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.

help when it came to work. “I’ll do my best to

she had yet to check on Ricky. “I know

to me,

drove her to

anyway.

would not want to see Ricky,

certainly didn’t want to see Ricky, and so said,

Irene replied, and stayed at the entrance, watching as Isaac drove off

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 feet were all

methods-she was once his

you

when he saw her, he

knew he was referring to Isaac sending

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

anyone would feel miserable after

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

held her gaze and asked, “Would you have stopped him if

quiet, because she

didn’t seem to

came first.

while the other are just bumps and bruises. I guess Isaac just wanted to rough me up a little

Irene said and helped him pull his blanket up

Holdings for now.”

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”