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.

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

check on Ricky. “I know

care to me, so I can’t abandon

respond, but drove her to

anyway.

want to see Ricky, Irene said, “I

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

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

she saw that his face was still swollen, his right eye

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

you

when he saw her,

to Isaac

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

would feel miserable after

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

instead held her gaze and asked,

quiet, because

didn’t seem to blame her since her

came first.

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

Holdings for now.”

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”