The Runaway Groom

Chapter 498

‘Isaac Jefferson, you have every right to not love me... But you have no right to question my virtue."

With that, Irene reached for the doorknob, opening it with a click.

However, Isaac caught her hand. "I'm sorry."

Stephen's words had struck him where it hurt, and he let his own anger get the battle of him.

Moreover, she really was pregnant, which was why he had such a poor choice of words.

‘Irene, if I didn't love you, I'd never be with you even if we had ten children. All I wanted to do was protect you, that's why I said I was only staying with you because of Tommy-the more I showed concern for you in front of lan, the more he would want to hurt you."

Irene looked up, forgetting her scars in shock.He had said that because he did not want lan to hurt her.

So, was it all just a misunderstanding?

Isaac's eyes landed on her scars then and his expression darkened further.His throat felt stiff and he could not speak.

Irene came to her senses when she realized what he was looking at. She quickly tried to hide it, but her hands seemed to be at a loss if she should brush her hair over it or pull up her collar.

was natural that she did

she murmured, lowering her

face so that she looked at

of eyes-one evasive, the other gazing lovingly.He studied the burn scars that stretched from her face to neck. The

was

with tears. "Don't look.

like the way he stared, taking

gathered her in his arms, his face pressing against the burned side of

well how she

hurt," he simply said, carefully caressing her and kissing her on the forehead.

to capture her, and for saying what he did without thinking, sending her running away with

his chest and asked, "How

did not understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that' Jane Tanner’ was actually her back in

kill him," Isaac growled

on Stephen's face made it clear that he was

was

told me that you fell in love with someone else and

up at him. "Is that why you believe I was with someone else and