The Runaway Groom
Chapter 446

Chapter 446

When the door opened and Irene saw the person standing outside, sheexclaimed in surprise, "You?!"

"Stephen contacted me and gave me your address," Mick Gooding toldher. "He wants someone to take care of you, since you've just arrivedand probably not used to this place.”

Irene did not let him in immediately-naturally, she had her concerns."Don't worry," Mick assured her. "Stephen told me everything-yoursecret is safe with me."

It was only then that Irene let him in.

While Mick survived a car crash, he was injured considerably. It wasonly thanks to the advancement of medical technology that he made afull recovery.

Even so, Yvaine's death still hit him badly-he looked much older now,and the tip of his hair was turning white, as if he aged a decade in aninstant.

After Mick entered, he gave Irene a business card. "Here's my numberand address. Contact me if you need help.”

Irene took it out of politeness. "Thank you."

“You don't have to. I mean, didn't you come here because you helpedme, and got into an argument with Isaac?" Mick asked.

Irene shook her head. "No, it's our own problem-it has nothing to dowith you."

"Then may I ask the reason?"

Irene stayed silent, clearly reluctant to tell him.

Knowing that he had stepped out of line, Mick said, "Alright, justpretend I never I never asked.”

Irene smiled faintly then, but she clearly appeared enfeebled-she wastired and wanted to rest.

Mick saw that, and got to his feet. "I'll check on you again next time."Irene walked him out.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and Irene had now been abroad forsix months, getting used to the climate and the work hours.

Things went smoothly at work too-she had been singled out and evenharassed, but her enthusiasm and diligence for medicine slowly earnedeveryone's approval.

While she worked, she started to further study Minervese. She hadbeen fluent before, but she still needed to learn more especially if shewanted to apply it with medical jargon as well.

In truth, she knew more than a handful of foreign languages. She wasforced to study it even if she did not want to and had no time for it, butLionel Spencer had told her to do it or he would stop her from takingher exams for a medical license.

Lionel had always wanted her to marry into the Jefferson family. Fromhis perspective, a woman who could win a man's heart had to belearned in the arts, though knowledge and socializing skills would alsoplay a vital role in the case of a more successful man, since anywoman would be an embodiment of her husband's prestige.

Lionel certainly had vision, rating his own daughter highly from the startand insisting that she win Isaac over.

He would have been pleased if he was not dead, since his planworked-he just did not live to see Isaac fall for the daughter hegroomed with such painstaking effort.

It was very late and Irene was still in front of her desk, which was pilingwith stacks of books and notes.

Her hair was loose, hiding her gruesome burn scars so that she onlyshowed the flawless side of her face.

There was a tender look in her eyes beneath the faint glow of the tablelight, and she put down her pen to put a hand on her bulging belly,while she stared at her calendar.

It would soon be Tommy's birthday, and her clock jingled just then,indicating that it was now 12 AM.

She constantly missed her baby and thought of him often, and thearrival of his birthday made him miss her further.

She then picked up her phone, her fingers clenching over it for amoment as she hesitated, but made the call!