The Runaway Groom

Chapter 977

Zachary refused to answer, leaving Irene unable to stay composed at all.

He knew Isaac much earlier than she did, and she scarcely knew a thing about his past.

What was Zachary trying to say?

[Explain yourself, Zachary Slate! What were you trying to say?!]

Zachary simply lay in bed, lifting a brow when his phone jingled with a notification, but he did not check it.

He knew that Irene was flustered-and certainly had the capacity for it.

As it turned out, no one could stay unaffected when something like that happened to them.

He certainly did not believe in empathy—one had to experience the same anguish as the person to really know how it felt, and those who had never gone through it would never understand it.

Meanwhile, his phone kept jingling, and he finally picked it up for a look.

[Zachary Slate!]

[Zachary Slate!!!]

being spammed

his feet and

actually stunned, since she did not expect him

surprise, she was

grinned. "Want to

asked bluntly, "What were you going

"Nothing," Zachary replied flatly.

a glass of water. "Here. You need to cool

not at all cagey as she planted

leaned on the door and said, ‘You were saying that liking a person is self-indulgent, whereas love

Irene nodded. "Yes."

this—which of those two is how Isaac feels about you?"

wrinkling as she asked,

nodded—he knew all too well how things were between her and Isaac when

aware whether Isaac had been self-indulgent or restrained

wanted to drive a wedge between her and Isaac, but they were

not merely being self-indulgent when it came

said, Isaac only

and walked up to Zachary, holding his

thought she would say something to him, she stayed