The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 15

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.”

apologizing? For example, getting the hell out of my

Irene

it was not as if she

that, but he was unwilling to take her as his wife,

or show concern

beautiful, pure and crystalline eyes suddenly glistened with a watery

looked into her eyes then, and felt as if

the past for a split second, but he quickly averted

play the sympathy card now?” he growled, though his voice was less stern

as possible. “It‘s not like I don‘t want a divorce–your grandfather

sick, and she only got the surgery she needed because of your grandfather‘s help, so that‘s why I have to stay with you. Did you think you‘re the only reluctant partner in this

“What, are you

I would never have agreed to this marriage my father arranged if it wasn‘t to save my mother!” she cried bitterly–she would not have felt so miserable if her life was not under someone

Nonetheless, Isaac laughed icily.

That she was forced

was he getting upset as

to marry me?”

“Yes.”

was honest, but it left Isaac utterly

vein was bulging

to be dissatisfied with

she think she

her the

her, having the cheek to say

This was humiliating!

hurting because you had

reach his eyes and

he was

she had to deal with him hurt

answer, and it

as he sprang to his feet. “Since it hurts you,

decided that he did not

had to stay

“Mr. Jefferson…”

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