The Runaway Groom
Chapter 598

Chapter 598

Looking into Irene's eyes that were as bright as the stars above, Issac leaned in, slowly putting his lips against hers.

As their skin touched, their warmth flowed into one another's.

Irene closed her eyes in turn, and reared her chin so that the kiss was firmer.

It was less a gesture of intimacy than a gentle touch to offer each other assurances.

They pulled away after a long while and Issac raised his hand to brush a finger over her lips, wiping the wetness over it.

“Let's get you home," he said softly.

Irene shook her head. "I need to go back to the lab. Stephen Carr tested the drug on himself-I need to check on him."

Isaac held her gaze for several heartbeats and finally nodded as he turned on the ignition.

Zachary Slate was sitting behind his desk, reading the official announcement of the day.

Peter Lindt's case was closed-the police had determined that he was culpable for fielding substandard equipment while taking no steps for fire safety.

It only made his case worse that he had bribed his way out unapologetically.

With all the concrete evidence against him, as well as pressure from Zachary and Tim Goldman, he was sentenced to jail for 28 years. Peter was 51 this year, and would almost be 80 upon his release-if he ever got out, that is.

Shirley Lindt fainted at court the instant the verdict was handed down. Peter tried to talk to her and his daughter, but he was escorted away before he had the chance.

Ember Lindt had to hold her mother steady even as she watched him being taken away.

She finally understood that she had nothing to depend on.

With her family's company being stolen by Zachary and Tim, she had nothing left-no father to protect her, let alone a home!

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This was all Zachary's fault!

She hated herself for being so blinded by love and causing her family's downfall.

She swore that she would have her revenge!

And yet, when she took her mother to the hospital, she realized that she did not have the money to pay her mother's medical fees, let alone take revenge!

She could not return to the Slates’ residence, while Tim had also barred from her own family's mansion after he took possession of it.

And having spent her last dime, she was now penniless.

Revenge was certainly a pipe dream now.

"Why aren't you paying up?" a nurse was urging her. "It's hospital policy. You have to pay for your mother's medical examination, or we cannot arrange anything."

For the first time, Ember truly realized how powerless it was to be penniless.

Having been pampered in a well-to-do household since she was a child, she now had a taste of poverty's bitterness.

Naturally, ever since her family crisis, all their relatives and close friends were deliberately keeping their distance, as if worried they would be jinxed.

Taking a loan? Ember could not even reach them!

Now, with her mother needing urgent medical attention, her only option was to agree to Zachary's offer-to sign the divorce agreement, so that he would cover her living expenses.

Biting her lip then, she flipped out at the nurse like the spoiled rich daughter that she was. "Arrange a checkup for my mom right now, or I'll have this place shut down if anything happens to her! All you want is money, isn't it? I'll pay you-you have nothing to worry about!"

With those words, she turned around and ran out of the hospital, hailed a taxi, and went straight to Zachary's office!

Her hands were clenched and sweating, but just as she looked outside distractedly and feebly, she saw the man-the same man who had his way with her that night at the hotel!

She told the driver to stop, alighted, and ran straight to the man, stopping him!

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