught in it?" Irenecountered.

“Get over here.” lan suddenly beckoned.

Irene hesitated for a moment, but did so eventually—she had no choiceanyway.

As she stood by his car, lan studied her from head to toe, and saidcasually, “Not bad. I guess that's why Isaac cares so much about you.”Opening the door, he said, “Get in.”

Irene refused. “Where do you think you are taking me?”

“Did you think this is over already?” lan laughed. “I spent so much timecoming up with an elaborate plan for this very day, and you expect meto let you off already?”

“Fine, I'll come with you, but my mother and child-"

“Get in. Anything else can wait—patience is a virtue.” lan grinned.Irene’s face fell. His malice was almost tangible, but she got into his caranyway-she had to, for the sake of her child and mother.

After she got in, however, lan extended a hand and said, “You don'thave a tracker, but your phone has a tracking function, right? Give it tome.”

Irene started to protest. “I don't-"

“Do you want me to search you? I wouldn't mind, though you can’tcomplain when I touch you where you don't like...”

“Here.” Irene simply threw her phone at him, knowing that he was eithergoing to resort to force or some humiliating way to make her give it up.Having no choice, she would rather do it herself than be humiliated.lan held up her phone, but did not break it or throw it away. He was notsurprised when he turned on the screen and saw that the trackingfunction was turned on either, as if he had expected that from the start.He simply handed it to one of the two men outside and said, “Take thisand keep heading south.”

“Yes, sir,” the man said and left with Irene’s phone.

Turning back to Irene, lan asked, “I wonder if the person tracking youwould realize that?’

Irene could only pray that James did, even as lan kept laughing, “Iknew it-everything goes smoothly for me once Isaac is gone. All mypatience for this moment was worth it.”

He had certainly waited for Isaac to leave before making his move, andit paid off in spades.

No matter how competent Isaac's lap dogs were, they only amountedto that much without him around. “Drive,” he told his chauffeur.

“You already have me,” Irene said then. “I won't run away. Can yourelease my mother and child already?” “When did I ever say I wasgoing to do that?” lan asked in return.

Irene bellowed, “You're a liar!”

“So what if I am? What can you do about it? Hmm?” lan asked smugly.Irene leveled her eyes squarely on lan’s right temple even as her handballed into a fist.

She then moved so quickly lan did not even have time to react!“What-"

lan felt something pressing against his skin!