The Runaway Groom

Chapter 626

Zachary grinned. "Actually, now that I looked closer, there is a resemblance.

Actually, there was none at all, but the conversation would get awkward if he did not say that.

The woman beamed. "Of course she'd look like me."

Zachary then asked tentatively, "I also think she’s my age... 27 this year?"

The woman paused and started closely at Zachary right then. "Why are you asking so many questions about my

daughter?"

"I thought she's my age, so..."

"Do you like her?"

Zachary wanted to tell her that he wanted to be friends with Rainie, but was cut short.

He hence admitted to it while looking like he was embarrassed from being caught.

Barbara realized with a start then. ’’Oh, so it's no accident that you're staying here? Are you trying to woo my

daughter?"

Zachary did not deny it.

Barbara studied Zachary from head to toe just then and she was satisfied with his dignified appearance.

Her daughter was not exactly young anyway, and she would marry eventually.

As such, he had no reason to stop a suitor, not to mention that this was not the ancient times where parents

dictated their children's matrimony.

Freedom of love was the trend these days, and it was fine as long as the people involved were fine with it.

Zachary smiled, silently agreeing to Barbara's question, and she said, "My daughter has a bad temper."

"My temper is fine-that might make up for it," Zachary quickly told her.

"Well, she's an adult now, and I can't decide for her," Barbara smiled. "It's upto her if she likes you."

Zachary nodded in understanding and smiled, even declaring openly, "She would. I'm a nice guy."

"She's not as simple as you think." The woman laughed in amusement and cleaned up the table. "There's plenty of

scenic locations around here, so you can take a stroll and take it in."

"Thank you," Zachary said, and headed outside.

He found Rainie sitting at the rock bench outside and walked over to her. "Hey," he said, backing down just then.

"Why don't we get reacquainted?" Rainie turned to look at him with coolness and disdain. "Are you crazy?" Zachary

frowned. "Why would you say that?"

"I've seen you for who you really are. Do you think I'd think highly of you just because we got reacquainted?" Rainie

snorted coolly.

Zachary was speechless-had she made up her mind that he was a villain now?

At least give him a chance!

"There were times when things aren't what you believe it to be," Zachary said. "Yesterday, I thought you were the

woman I loved."

As he spoke, he studied Rainie's expression, but she was completely unaffected.

If she was Lulu, she would be more or less affected, would she not?

But Rainie was not affected at all!

"Do all men use that pickup line these days? Isn’t it getting rather quaint?" Rainie rose to her feet and left. "Keep

bothering me, and I'll chase you out."

Zachary did not move, and simply watched as she left-she actually looked just like Lulu even from behind.

Barbara said that Rainie was her daughter, and Rainie did not seem to recognize her at all, as if he really had the

wrong person.

However, he doubted that any two persons could look so much alike without being blood related.

Still, Zachary could tell that it would be very difficult to get along with Rainie, and she was ignoring all his goodwill.

It seemed that he must do something else to find out if she was Lulu, though that would be easy since he was

staying here.

Spotting Rainie combing her hair outside her room, he walked over after she was gone to see if any hair fell off.

Everyone does, and he easily found some.

Holding it in hand, he thought about it before calling one of his men.

When the man arrived, Zachary gave him the hair and sent him to Sunny City.

To ascertain if Rainie was Lulu, they could do a paternity test using samples from Lulu's father.

"I'll get it done.”

"Good. Go."

As Zachary waved him off and the man left, a woman's voice asked from behind, "That looked suspicious. What

were you doing?"

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Zachary turned around and saw that it was Rainie, but he did not try to hide.

In fact, he was smiling. "Nothing."

Rainie glanced at the car driving off into the distance, and she then narrowed her eyes at him. "You definitely

meant to do harm when you came. That's why we decided that we'll give you a refund right now. We won't do

business with you anymore. Please leave."

Zachary kept smiling. "What are you talking about?"

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"Are you an idiot? Do you have trouble with comprehension?" Rainie was seriously angry just then. "Leave, or I'll call

the cops."

Zachary realized that he was unable to stay now-given her temper, she really would call the cops.

