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?”

live peacefully with him, and

as she was being agreeable and

arms just then, and Irene wrapped her

placed her on the bed, and crawled on top of her. “You think

shook her

in to peck

was a smile on his eyes just then, and he lifted her

her eyes shyly, and he turned her face toward him–he was at once unreasonable

“Look into my eyes.”

and pouted.

her the way she was now, and leaned in to brush his

“So you

only human,”

inhuman–it was only natural that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As he caressed his cheek, his fingertips slowly moved down to her neck. He realized he

pull himself away from

her silent

hence went wild and reached underneath

cringing a little, but Isaac glued himself to her to

in his arms as they curled in tandem under the

into one, there