Chapter 499

‘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.

throat felt stiff and he

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

should brush her hair over

for women, and it was natural that she did not

look," she murmured, lowering her

Isaac cupped her face so that she looked

evasive, the other

studied the burn scars that stretched from her face to neck. The skin was left wrinkled, uneven, and

he felt was pain

eyes welled with tears.

did not like the way he

arms, his face pressing against the burned side of

well how

simply said, carefully caressing her

blamed himself for not protecting her, allowing lan to capture her, and for saying what

leaned on his chest and asked, "How did you know I was here?" She did not understand how Isaac discovered her-he never realized that' Jane Tanner’ was actually her back

Isaac growled through his

the look on Stephen's face made

Irene was actually

that you fell in love with someone else and did

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