The Runaway Groom

Chapter 409

As Isaac made his way towards Irene, her expression stiffened further, and her fingers dug further into her

skirt

They were no strangers, but she was so nervous she could not speak.

She missed him so much too, but she wanted to run away as he approached.

“You’re going to leave your skirt wrinkled and unseemly if you keep creasing it,” Isaac said as he reached her, and reached out to pry her fingers off her skirt.

Feeling the coolness of her fingertips, he asked softly, “Are you cold?”

Flustered, Irene nodded, and then shook her head.

Isaac smiled. “It’s not the first time you’re meeting me. Why are you so nervous? Anyone who didn’t know better would think I’m bullying you.”

Irene lowered her gaze. “No… I’m just surprised you suddenly came back.”

Isaac lifted her chin and smiled faintly, “You pretty yourself so much. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

He was being so tender, and yet she felt that there was something between them.

her

her best to compose herself and sound normal. “Are you finished

really,” he replied–there were still things

left disappointed. Was he deliberately avoiding

he left, but he was still

She

a moment. “I won’t

want him to go,

she was busy with

rift between them, and keeping him with her would not change things back to how they had

needed time–he needed it,

of her heart, she told him, “I understand that you have work to do,

“Not

“I won’t have anything to

“Becoming a gold digger, are

bright, starry gaze was sparkling and clear as her eyes

had a simple attractiveness without makeup,

it.

out to brush the dangling lock of hair behind her ear, he quietly said, “You look

in earnest then–any woman

the Lindts carried influence in Cloud City, and a strategic marriage between their children naturally drew equally