Chapter 498
’Isaac Jefferson, you have every right to not love me... But you have no right to question my virtue."
With that, Irene reached for the doorknob, opening it with a click.
However, Isaac caught her hand. "I'm sorry."
Stephen's words had struck him where it hurt, and he let his own anger get the battle of him.
Moreover, she really was pregnant, which was why he had such a poor choice of words.
’Irene, if I didn't love you, I'd never be with you even if we had ten children. All I wanted to do was protect you, that's why I said I was only staying with you because of Tommy-the more I showed concern for you in front of Ian, the more he would want to hurt you."
Irene looked up, forgetting her scars in shock.
He had said that because he did not want Ian to hurt her.
So, was it all just a misunderstanding?
Isaac's eyes landed on her scars then and his expression darkened further.
His throat felt stiff and he could not speak.
but her hands seemed to be at a loss if she should
natural that she did not want the man she
look," she murmured, lowering her
face so that she
evasive,
that stretched from her
uneven, and
felt was pain
with tears.
the way he
in his arms, his face pressing against the burned side of her face and whispering gently into her ear, ’It
knew very well how she
simply said, carefully caressing
protecting her, allowing Ian to capture her, and for saying what he did
asked,
not understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that' Jane Tanner' was
Isaac growled through his teeth, having
thought about it, the look on Stephen's face made it clear that he was messing with him, intent on provoking
Irene was
with someone else and did
at him. "Is that why you believe I was with someone else
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