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.
he was looking at. She quickly tried to hide it, but her hands seemed to
natural that she did not want the man
she murmured, lowering her
cupped her face so that she looked at
evasive,
the burn scars that stretched from her face to neck.
left wrinkled, uneven, and reddened-unseemly,
he felt was pain
welled with tears. "Don't look.
not like the way
gathered her in his arms, his face pressing against the burned side of her
knew very well how she looked.
have hurt," he simply said, carefully caressing her
and for saying what he did without thinking, sending her running
leaned on his chest and asked, "How
did not understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that' Jane Tanner' was actually her back
kill him," Isaac growled through his teeth, having almost fallen for
on Stephen's face made it clear that
was actually
that you fell in love with someone else and did
why you believe
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