The Runaway Groom

Chapter 261

As Isaac kept laughing, Irene was left mystified. “What are you laughing about? Me?”

“No,” Isaac replied. “I’m laughing at myself for falling for your dad’s ploy.”

Irene was silent for a while, and laughed as well when she

came to a realization.

“You like that about me?” she asked.

“I do,” Isaac said, composing himself as he continued, ” And I like that it’s you.”

Even if Irene knew none of that, he would have fallen for her anyway. Knowing that simply made her a more

colorful personality.

Irene naturally did not try to nitpick, since it was her either way.

“She may have been foiled this time,” she said, returning the conversation to Robin. “There’s no telling what she’ll be up to next.”

“I’ll have Stan keep an eye on the Jeffersons,” Isaac

replied calmly and quietly-as if they didn’t matter to

him.

couldn’t be of help when it came to work. “I’ll do my

had yet to check on Ricky. “I

to me, so I can’t abandon

but drove her to

anyway.

want to see Ricky,

want to see Ricky, and so said, “I’ll tell Jimmy to come take

replied, and stayed at the entrance,

Sheryl, and quickly found Ricky’s ward. When she entered and found him lying in bed, she saw that his face was still swollen, his right eye purple, and his arms and

certainly knows Isaac’s methods-she was

you

when he saw her, he quickly

was referring to Isaac sending

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

anyone would feel miserable after getting

up beside his bed and pulling out a chair to sit, Irene asked, “How bad

instead held her gaze and asked, “Would you

turned quiet, because she had no

Ricky didn’t seem to blame her since her

came first.

arm, while the other are just bumps and bruises. I guess Isaac just wanted to rough me up a little as reprisal for

blanket up to his shoulders. “I’ll keep things

Holdings for now.”

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”