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

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

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

"Yeah."

fingers clenched over her phone. "I'm hanging up if

"Yeah."

her phone and stared blankly at nothing for a

was sound asleep,

There was stubble on

he was

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

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

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

the bed, Isaac quietly lay down beside her and wrapped

worried when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the phone and returned ahead of

felt the warmth and snuggled against

patting her gently on the back, afraid of waking

she rubbed her eyes when she

voice

reached out to touch his face as if to test if

was warm, and felt real to

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