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.

of help when it came to work. “I’ll do my best to not get in the

to check on Ricky. “I know you hate him

me, so I can’t

didn’t respond, but drove her

anyway.

would not want to see Ricky, Irene said,

certainly didn’t want to see Ricky, and so said, “I’ll tell Jimmy

replied, and stayed at the entrance,

found him lying in bed, she saw that his face was still swollen, his right eye purple,

certainly knows Isaac’s methods-she was once his victim, after

are you feeling?”

was awake, and when he saw her, he quickly asked, Did you

Isaac sending his people to beat him

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

would feel miserable after

pulling out a chair to sit, Irene asked, “How bad is it? What did the

and

turned quiet, because she

didn’t seem to

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

helped him pull his blanket up to his shoulders. “I’ll keep things together

Holdings for now.”

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”