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
"Yeah,” he said quietly.
"I'm fine. Just do
"Yeah."
phone. "I'm hanging up
"Yeah."
and stared blankly
asleep, the door opened as Isaac's towering
chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue
he
anyone up as he tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver moonlight. He stood by the door, watching Irene
waking her, then washed off his travel weariness before putting
was very late, so she was now sound asleep, unable to sense that someone was in
down beside her and wrapped his
when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the phone and returned
felt the warmth and snuggled against
forehead, patting her gently on the back, afraid
next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front of her, before her vision cleared
morning voice sounded
she spoke, she reached out to touch his face as if to test if
was warm, and felt real to the
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