The Runaway Groom

Chapter 1003

A woman's voice? Who was it?

Irene asked tentatively, "I'm looking for Zachary Slate."

"Oh, he's having a shower," the woman on the other end replied.

Irene was speechless for a moment. "Okay. Just tell him to call me back when he's done—"

The woman cut her short before she could finish. "Actually, I think he'll be busy..."

Irene frowned so hard her brows almost knitted together.

Did that woman think she was in a relationship with Zachary and was trying to assert dominance?

"Look, I'm not his girlfriend-we're just friends, and there's something we need to talk about, that's all," Irene explained. "Tell him to call me back."

With that, she hung up and dropped on the couch, feeling bemused.

Was that how he was going to get over being dumped? By messing around with women?

hair just then, and Irene patted him in

these days, although he had often tripped on his first

she said, carrying him and giving him a peck on

living room after dinner, and he blinked as he saw Irene shower his baby brother with affection. He thought to himself that although the kid was leading a

the couch, and Irene eyed

"From studying," Tommy replied.

you remember what

little proudly. "Why not? It's

Tut, tut... That tone!

then asked,

are red, violets are blue, sugar is

Irene continued. "Snow."

of old snow in a corner, that I should have guessed, as a

nodded in stratification—the poems she had Tommy memorize were ordered

hope you keep doing your best," she said. "Since you did well today, you have no homework

happily, and Irene smiled in turn

coax her baby to sleep, while Tommy basically could do everything himself these days-he would even insist on washing up himself before climbing into bed although he was just

his little head. "Do you think