The Runaway Groom

Chapter 264

Isaac entered, and asked, “You’re not sleeping yet? Did I wake you up?”

“No, I was waiting for you,” Irene replied. She got off her bed and gave him a hug, resting her face on his chest.

The move surprised Isaac, and he stiffened for a while before asking with a smile, “What’s gotten into you?”

“Nothing,” she replied. “Just wanted a hug.”

Isaac looked at her, “Let go. I’ll be back after a shower. I’m filthy right now.”

Irene tightened his embrace instead, gluing herself to him.

“What is it?” Isaac asked quietly, feeling as if she was not in her right mind.

Irene rubbed herself against his chest. “From now on, I’m your family wherever you go. I love you.”

His quiet voice turned raspy right then. “Really, now… What’s gotten into you?”

I just missed you and wanted a hug,” Irene stood on the balls of

enthusiastically, he pulled away spoon enough. “I need to take

would have hugged her back

lost interest in

thought. “Did you

not touching her. “I saw a corpse on my way back. It’s bad

as a doctor, she saw many

not a day went by without

less afraid

corpse? This late at

for a while, before

out for a long time at his answer, and thought that she

this text giving me an address around 10:30, saying that I’d find her there. I brought my people along and headed there around eleven, where we found her dead on the scene. After that, we searched the area around and tried to

a rat as well. “When Ricky was told to poison Tommy, it was the same thing: an anonymous sender that

their point in luring me

they just want me

frowned-it could not be that simple. “Did Stan