Not willing to let matters escalate, Zachary simply said, "Fine, I'll leave."

Rainie rolled her eyes at him just then. "Hmph. I knew you were up to no good. I mention the cops, and you give in

immediately-l wonder what else you're up to. Now leave!"

Zachary studied her curiously just then. "Do you hate me that much because of what I did on the cruise ship? Do

you have to go that far?"

"Then, is murder necessary?" Rainie asked.

Zacahry's face fell and turned pale.

His own mother and the Lindts tried to kill Lulu, and it would never have happened if not for him!

And now, he was looking at Rainie with guilt and remorse, as if she was Lulu!

"I’m sorry," he said, and turned to leave, but his gait was a mess.

Rainie looked on, and said, "You know what you did."

Zachary only walked quicker when he heard her, as if to flee!

Irene had just put Tommy to sleep.

She was about to head upstairs when she heard the doorbell, and she went over to open the door.

It was James. "I'm looking for Mr. Jefferson."

Irene let him in. "Wait in the living room. I'll get him."

She headed upstairs to the bedroom and found Isaac stepping out of the bathroom in gray silk pajamas. Its smooth

and soft texture made his tall, muscular frame attractive, while his wet hair that dangled over his head reflected his

dark, clear eyes.

He was still holding a towel, drying his hair as he walked up to him, asking," Is Tommy asleep?"

"Yeah," Irene replied. "James is here. He's waiting downstairs."

Isaac passed her his towel just then. "I'm going."

Irene went into the bathroom with the towel, while Isaac headed to the living room.

James got up from the couch when he saw Isaac. "Sir."

Isaac sat down, lounging as he gestured for him to sit as well.

Tell me," Isaac said simply and directly.

As James sat down, he said, "I've looked into Harvey Gooding, but the baby really is his. Heather King used to work

at a bar, and had several trysts with

Harvey. She never said a word when she got pregnant because she wanted to force Harvey to marry her, and

Harvey did it for the child."

However, that only made Isaac even more certain that Harvey had deliberately showed up in front of them,

revealing his son as if to divert their attention.

"James, Harvey and I go way back. Don't you think we should invite his son to be a guest here in our house?"

James was speechless for a moment, but he soon understood. "Are we kidnapping the boy?"

Isaac looked at him sideways. "What do you mean, kidnap? It's an invite."

James lowered his eyes. "Oh, of course. Right away, sir."

Isaac nodded, and remained in his seat for a while after James left.

Then, he headed upstairs, where Irene was tidying Tommy's clothes-he had asked someone to buy it, but they

bought so much that Irene had not finished sorting them.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Isaac walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"I have to sort these out,” she said.

He rested his chin on her shoulder. "Leave that to Mrs. Watson."

"I'm a mother, but I owe Tommy a lot for not being there for him. I need to do this myself," Irene said and

continued to work.

Isaac's table rang on top of the bedside drawer just then.

He released Irene and walked over to pick it up.

The voice on the other end said, "I found Dr. Sherwood, and she confessed everything."

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Issac's fingers clenched over her phone. "Did you find out who did it?" "Yes. I'll send a photo right now."

Isaac received the photo soon enough and tapped on it.

Although the man in the photo had disguised himself with a cap, Isaac could see that it was none other than Harvey.

That was when the private investigator spoke again, "Dr. Sherwood kept it in case of emergencies. I've looked into

it, and the man had been in Minerva at the time. He's Zidonian, and recently had a son..."

The details merely proved Isaac's hunch to be right, and he said calmly, "I know."

After all, he understood now.

He did not move after hanging up, until Irene was done sorting Tommy's clothes and went over to him. "Who was

that? Why are you spacing out?"

Isaac put down his phone and turned around, his brow relaxing for once.

Irene saw that, and asked, "Is there good news? That sincere smile is rare."

"Want to guess?" Isaac asked.

Irene quickly connected the dots.

"News about our baby?" She was at once thrilled and nervous, "l-ls our baby alright?"

"Yes," Isaac said confidently-Harvey would not go through such lengths to put on a show if their baby was dead, and

the doctor never mentioned that the baby was hurt either.

