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.
looking at. She quickly tried to hide it, but her hands seemed
that she did
murmured,
cupped her face so
of eyes-one evasive,
the burn scars that stretched from her
wrinkled, uneven,
was
welled with tears. "Don't
not like the way he
the burned side of her face and whispering gently
well how she
simply said, carefully caressing
allowing Ian to capture her, and for saying what he did without
asked, "How did
understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that' Jane Tanner' was actually her back in
growled through his teeth,
that he had calmed down and thought about it, the look on Stephen's face made it clear that he was messing with
Irene was actually
fell in love with someone else
up at him. "Is that why you
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