The Runaway Groom Chapter 789

Isaac looked up and held Irene’s gaze for seconds. “You’ll find out eventually.”

Irene frowned. “Acting all hush-hush would just make me more curious.”

“Get over here.” Isaac put down his knife and fork then, and reclined slightly in his chair.

Irene hesitated for a moment before walking around the table to him.

He took her hand and pulled, and she fell on his lap.

Putting his hand around her waist, he asked, “When did you learn Franconian?”

“While I was in school,” Irene replied.

There was a flash of admiration in Isaac’s eyes as she leaned on his shoulder and added, “I guess my dad was right.”

Lionel Spencer might have disregarded her feelings and even coerced her to do things she did not like, but it was too evident that looks were not everything for the companion of a successful man.

Even if she was not his equal, she at least needed some extent of knowledge and culture.

She suddenly thought that it would have been great if Lionel were still alive—he would most certainly be overjoyed to see them getting together for real.

Isaac asked, having seen that she was

her head and quickly composing herself. She then picked up a shrimp, peeled it, and slowly chewed it, savoring

peeled it as well, and held it by Isaac’s

in and whispered into his ear,

and stared at the shrimp in her

she not doing just

“Am

in his eye as he smiled faintly. “I’ll teach

holding it in his mouth and aiming it

eyes widened, he delivered the shrimp

a while, but feigned composure and said,

to change the subject. “Are we

here for the night before heading to Minerva tomorrow,

“Okay.” Irene nodded.

to her feet, but Isaac’s hands

Irene quickly fled. “Nope!”

reached their room first and Isaac followed, getting in their

“Irene.”

out of the blue, his

up to meet

her. “I’m happy you

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