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

had yet to check on Ricky. “I know you hate him because he poisoned Tommy, and I do too. But my

his care to me, so I can’t

didn’t respond, but drove her to

anyway.

arrived. Knowing that Isaac would not want to see Ricky, Irene

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

and stayed at the entrance, watching as Isaac drove

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

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

are you

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

Isaac sending his people to beat

“I didn’t,” she admitted.

would feel miserable after getting beaten

to sit, Irene asked, “How bad is it? What

and asked, “Would you have stopped him if you

quiet, because she had

Ricky didn’t seem to

came first.

and bruises. I guess Isaac just wanted to rough me up a little as reprisal for

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

Holdings for now.”

Ricky nodded. “Okay.”