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?”

a hug,” Irene stood on the

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

about him. He would have hugged her back if it was

he lost

the thought. “Did you fall out

was not touching her. “I saw a corpse

as a doctor,

by without a patient passing

she was less afraid than

corpse? This

silent for a while,

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

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

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

their point in luring

me to see her

frowned-it could not be that simple.