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.

head as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called to tell me that you're not returning

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

spirit and said, "I'm fine. Just do what you have to, but tell me as soon as you have

"Yeah."

phone. "I'm hanging

"Yeah."

away her phone and stared blankly

Irene was sound asleep,

was slung over his hand, while his collar was loose, baring his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue showed in his eyes-a far cry from

he

into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver moonlight. He stood by the door, watching Irene curling into herself on her bed and sound

without waking her, then washed off his travel weariness before putting

was very late, so she was now sound asleep, unable to

quietly lay down beside her and

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

warmth and

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

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

raspy morning voice sounded quite surprised. "Y-You're

his face as if to test if

cheek was warm, and felt real

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