The Runaway Groom

Chapter 436

The patient on the bed was burned from her right cheek down to her neck.

Although it had been bandaged and medicated, the gruesome carnage underneath could not be concealed.

Unlike incisions or lacerations, burn scars remain because the dead skin cells would linger.

While grafting and plastic surgery were advanced enough to restore Irene’s face completely, the problem was that she was pregnant right now.

She must get an abortion for the antibiotics necessary for surgeries, and even if she did not, it would lead to defects in fetal development or a miscarriage.

Stephen tried to reason with her, saying, “You can have another baby…”

Irene was staring blankly up at the white, fluorescent lights that were dizzying, and closed her eyes. “No. There’s a reason I survived that explosion… Maybe it’s someone up there intent on having me keep my baby.”

In the instant she was falling into the river, she somehow slipped out of the explosive vest, which only detonated after she dropped underneath the river.

Though the resulting flames and shockwave still struck her while she was underwater, she survived her injuries.

did not

life and death for the ladies, she had no use for it. Was

sighed. “Isaac Jefferson is devastated about your

just sorry for his son who doesn’t

tone was cold and devoid of her usual passion and liveliness–what Isaac said before left her feeling a fool for all the love and adoration he

I might have second thoughts. Book me a

somewhere to

much with Mick, I’ll do whatever I can to help.”

for a while, and told her what was weighing down on his mind. “I’m worried that the body

tied to me. He should

was fully intact when you were brought in–it’s only natural that we used an intact body as

you for getting the perfect replacement,”

the orphanage north of the city. There were five dead, and one of them was a woman with around the same weight and height.

right… About the other favor, I have footage here of one of Isaac’s boys holding your baby. Suffice to say, I think he had been rescued along with your

the video in secret and showed it to Irene. Although he was too far away to capture Tommy’s face,

heart at the thought of leaving him and not seeing him, suffocating her

I’m