Irene became so excited she did not know what to say.

"R-Really?" Her eyes welled with tears as she rasped. "Where is our baby now? Where?'

"Knowing that our baby is alive will do for now," Isaac told her calmly. "We know who has him, and we'll find our

baby soon enough."

Irene caught on to heis point right away. "Who? Who has our baby?”

"Harvey."

"Harvey?" Irene exclaimed in disbelief. "But that baby is his, not ours!"

"Yes, but he deliberately showed his baby to test our reaction. He thinks that we won't suspect her once we did a

paternity test and proved that his baby is not ours, and could always stay a step ahead of us."

"How could he do this..."

The warmth in Irene's turned cool-she knew that Harvey was upset with her, but how could he do this?

Stealing her child? He needed to die!

"Let's find him right now," she snarled through gritted teeth.

"Do you think he'd admit anything if we don't have leverage? He could just refuse to admit it even if we have

proof," Isaac pointed out.

Irene was stumped-it was true, Harvey definitely would not admit it.

"Well, what should we do?" Irene asked, flustered.

Isaac pulled her into his arms, and said quietly and assuringly, "I've sent James."

"To where? Sunny City?" she asked.

Isaac nodded. "He may have taken our child, but he has a child too."

Irene understood right then.

Abducting babies was not ideal, but Harvey did it first.

That was why they were doing nothing wrong!

She nodded in understanding and leaned into Isaac's arms. "You're doing the right thing."

Then, looking up, she said, "We should go there too!"

She was flustered, and Isaac could see that she would lose sleep if he did not take her to Sunny City.

"Fine, it's your call."

"I'll get changed right now," Irene said happily, since she was still in her pajamas.

She was just about to change into casuals when she lost her balance because she was in too much of a hurry. She

sprained her foot and almost fell over, but Isaac reacted quickly and caught her, scolding her quietly,' Look at you,

unable to even walk straight. I agreed to take you, or did you think I was tricking you?"

"Nope," Irene replied-she was just being impatient.

Isaac lowered his gaze then, his eyes twinkling. "Really?"

Irene felt the flames in his eyes, and followed his gaze downward!

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Irene then saw that her collar was opened, revealing her breasts’

Her cheeks burning right then, she pouted and shot him a glare. "You really are brazen."

Isaac said with a quiet, eager voice. "Well, you are my wife.”

As he spoke, he leaned in and kissed her on her breast.

Irene flinched, and gently shoved him. "Stop."

Isaac looked up just then, the fire in his eyes not quite fading. Instead, he was tightening his arms around her and

their breaths tangled while he leaned in.

Looking into Irene's eyes that sparkled like stars in a night, he murmured, "I missed you."

Irene flushed, her cheeks turning red hot.

Before she could speak, his lips took hers and his hands reached underneath her clothes as he kissed her, gently

caressing her smooth skin.

His voice was hoarse, and brushing warmly against her ear. "I love you, Irene."

There had been so many issues plaguing them lately, and they could not get frisky while Irene was still in her

postpartum phase.

He was a healthy man, and there were times he would lose control with the woman he loved.

Fiery passion burst out like a volcano, and there was no stopping it!

Irene felt buoyed by his passion, and only realized that it was too late when all their clothes were on the floor.

She felt herself being pressed into the soft sheets of their bed, while his hot, muscular body was on top of her.

There was no telling how long had passed, but Irene was eventually left feeling sore and exhausted.

Being stuffed under her blanket, she did not want to move at all, so she panted, "Get me the bottle of pills in the

drawer."

Isaac brought a warm towel to wipe her down and he frowned at her words.

"What?” he exclaimed, and soon became nervous. "Why? Are you sick? Why didn't you tell me?"

He quickly checked her, but she shook her head. "No."

Isaac sat on the bed, reaching underneath the blanket to wipe her and asked quietly, "Then what's the pill for?"

Irene closed her eyes. "It's contraceptives."

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It will be difficult for her to deliver children from now on-she could get pregnant, but keeping the baby will be

difficult.

