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.

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

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

do what you have to, but tell me as soon as you have

"Yeah."

phone. "I'm hanging up if

"Yeah."

stared blankly

was sound asleep, the door opened

his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue showed in his eyes-a far cry from his former

he

tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver moonlight. He stood by the door, watching

off his travel weariness before putting on fresh clothes and returning to

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

lay down beside her and

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

warmth and

her gently on the back, afraid of waking

morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front of her,

voice sounded quite surprised. "Y-You're

she reached out to touch his face as if to test if it was a

warm, and felt real to the

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