The Runaway Groom

Chapter 382

Irene was going to explain herself when Layla said, “She had a fight with her boyfriend. I saw them and tried to help, so I let her in.”

Mick turned to level a sharp look at Irene. “Really?”

Irene nodded. “Yes. It was a coincidence…”

“You know her, Mick?”

As Layla glanced between Irene and Mick, Mick walked over to put a hand around her shoulder. “She’s Stephen Carr’s apprentice. I saw her when I met him.”

Layla’s tone became even kinder just then. “You’re a doctor?”

“Yes,” Irene admitted.

Suddenly, Layla held her head and frowned as if in pain.

“Another headache?” Mick asked mildly.

Layla nodded.

“Let’s get you back inside for your meds.” Mick led Layla inside, then turned back to Irene and warned, “I don’t like people who pry into my private affairs. I won’t play around if I find out that this wasn’t a coincidence!”

Irene said, “I’m not.”

be!” Mick snapped

from inside. “You didn’t have

soft. “I’m just worried about bad

Layla was being paranoid, but Mick’s

about letting people get near

poked his head out from behind a pillar

him, where he asked

her

nothing? The room was for nothing?” Ricky groaned. “Well, I’m hungry now–buy me a nice dinner, Irene, since I just did you a

nine, she hurried outside. “Next time. I have to get home now–it’s very

his eyes. “I’m no longer useful,

sleep there,” Irene

a grand room like this was no loss–it would be a waste if he did

widely when he suddenly thought of Lulu. He thus whipped out his phone to text

[What are you doing?]

text, and

fell asleep when his phone chimed, and he

Ricky

work–they call