The Runaway Groom

Chapter 123

Moneypenny walked up to Henry. “Sir, don’t you think Master Isaac looks a little upset?”

Henry sighed. “What, can’t you tell?”

Isaac’s stance was only too obvious!

Moneypenny then offered a theory.

“Perhaps he is refusing because he fell in love?”

Henry naturally picked up on it too. “This is all on me. I never did check on Irene Spencer thoroughly before I arranged for her to marry Isaac. And now, it’s going to be difficult to get him to divorce her.”

“You know his temper,” Moneypenny pointed out. “Things will only get difficult if he really doesn’t want a divorce.”

“Not exactly,” Henry countered. “Did you forget that he has an Achilles’ heel?”

Moneypenny was puzzled. “Are you referring to that?”

“Yes. He had always been obsessed with it-the silver crucifix of the girl who had saved him when he was ten, when he fell in the pool. He tried looking for her, and I helped too, but we never could because there were too many people visiting our house on that day.”

“But if we can’t find her after so many years, there’s surely no reason we’re able to do so now?

Moneypenny asked.

”

look. “That’s not the point. The point is

Moneypenny appeared confused.

Henry chuckled. “We just have to find a girl we can count on, and have her tell him that she’s the one he was looking

“But would Master Isaac buy

was miffed that his butler was so slow just then. “He was just ten-how many details. can he remember? We just have to

enough to catch on. Just think about

true. “What

orbit, and have her inadvertently reveal that she had been here in the past and saved a boy. That way, Master Isaac will

Moneypenny a look of approval-it was a good idea, but the question now was: who was the

the sea, sir,” Moneypenny replied when Henry asked. “You can

opposite Zachary. He had been drinking himself silly for

to comfort him, but could not find the right words, and simply gave him company as he

pushed himself off the couch, wobbling for a while and grabbing himself another bottle. As he

drank, he asked, “Tell me, Irene… What’s Lulu’s

lips.

she, after all? Lulu was never in

his eyes. She betrayed me… married another man

he rasped as he gestured with his hands. “If only the kid were

in silence,

might divorce her soon, and actually felt

should not feel that way-to harbor such