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?”

wanted to live peacefully with him, and confront her feelings for

raced as she was

and Irene wrapped her arms around his neck

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

shook her head.

in to peck her pink

smile on his eyes just then, and he lifted her hand, placing it on his collar

he turned her face toward him–he was

“Look into my eyes.”

him and pouted.

the way she was now, and leaned in to

“So you can actually be

only human,”

was not inhuman–it was only natural that he was less aloof around the woman he loved. As he caressed his cheek, his fingertips slowly moved

from touching that

away slightly, giving her silent consent

wild and reached underneath

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

curled in tandem under the sheets,

about to melt into one, there was an urgent knock on