The Runaway Groom
Chapter 852

Still feeling muddled as she picked up her phone, Irene answered, "Hello?"

"Were you still asleep?” Lulu asked.

Irene looked up at the clock and saw that it was already past nine. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. "I had a late night, so I overslept." Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“I knew it. Anyway, we found something suspicious from the video you gave—up and at it, girl. Let's meet up.”

Irene pulled off her blanket and got out of bed. "Alright, I'll meet you at the hotel.”

"Okay."

Once she put away her phone, Irene quickly got dressed and washed up.

She headed downstairs, where Isaac was teaching Tommy chess.

“I need to go," Irene said, heading straight to the porch and putting on her shoes.

Isaac put down his chess piece and patted Tommy's head. "Let's continue when I come home."

Tommy pouted unhappily in silence.

Isaac told him. "Be a good boy, and I'll buy you a toy."

Tommy promptly looked up, beaming. “I want a Transformers toy." "Okay," Isaac said, making his way to Irene. "You haven't eaten yet." “I'll just get something while I'm out,” Irene replied.

"What's the hurry? Did you find something?" he asked.

Irene nodded without hesitation. "Yeah."

They then took Isaac's car and headed straight to the hotel.

Lulu had ordered the hotel's breakfast set for Irene, knowing that she had just woken up and would have come without breakfast.

Irene ate as she said, "You really know me."

Lulu rolled her eyes. "How long have we known each other? Do you think I wouldn't know what you're like?"

Irene simply smiled.

At the same time, Martin was speaking with Isaac.

Being an inspector, Martin was naturally able to offer better insight into Irene’s case.

“I've found a suspect from the video, and we can start with two presumptions.”

"The first is premeditated murder—and the suspect is someone who bears a grudge.”

"If that isn't the case, it brings us to the second. In this case, we would have to think in terms of motives, because who would Dennis's death affect the most? Naturally, it's Irene. But if the target wasn't actually her, that'd eliminate that scenario as well, and we would have to start elsewhere.”

Irene was puzzled then.

Was there a third scenario if both deductions were eliminated?

"Of course, there's a third scenario,” Lulu told her then. "We need to look at the entire case as a whole. After all, Dennis's death would not only suggest that your surgery was the issue, but the artificial heart too. Perhaps someone doesn't want your artificial heart acknowledged, and they thus poisoned Dennis? That way, they'd be proving to the world that your artificial heart is unreliable.”

Irene realized with a start at Lulu's words. "I've got it!"

"What is it?" Lulu asked.

"We had a technical issue during the development of our artificial heart before, but a man named Professor Lane had the technique to make what we needed. When we tried to recruit him, a company called New Suns Pharma, who were developing artificial hearts as well, used a honeytrap to blackmail him. I had some help, but we managed to save Professor Lane from that issue, and he signed a contract with us later on."

"So New Suns Pharma didn't want your research to succeed?" Lulu asked.

Irene certainly thought it possible—poaching Professor Lane from them was no different from poaching their golden goose.

And the money to be made with a successful artificial heart was endless!

Irene sprang to her feet right then.

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