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.
she murmured, lowering her head as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called to
"Yeah,” he said quietly.
do what you have to, but
"Yeah."
"I'm hanging up
"Yeah."
stared
night, while Irene was sound asleep, the door opened as
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 his
anything, he was
as he tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver moonlight. He stood by
waking her, then washed off his travel weariness before putting
until it was very late, so she was now sound asleep,
bed, Isaac quietly lay down
when he heard Irene's
the warmth
a peck on the forehead, patting her gently
up in a daze the next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front
raspy morning voice sounded quite surprised.
spoke, she reached out to touch his face as if to test
was warm, and felt real to
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