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.
at. She quickly tried to hide it, but her hands seemed to be at a loss if she should brush her hair over it or pull
was natural that she did not want the man she
murmured,
so that she looked at
evasive, the
burn scars that stretched from her
uneven, and
was pain
eyes welled with tears. "Don't look. It's
the way
his arms, his face pressing against the burned side of her face and whispering
how
caressing her and kissing her on the
not protecting her, allowing Ian to capture her, and for saying what he did without
chest and asked, "How did you know I was
understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that'
Isaac growled through his teeth, having almost fallen for Stephen's
look on Stephen's face made it clear
Irene was actually
me that you fell in love with someone else and did everything
that?" Irene looked up at him. "Is that why you believe I was
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