The Runaway Groom

Chapter 261

As Isaac kept laughing, Irene was left mystified. “What are you laughing about? Me?”

“No,” Isaac replied. “I’m laughing at myself for falling for your dad’s ploy.”

Irene was silent for a while, and laughed as well when she came to a realization.

“You like that about me?” she asked.

“I do,” Isaac said, composing himself as he continued, ” And I like that it’s you.”

Even if Irene knew none of that, he would have fallen for her anyway. Knowing that simply made her a more colorful personality.

Irene naturally did not try to nitpick, since it was her either way.

“She may have been foiled this time,” she said, returning the conversation to Robin. “There’s no telling what she’ll be up to next.”

“I’ll have Stan keep an eye on the Jeffersons,” Isaac replied calmly and quietly-as if they didn’t matter to him.

Irene knew she couldn’t be of help when it came to work. “I’ll do my best to not get in the way.”

know you hate him because he poisoned Tommy, and I do too. But my father

respond, but drove her to

arrived. Knowing that Isaac would not want to see Ricky, Irene said, “I might stay for a

so said, “I’ll tell Jimmy to come

at the entrance, watching

bed, she saw that his face was still swollen, his right eye purple, and his arms and feet were

was once his victim,

are you feeling?”

was awake, and when he saw her, he

he was referring to Isaac sending

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

would feel miserable after

a chair to sit, Irene asked,

answer, and instead held her gaze and asked, “Would you

turned quiet, because

didn’t seem to blame her since her

and bruises. I guess Isaac just wanted to rough me up a little as reprisal for Tommy. He wasn’t trying

to his shoulders. “I’ll keep things together at

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”

was when his phone suddenly vibrated. Instead of checking it, he told Irene, “I’m thirsty. Can you