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.

lowering her head as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called to tell me that

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

do what you have to, but tell me as

"Yeah."

phone. "I'm hanging

"Yeah."

phone and stared blankly

night, while Irene was sound asleep, the door opened as Isaac's towering frame

slung over his hand, while his collar was loose, baring his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue

anything, he

up as he tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver

then washed off his travel weariness before putting on

very late, so she

to the bed, Isaac quietly lay down beside her and wrapped his arms around

there was an emergency, he became worried when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the phone and returned ahead

warmth and snuggled against

patting her gently on

her eyes when she saw someone in front of her, before her

raspy morning voice sounded quite

to touch his face as if to test if it

was warm, and felt real to the

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