Chapter 15
Irene had already set her mind on confronting Isaac, but she was more or less apprehensive about actually doing it.
Scenes of his violence still flashed in her mind!
Taking a deep breath, she mustered her courage and strode into the house, and she opened the door to find Mrs. Watson waiting for her, smiling. “Welcome back.”
“Yeah,” Irene murmured as she peeked inside, spotting a figure on the couch but not his face.
“Mr. Jefferson is in,” Mrs. Watson said then.
Irene changed into loafers before entering, forcing a smile as she offered a greeting. “Mr. Jefferson.”
Isaac lowered the magazine he was reading to look at her and chuckled. “Mr. Jefferson?‘”
She was refusing to divorce him, and yet trying to act distant?
Was she playing hard to get?
Irene ignored it. Having apologized before, she said earnestly again, “I didn‘t mean to touch your stuff. I‘m sorry.”
“Did you really think that ‘sorry‘ would make me forgive you?” Isaac said, leaning back languidly on his couch and
folding his legs angrily.
For some reason, he was actually pleased that she had to speak respectfully and act so wary around him.
Bullying her was somehow amusing. If Irene knew what he was thinking, she would be cursing at him for being a deviant!
Sadly, the reality was that she was now a miserable worm who had to prostrate herself and beg for her survival.
Irene watched him for two seconds, and decided to brace herself and curry favor with him just to keep her job.
She brought him a cup of tea, smiling. “Mr. Jefferson, please don‘t hold a grudge over someone as insignificant as me.”
The smile on her face did not quite reach her eyes, and Isaac growled in disdain, “What an ugly smile.”
Irene was actually trying to relax her expression, but there was no way she could relax around him. Biting her lip, she worked hard to satisfy him and bent herself backward. “Sorry.”
sincere if you‘re apologizing? For example, getting the hell out of my
Irene was
not as if she wanted to invade
to take her as his wife, but did they
ask or show concern about how
and crystalline eyes suddenly glistened with a
felt as
past for a split second,
the sympathy card now?” he growled, though his voice was less
tears, Irene kept her voice as calm as possible. “It‘s not like I don‘t want a divorce–your grandfather had me sign an
she could not be stubborn given her current situation. “My mother was sick, and she
“What, are
have agreed to this marriage my father arranged if it wasn‘t to save my mother!” she cried
Nonetheless, Isaac laughed icily.
saying? That she was
was he getting upset
dissatisfied that you have to marry me?” he snarled through
“Yes.”
but it left Isaac utterly
vein was bulging on
right did she have to
did she
her
having the cheek to
This was humiliating!
because you had to marry
did not quite reach his eyes
he was upset, and answered honestly,
her, every moment she had to
to answer, and it was clear how repulsed she felt
Isaac exclaimed as he sprang to his feet. “Since it
he did not want
stay married
“Mr. Jefferson…”
are staying on the blacklist. Don‘t bother!” Isaac
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