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 him, and

yet, Isaac’s heart raced as

scooped her up in his arms just then, and Irene wrapped her arms around his neck as

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

shook her

very clean,” he said, and leaned in to peck

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

turned her

“Look into my eyes.”

him and

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

beamed. “So you can actually

human,” Isaac

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

away from touching that fair, delicate

giving her silent

went wild and reached

sudden rush of cool air underneath left Irene cringing a little,

his arms as they curled in tandem under the

melt into one, there was an urgent knock