The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac) novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Moneypenny walked up to Henry. “Sir, don’t you think Master Isaac looks a little upset?”

Henry sighed. “What, can’t you tell?”

Isaac’s stance was only too obvious!

Moneypenny then offered a theory.

“Perhaps he is refusing because he fell in love?”

Henry naturally picked up on it too. “This is all on me. I never did check on Irene Spencer thoroughly before I arranged for her to marry Isaac. And now, it’s going to be difficult to get him to divorce her.”

“You know his temper,” Moneypenny pointed out. “Things will only get difficult if he really doesn’t want a divorce.”

“Not exactly,” Henry countered. “Did you forget that he has an Achilles’ heel?”

Moneypenny was puzzled. “Are you referring to that?”

“Yes. He had always been obsessed with it-the silver crucifix of the girl who had saved him when he was ten, when he fell in the pool. He tried looking for her, and I helped too, but we never could because there were too many people visiting our house on that day.”

“But if we can’t find her after so many years, there’s surely no reason we’re able to do so now?

Moneypenny asked.

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Henry gave him a look. “That’s not the point. The point is to get Isaac to believe it.”

Moneypenny appeared confused.

“Old fool,” Henry chuckled. “We just have to find a girl we can count on, and have her tell him that she’s the one he was looking for.”

Moneypenny was worried. “But would Master Isaac buy it?”

Henry was miffed that his butler was so slow just then. “He was just ten-how many details. can he remember? We just have to tell our girl every detail we know, and Isaac will buy it once she gives him the same story.”

Nonetheless, Moneypenny was prudent enough to catch on to a little detail. “Yes, but if she showed up out of the blue, Master Isaac would be sharp enough to catch on. Just think about it —why is she showing up now, just as you’re trying to get him to divorce Irene Spencer? Doesn’t, that look suspicious?”

Henry suddenly realized that it was true. “What do you think we should do, then?”

“Well, it’s not that difficult,” Moneypenny replied. “First, we embed a girl you appreciate in Master Isaac’s orbit, and have her inadvertently reveal that she had been here in the past and saved a boy. That way, Master Isaac will connect the dots on his own, without getting suspicious of anything”

Henry gave Moneypenny a look of approval-it was a good idea, but the question now was: who was the right girl?

“Plenty of fish in the sea, sir,” Moneypenny replied when Henry asked. “You can take your time”