The Runaway Groom

Chapter 48

When Isaac woke up, his nostrils were stung by the pungent scent of medicine. As he slowly sat up, his secretary came by to help. “Mr. Jefferson.” Isaac waved her off.

“I’m fine,” he said, taking a moment to compose herself before asking, “How’s Stan?”

“He’s unconscious, but the doctor already operated on him, so his life isn’t in danger,” the secretary replied. “The doctor has also advised you to rest since you had a minor concussion. Why don’t you rest a little?”

Isaac remembered the blood on Whitney’s legs just then. Pursing his lips in silence for a while, he eventually ended up asking, “How’s Whitney Cox?”

“The doctor said that she had a miscarriage. She’s fine otherwise apart from minor lacerations. She woke up when I arrived-she’s in the next ward.”

Then, hesitating for a moment, the secretary asked, “Should I call for her?”

Isaac raised a hand to stop her.

He was feeling mixed emotions just then-despite his disgust toward Whitney, and his reluctance to let her be the mother of her child, he had never thought about giving up on his child.

and he naturally felt a

to get even, or he would

involved?” he asked. “They are,” his secretary replied.

be driving, “Start a search, and reach the culprit before the cops do,” he growled. “No killing, but make sure it’s a

the absolute truth, for he would never allow

replied. Isaac

her, Isaac kept sitting on the bed for a while, feeling mysteriously relieved that he did not have to maintain

closed his eyes

earlier than she did, while giving her permission to end the day early. She was going to

from work,” the chauffeur replied as he opened the door for her. “I will

lips, unsure what Isaac was up to. Why mess around with other women when Whitney was pregnant with his child? Still, she got in and thanked the

home, Mrs. Jefferson?” Irene hung her head when he said ‘home.’ Was that mansion really her home? Shaking her head,

“Of course, Mrs. Jefferson.”

Jefferson Manor after twenty minutes, but Henry Jefferson was not home, and

She was sure that if the old man knew that Isaac was a