The Runaway Groom
Chapter 995

Irene blinked.

"Well, it would be weird if I called you something else," she admitted. Getting the advantage right then, Zachary puffed himself up. "See? I'm her senior.”

"How so?" Irene asked.

“I'm younger than Isaac, but you married him," he explained, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Since I'm your upperclassman, he should defer to me too, right?"

James and Erin were speechless, with the former rising to his feet. "Come on. Let's go back to my room."

The way Zachary kept talking, he would have to defer to Zachary too! "Stay here. You should listen to see if I'm right,” Zachary grinned smugly. "Honestly, my junior is really the best!"

James really wanted to punch him right then—that face definitely needed one.

“You're right," Irene suddenly said. "But you'd have to ask Isaac first to see if that applies.”

James stared at Zachary in turn. “You heard her."

Zachary was speechless—Isaac would throw him out of his own house if he so much as breathed that.

Yes, that was definitely not going to happen!

“I'l pass,” Zachary said, knowing that he would never win against Isaac. He simply gave up on the issue.

Erin sat down beside Irene in turn and said, "I need to talk to you about something, Irene.”

"Tell me," Irene watched her.

“I'm thinking about taking James to Minerva with me. Is that alright with you?" Erin asked.

"As long as you both agree on it," Irene replied.

She believed that she had no right to meddle in their relationship, but if they feel that they could, they should.

"Where are you going, Aunt Erin?" Tommy asked, suddenly tugging at Erin's sleeve. "Please stay here."

This place was far smaller than the castle, and there were not many places to play.

And when he asked his mother to go back to the castle, she told him that they could not go back just yet, so they had to stay here.

If his aunt left too, he would have no one to play with.

Irene picked him up so that he sat on his lap. "You have to behave. Aunt Erin needs to work—I can play with you anyway."

"But Grandma always stops us. She says you need to rest." Tommy pouted in complaint.

“That's right," Zachary echoed, not willing to let James leave either. “It's a little small here, but having so many people makes it lively. Moreover, Irene and I are doctors—we need good doctors since James was seriously hurt.”

Tommy flashes a thumbs up at Zachary. "Well said, Uncle Zchary." Zachary, however, told him, "You have to do your part too."

"What part?" Tommy asked.

"Cry a hissy fit, and Erin would definitely stay," Zachary said.

Irene stared at Zachary for heartbeats. "You're really being strange. Did something upset you over at Lulu's?"

He was being all mysterious with a kid too!

Zachary was speechless while Irene got up and pulled Tommy along. “Time to study.”

"Can we not?" Tommy asked.

"Nope," Irene summarily refused—they hired a private tutor to teach him Franconian, but they had to call it off since there was not much space here.

And with Tommy taken away, Zachary had no way of asking James to stay, so he left tactfully. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

That was when James stopped him. "Wait."

Zachary wheeled on him. "What?"

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