The Runaway Groom

Chapter 264

Isaac entered, and asked, “You’re not sleeping yet? Did I wake you up?”

“No, I was waiting for you,” Irene replied. She got off her bed and gave him a hug, resting her face on his chest.

The move surprised Isaac, and he stiffened for a while before asking with a smile, “What’s gotten into you?”

“Nothing,” she replied. “Just wanted a hug.”

Isaac looked at her, “Let go. I’ll be back after a shower. I’m filthy right now.”

Irene tightened his embrace instead, gluing herself to

him.

“What is it?” Isaac asked quietly, feeling as if she was not

in her right mind.

Irene rubbed herself against his chest. “From now on, I’m your family wherever you go. I love you.”

His quiet voice turned raspy right then. “Really, now… What’s gotten into you?”

“Nothing. I just missed you and wanted a hug,” Irene

on the balls of her feet to kiss

stunned, and

pulled away spoon enough. “I need

take a shower.”

him. He would have hugged her

he lost

the thought. “Did you fall out of

not touching her. “I saw a corpse on my way back. It’s bad mojo, and I don’t want you to get

a doctor,

a day went by without a patient

was less

corpse? This late

was silent for a while, before answering,

Samantha.”

a long time at his answer, and thought that she was hearing things.

an address around 10:30, saying that I’d find her there. I brought my people along and headed there around eleven, where we found her dead on the scene. After that, we searched the area around and tried to trace the sender, but we got nothing.

well. “When

it was the same thing: an

can’t

agreed. “What was their

they just want me to see