The Runaway Groom

Chapter 674

Isaac lowered his eyes, leveling a penetrating gaze into hers.

Irene smiled. "What? What's that look for?"

She stood on the balls of her feet, wrapping her hands around his neck, and kissed him.

The touch left him stiffening and flinching.

She gently pulled away and murmured, ' Are you upset?"

Before he could answer, however, she said, "About the diary..."

Isaac's eyes narrowed subtly, as if he did not expect her to mention it on her own.

At the same time, Irene kept her arms around his neck, and brushed her chin against his chest since he was that tall. "I must've been fourteen when I wrote it, but I was too young and stupid to understand love, and at the phase when I'm curious about the opposite sex. I don't remember Seth after I left that phase."

"Really?" Isaac was skeptical.

so I took a look. That's why I know what upset you-anyway, I threw it away

honesty left Isaac's

darkening, he murmured,

Irene watched him. "Yeah?"

slightly and leaned in

first,

strong that she almost lost her balance, but he caught her slender, soft

a willow branch, as if he could snap it if he applied a

daybed, positioning himself between

she murmured, biting her pink

response handily, but Irene gave him a shove. "Wait. Let

and kissed her again, even as his hands handily unbuttoned her blouse, caressing her beautiful collarbone and reaching

her lip, taking it as he

tenderness and his fiery passion, it seemed as if there would be

and it was just three days until

she looked basically no different from before her disfigurement, aside from some minor traces that were invisible

toward the end, and she would