The Runaway Groom

Chapter 727

Henry was leaning on his seat, his body covered under a blanket.

He was skinny and withered. The wrinkles on his neck were distinct and his eyes were sunken and dull, while his face was covered in irregular patches of liver spots.

A man like him should be surrounded by his children and grandchildren, reveling in familial joy, but Henry appeared desolate and miserable.

Even so, Irene still felt no sympathy because it was all Henry's own fault, and he could not blame anyone else.

"I know you want me to talk to Isaac. After all, you're old and need family now more than ever, don't you?"

"Would you help me?" Henry would certainly admit that he was old and needed company.

"Don't you have Ian Jefferson already?" Irene pointed out icily.

that?" Henry

she said, holding his gaze. "You had me marry Isaac as my father requested, because you had your agenda. You wanted me to soften him, so that he

asked

he believed that his choice back

family. If you ever were on his side, you

wrong from the start, and even if you have every right to protect your

sacrificed was Isaac alone, and he would not be this cold

moment to calm herself. "What you did later was even worse. How is he supposed to

selfish?" Henry disagreed. "I gave him the entire family

parent's love? He lost both parents when

think he even remembers? Don't you

the more he spoke. "He had more than one attempt on his life, and you know who did

Henry frowned. "How?"

a crosshair on his head? You would never have done that if you actually cared. You