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?”

to live peacefully with

as she was being agreeable and

and Irene wrapped her arms around his neck as she looked into his eyes. “No

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

her

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

her hand, placing it on his collar as he

and he turned her face toward

“Look into my eyes.”

him and

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

“So you can

only human,” Isaac

was not inhuman–it was only natural that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As he caressed his

from touching that fair, delicate

away slightly, giving her silent consent by

wild and

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

tandem under the sheets, kissing passionately and

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