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!!!]

spammed

slowly got to his feet and answered

since she did not expect him to suddenly

the initial surprise, she was glaring

"Want to come

bluntly, "What were you going to

"Nothing," Zachary replied flatly.

glass of water. "Here. You need to

and entered his room, not at all cagey as she planted herself on the

door and said, ‘You were saying that liking a person is self-indulgent, whereas love is self-restraint. And you believe that to

Irene nodded. "Yes."

me ask you this—which of those two is how Isaac feels

promptly looked up, her brow wrinkling as she asked, "That's

were between her and Isaac when

whether Isaac had been self-indulgent or

a wedge between her

was certainly not merely being self-indulgent

to what she said, Isaac only liked her and was not in

and walked up to Zachary, holding

would say something to