The Runaway Groom

Chapter 573

Chapter 573

Despite Irene’s best efforts in hiding her feelings, Isaac immediately heard the tears in her voice.

"Are you crying?" he asked quietly.

Irene did her best to keep her voice in check while denying it. "No, I'm fine."

There was silence on the other end. "Alright, you totally weren't crying."

Irene hung her head right then, staring at her toes as she said, "I missed you.'

Learning what had happened to Lulu had left her feeling as if she was punched in the gut.

She did her best to keep herself in check, but with Isaac, she suddenly wanted a shoulder to lean on, and to feel vulnerable.

There was a long silence from the other end. "You should go to bed."

Irene asked, "Weren’t you supposed to come home once you’re done over there?"

"Something came up."

Irene felt despondent.

over her eyelashes. "You called to tell me that you're not

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

mustered her spirit and said, "I'm fine. Just do what you have to, but tell

"Yeah."

fingers clenched over her phone. "I'm

"Yeah."

put away her phone and stared blankly at

sound asleep, the door

was stubble on his chin and fatigue showed in his eyes-a far cry from his

anything, he was

tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating

the room without waking her, then washed off his travel weariness before putting on fresh clothes

unable to fall asleep until it was very late, so she was now sound asleep, unable to sense that someone was

quietly lay down beside her and

he became worried when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the phone and

felt the warmth and snuggled against

a peck on the forehead, patting her gently on the back, afraid of waking

the next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front of her, before her vision cleared

morning voice sounded

to touch his face as if to test if it was a

cheek was warm, and felt

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