Having two children more or less ruined her health, not to mention that she did not have proper postpartum care

on both occasions.

Isaac became silent right then and put away the towel to hug her, his face brushing against hers.

He knew that it had been hard on her, that she had suffered because he did not take good care of her, as well as

allowed so much to happen.

"We'll just stick with two."

"Don't you prefer daughters? What if our baby is a boy?" Irene asked.

"Even then," Isaac said, and gently kissed her forehead. "Two sons are fine." Irene joked, "You can get a healthy

mommy to give you a daughter."

"And you're not going to get upset?" Isaac said, staring at her face.

"Nope." Irene smiled and shook her head.

Isaac got a little irked by her 'generosity' just then.

Pursing his lips, he asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes," Irene replied.

Isaac leaned in to bite her lips at that and she frowned in pain, pushing him off and exclaiming, "Urgh, let me go."

Isaac did not. "Are you going to keep giving me that crap now?"

Irene's lips were already red and swollen from all the kisses earlier, and his bite really hurt.

"Fine, I won't." She gave in, and Isaac pulled away in satisfaction.

He then fed her the pill and said, "Now, sleep."

Irene said, "Just one hour."

"What?" Isaac frowned.

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Irene said languidly, "I thought we agreed to go to Sunny City.1

Isaac lowered his gaze, staring at her for seconds. "Just sleep. It's not too late to go tomorrow."

"No, I'll go today. A little sleep will be enough," she insisted, and closed her eyes.

Isaac did not try to talk her out of it and he simply helped pull up her blanket. "Okay. I'll wake you in an hour."

"Yeah," Irene replied, and fell asleep.

An hour later, Irene woke up without needing Isaac to wake her up.

She could not sleep anyway when her missing baby was weighing down on her heart.

She got up and changed into fresh clothes.

Isaac did not sleep either, and had been making arrangements for a car to Sunny City, as well as arrangements at

home, or he would feel too worried to leave.

He and Irene then said goodbye to everyone before heading out to Sunny City in the night.

Since they went in a MPV, Irene could lounge comfortably in her seat.

Once they arrived, James had already 'invited' Harvey’s son over, and Harvey was already out looking for him.

Isaac gave James a look of approval-he certainly moved quickly and they just had to wait for Harvey to come to

them now.

"I'll deal with that. Go catch some sleep again," Isaac told Irene.

She could not, however-not with a baby with them.

Even if he was not hers, she could not leave him untended-everyone else there was a man who was incapable of

caring for infants, not to mention that the baby was innocent of Harvey's misdeeds.

She sent James to get some necessities and formula milk.

After having two children, she was able to take care of children proficiently.

The baby never cried, and would fall asleep after having his fill of milk, and wake up to feed again later.

While Irene took care of the baby meticulously, Isaac proved not that kind- he was even shooting the baby dirty

looks.

Seeing his reaction, James walked up and said, "Mr. Jefferson, I left a trail after I took the child. He would definitely

be here soon."

In fact, he had barely finished when they heard a knock on the door.

Irene carried the baby into the room while James answered the door.

Harvey was yelling the instant the door opened. "What is this, Isaac Jefferson?! Why did you steal my child?!"

Isaac merely remained on the couch, staring coolly at him without a word.

Harvey pushed James out of his way and kept huffing," Where's my child?"

Isaac ignored him again, so he pressed, "What did I ever do to you?"

Isaac finally spoke then. "Don't you know what you did?"

Harvey actually thought that he hid his trail very well, even spending a fortune to bribe a foreign doctor.

He was also positive that the doctor had gone to another country after performing surgery on Irene, but Isaac had

somehow traced it back to him anyway!

"I don't know what you're talking about, but it's the truth that you stole my child," Harvey said, even showing him

the security footage. "You can clearly see James's face here, or are you refusing to acknowledge he did it? Don't tell

me that he did it on his own accord!"

"Yes, I told him to do it." Isaac looked up, meeting Harvey's gaze. "And you should know why I did that, don't you?"

Harvey kept feigning ignorance. "No, I don't."

"Why don't you try to remember? If you can't, you won't be seeing your son for the rest of your life.”