The Runaway Groom
Chapter 457

Chapter 457

[Name: Jane Tanner]

[Age: 30]

(Birthplace: Zidonia]

Irene had changed her name for work reasons, though she had everyreason to hide her real name too.

However, as there was not much other information, Isaac was leftfrowning. "Is this all you have?"

“I'm afraid that's all I've got on her," Mark admitted. "But I assure you, ifyou agree to this investment. I'll personally travel to meet Dr. Tanner. Ifshe has even the slightest conscience, I'm sure she'd agree to return toour country to continue her research.”

“Not interested." Isaac refused him right away. "Debbie, get him out ofhere. *

It was obvious that he did not want to waste his breath or time on aproject he had no hopes for.

Refusing to give up, Mark blurted right then, "Mr. Jefferson, what wouldMs. Spencer do if she were still here?"

Isaac's face fell immediately and he leveled a dark look at Mark. Hiseyes seemed placid, but he was really just a fraction away fromthrowing a fit.

Naturally, Mark regretted his own words right after he spoke-Irene wasa sensitive topic around Isaac, and the mere mention of her wouldinvoke his wrath.

“Pretend I never said nothing," he said, and hurried out of the office,wiping the sweat off his brow.

He wanted to mention Irene because she was a doctor, so that Isaacwould agree to his proposal for her sake.

Instead, it was as if he had poked the hornet's nest.

Be that as it may, Mark had no idea that Isaac had lost his inner peacebecause of what he said.

He could not sleep that night, and medication did not work.

He eventually ended up taking up to six pills, and he must havedeveloped an immunity to it-he did not even start to feel drowsy.

He simply grabbed a handful without knowing how many pills it was,and washed it down with water.

He did not care even though it was going to hurt his health.

As he lay down again, he remembered what Mark said.

If Irene were still here, would she really hope he invested in thatproject? She did have a messiah complex-that was why she chose tobe a doctor. There was no question that she would want him to invest inthat project. Picking up his phone, he called James. "Talk to MarkWickers-tell him to put together a viable proposal and submit ittomorrow.”

"Yes, sir." James said from the other end, and Isaac hung up.

The drugs were not helping him sleep at all, so he turned to lookoutside the window.

The moonlight was gently sprinkling through the curtains and gentlygrazing his face.

His chiseled face appeared even more defined and alluring under theglow, but the pain of his longing was clear in his eyes.

After Mark got the call, he immediately did his research on thedevelopment of fully artificial arts and put together a decent proposal.He then traveled to Minerva, so that he had everything he needed topersuade Isaac with a single stroke.

Since he was a pharmacist, he had a couple of associates who couldhelp him arrange a meeting with Jane Tanner.

At Mead Clinic, Irene was doing her research in a lab.

Although their goal was to develop a fully artificial heart, it was notliterally fully artificial, with the heart being actually irreplaceable, and itsstructure and function of respective parts complex and atypical.

As such, the objective was instead to develop parts that could take theplace of defective parts of a patient's heart, so that they could treat anyheart condition.

At the moment, they were searching for a substitute for capillaries thatsuffered blockages, just over two micrometers wide. Since it wasotherwise invisible to a human eye unless viewed through microscopes,it was difficult to keep the flow within a channel so narrow, making anyefforts to replace it difficult.

However, they were not exactly clueless since they were using treeleaves as inspiration-the spider web-like structure of veins in leaveswere just like capillaries under the microscope.

"How about dinner tonight?" Jeff Cartman said just then.

He was born in Zidonia, but was raised and educated in Minerva, andhad been working at Mead Clinic for six years. He had garnered muchaccolades in that time as well, but he and Irene still considered fellowcountrymen, and were quite close although Irene was basically on goodterms with everyone else.

"Sure." Irene nodded.

“Then, I'll book a place," Jeff said with a grin.

Later, when Irene arrived at the designated spot, Jeff was alreadythere.

However, Irene stopped at the doorway when she saw Mark sitting nextto Jeff.