The Runaway Groom

Chapter 1046

Irene’s heart skipped a beat even as she stood outside the ward, and she could not hide the quiver in her voice. "It's that serious?"

She was afraid to imagine how bad things were for Lulu that the officer would say something like that.

Nonetheless, he said, "Go inside. You'll see.”

With that, Irene opened the door into the single-person ward.

There was a person laying in the bed placed next to the window, and Irene strode over when she saw that person.

However, Irene's pace was somber and she was afraid that something terrible had really happened to Lulu... until she stopped in her tracks suddenly.

She could not recognize if the person was Lulu, since the person's face was bandaged.

Irene turned, and the officer at the door nodded. "It's her."

Irene gasped, her legs suddenly feeling like they were made of lead and weighing a ton.

She was so close... yet the distance between her and Lulu felt so far!

truth, she was just afraid of moving

control her breathing and slowly

person on the bed was

her lips in disbelief, her heart aching so much

did this happen? What did

could not calm down for a long time as she

officer entered then and said, "I called you here to talk to her, to convince her

happen to her?" Irene

to avenge Captain York's death and volunteered to work

short before he could finish. "How could you agree to

voice choked with tears-a good man like Martin was lost,

Lulu? How could anyone not feel pain and

to it, but she insisted.

until Irene asked, "Then? What

perps, but we were caught by surprise when we tried to make the arrest. They somehow caught on that Lulu was undercover and were bent on killing her—we did our best to save her, but she still got hurt... She sustained too many injuries, and I think her

easy to save

her away," Irene

doctors and bring Lulu to the best environment where she could take care