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 him,

yet, Isaac’s heart raced as she was being

her arms around his neck as she looked into

the bed, and crawled on top of her. “You think I’m

her head.

clean,” he said, and leaned in to peck her pink

then, and he lifted her hand, placing it on his collar as

eyes shyly, and he turned her face toward him–he

“Look into my eyes.”

and pouted. “You’re a

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

beamed. “So you can

only human,” Isaac

loved. As he caressed his cheek, his fingertips slowly moved down to her

away from touching that fair, delicate

slightly, giving her silent

went wild and reached underneath her

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

Isaac had her in his arms as they curled in tandem

to melt into one, there was an