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?”

with him, and confront her feelings

raced as she was

then, and Irene wrapped her arms around his neck as she looked into his

her on the bed, and crawled on top of

her

clean,” he said, and leaned in

eyes just then, and he lifted her hand, placing it

her face toward him–he was

“Look into my eyes.”

him and

was now, and leaned in to brush

“So you

human,” Isaac

only natural that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As he caressed his cheek,

away from touching that fair, delicate

slightly, giving her silent consent

went wild and

of cool air underneath left Irene cringing a little, but Isaac glued himself to her to offer

curled in tandem under the sheets, kissing passionately and

just as they were about to melt into one, there was an urgent