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

as she was being

and Irene wrapped her arms

the bed, and crawled

her head.

said, and leaned in to peck her pink lips with

and he lifted her hand, placing it on

her eyes shyly, and he turned her face toward

“Look into my eyes.”

him and pouted.

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

beamed. “So you can

only human,”

that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As he caressed his cheek, his fingertips slowly moved down to

away from touching that

away slightly, giving her silent

wild and

of cool air underneath left Irene cringing a little, but Isaac

in tandem under the

into