The Runaway Groom

Chapter 154

Irene turned when she heard it, and got off the window seat, walking up to Isaac when she saw him. “How’s Zachary?”

Isaac loosened his collar. “He’s going to resign from the hospital and start work at his family’s company.”

Irene’s expression darkened. She knew that Zachary loved being a doctor–giving up must cause him misery.

“Win some, lose some.” Isaac could see that she was worried. “Don’t worry about him.”

Irene helped him take off his jacket but kept her eyes lowered. “I’m not.”

Staring at her just then, Isaac thought that she was being different today.

Irene hung his jacket and asked, “Are you going to take a shower before you sleep?”

“Yeah,” Isaac replied.

“I’ll warm the water for you,” Irene said as she went to the bathroom.

Isaac caught her wrist then and asked, “Something on your mind?”

Irene smiled. “Does it look that way?”

peacefully with

Isaac’s heart raced as she was being

Irene wrapped her arms around his neck

the bed, and crawled

her head.

said, and leaned in to peck her pink

a smile on his eyes just then, and he lifted her hand, placing it on his collar

averted her eyes shyly, and he turned her face

“Look into my eyes.”

shoved him and pouted.

loving her the way she was now, and leaned in to brush his cheek against hers. And I’ll

beamed. “So you can actually

only human,” Isaac

only natural that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As

away from touching that fair, delicate

her silent

and reached underneath her

cringing a little, but Isaac glued himself to her to offer her

they curled in tandem under the sheets, kissing passionately and filling the air with

about to melt into one, there was an urgent