The Runaway Groom
Chapter 509

Chapter 509

It sounded like something shattering, so Irene opened the door againand called out, "Ricky?"

No one answered.

She started to head inside, but Isaac caught her.

'Stop," he said, walking ahead of her. "I'll look inside. Wait for me here."Things appeared rather dark and creepy inside, and he was worriedabout potential danger.

Irene nodded and he headed inside, where he found Ricky behind acouch.

The whole house stank of alcohol and there were many empty bottlesof alcohol on the floor.

Ricky had drank so much that he smelled as if he was just scooped outof a vat of alcohol.

While Isaac frowned, Irene walked toward him. "Is Ricky there?"'Yeah," he replied.

The curtains were drawn, and there were just a few rays of sunshinespilling in.

There was no telling how long Ricky had stayed within the darkness,and he was holding his hand over his eyes, seemingly uncomfortablewith the light.

"Ricky?" Irene called out as she walked over to him.

Ricky narrowed his eyes, though he did not appear surprised to seeher." Hey, Irene. You came?"

He thought it was Irene’s ghost visiting home and he chuckled. "Youbrought Isaac too?"

It was understandable for Irene's ghost to return... but Isaac? He wasstill alive, the last Ricky checked...

While Ricky scratched his head in confusion, Irene had to pinch herown nose because she could not take the pungent scent of alcoholwafting from him. "Go take a bath and sober up. I have questions.”'Oh, you can ask me anything. What flowers do you prefer? I'll buythem for your grave..."

Both Irene and Isaac were speechless, realizing just then that Rickythought that Irene was a ghost.

"Sober up already.”

Ricky was really out cold, and seeing him like that left Ireneheartbroken and angry.

She left, headed to the washroom to get a small bucket of water, andsplashed it from overhead.

The chilly sensation jolted Ricky, and he sprang up to his feet.

'Gah! Brr...!" He clutched himself and shuddered. "Are you crazy?!""Did that clear your head?" Irene asked. "Now go take a bath. I'll waitfor you outside."

The house was a stinking mess because of him, and she could notstand it.

Finally staring closely at Irene just then, Ricky said, "Y-You're alive?""Yes," Irene replied, used to it by now. “I have questions about Lulu, soclean yourself up and get sober. I need you to tell me where she is andwhat's going on here..."

While she spoke, Ricky had reached out to pinched her arm, and a littletoo firmly-Irene gasped in pain in response.

“It hurts? You're... human? You're really alive? Then whose body wasit?" Ricky was left in a daze, unable to make sense of the manyquestions he had just then.

"Go take a bath," Irene repeated, firmly this time.

"Okay," Ricky replied, puzzled and trying his best to make sense of it ashe left.

Irene waited for him outside the bathroom, with Isaac at his side, takingoff his jacket and draping it over his shoulders. "He's drunk-you're notgoing to get anything out of him. We could go home first and let himsober up."

Ricky's condition was certainly less than ideal.

"Yeah. We also need to hire a housekeeper to clean this up," Irene saidin agreement-she would not be able to get inside otherwise.

“tll get James to arrange for that,” he said.

Irene knew that he was a busy man, but he was willing to help her with something asunimportant as this anyway.

“Thank you," she said eamestly.

Isaac tapped her on the nose. "You don't have to thank me.”

However, Irene lowered her gaze-although they were about to have two children now, shekept having this feeling that they were not really married.

it was probably because they had not been together all that long.

"Let's head home,” she said, agreeing with Isaac since Ricky was probably not sober enough0 tell a coherent story.

However, they were just about to get into Isaac's car when Ricky stopped outside themansion!