The Runaway Groom

Chapter 762

Chapter 762

Chapter 762

Their airplane encountered some turbulence and dropped abruptly, but recovered in minutes.

It was still daytime when they arrived at Minerva due to the time difference.

Irene had contacted Mick Gooding beforehand.

They saw him standing nearby soon after they disembarked.

Irene told Mick what happened to Erin behind her back and he appeared somber.

Still, he quickly pretended not to know when he saw them, mainly because he did not want to pressure Erin.

"Welcome back," he said with a smile.

"Dad."

Erin was doing her best to pretend nothing happened too, but she could not smile, only make herself look like everything was going fine.

However, the dark circles under her eyes and her haggard reaction was a constant reminder that she was in bad shape.

Mick pretended not to see that.

"Come on.Let's go home," he said, putting an arm around her shoulder.

"I had Consuella cook your favorite food.You must have missed the food here while you were in Zidonia, right?"

"Yeah, I do," Erin replied.

"I knew it," Mick said tenderly.

"You've always been a glutton, even when you were a child."

Erin felt her tears welling from his words.

"Dad..." she sobbed, unable to stop herself as she wrapped her arms around Mick.

Mick patted her on the back.

"Still acting like a kid when you're an adult! Why are you being so sad? Did James Cross bully you? Okay, I'm taking the next flight to Zidonia to straighten him out—"

"Dad," Erin quickly stopped him.

"He didn't bully me..."

"Then why are you crying? Did you miss me so much?"

"Yeah, I do.Now let's go home...I miss that place."

Irene quietly followed them — it was the right choice to send Erin back to Mick, since that would at least stop Erin from doing anything stupid.

She actually appeared envious as she looked on, that Mick could give all his love for an adopted daughter.Her own father rarely made her feel love, and she mostly remembered his apathy and misunderstandings towards herself.

Shelving those thoughts, Irene followed them—she bought a ticket for a return flight when she came, so she could not stay for long and only had time for lunch.

While Erin left the table, Irene said, "James made it clear that he won't give up on Erin."

Mick's cool visage did not change much.

"Please convey my thanks.

And about those people..."

"James and Isaac will deal with them, don't worry,"

Irene knows what he wanted to ask about.

"But she might need your constant company." Mick nodded.

"Okay...I will take good care of Erin.Also, aren't you going to stay the night?"

“I still have work to do," Irene replied, shaking her head.

"Okay, then I won't keep you. I'll bring Erin to Zidonia to visit once she's better."

"Yeah," Irene said, and took the return flight after a short break Tommy was a little disappointed since Irene never returned that night, and only had a few spoonfuls of food before stopping entirely.

Sheryl did not know that Irene had gone abroad, but when she was about to call, Isaac stopped her.

"She has something to do. She won't be coming home tonight."

Sheryl grumbled, "I told her to come home earlier tonight. Honestly, why is she always so busy?"

She pretended to be upset for Isaac's benefit, but Isaac did not expose her.

Pursing his lips coolly, he asked, "What are you trying to say?"

It was an opportunity for Sheryl to speak her mind, so she brought a chair and sat down while her fingers clenched on a napkin.

"I'm Irene's mother but I owe her so much. You know that her father wasn't a good husband and cheated on his wife, even having a child with a mistress. That's why she never had a father's love as a child, and the man refused to help me when I'm dying. That's why Irene married you—to save me."

Holding Isaac's gaze, she continued.

"Being denied love left Irene insecure, and she is more or less traumatized after seeing my unhappy marriage. That's why she doesn't want to give up on her job—it's better to be safe than sorry, or she'd end up like me. Telling you this might be selfish of me, but I must make it very clear that I hope you can allow her to work."