Chapter 504

Irene answered earnestly, "...I did."

"Do tell," Isaac said, his interest piqued.

"When you told me that you're only staying with me because of Tommy, I decided that I should not use him to shackle you. You have the right to pick who you love, and..."

"And you faked your death to leave me." Isaac's gaze turned dark.

" Should I thank you for your generosity?"

Irene reared her chin at him.

"You're welcome." Isaac said nothing, but his step quickened as she pulled her back to her room.

Once inside, he scooped her up in his arms and carried her to bed, while Irene turned, doing her best to hide her scars.

As he put her down, she leaned on her side and kept one cheek visible, but Isaac hovered on top of her, gently turning her face.

"You don't have to hide from me."

Even so, Irene was still uneasy with revealing her flaw and she was used to hiding it.

Isaac simply lay by her side and nestled against her neck while stroking her bulging belly.

he whispered alluringly into

fingers clenched on her sheets, Isaac brushed

children from you if I didn't love you. Just

hid her face

"Okay."

said, and leaned in, his lips brushing over her soft hair

wrapped his arms tightly around her, and she felt limp and sprawled herself in his arms, unable

go further, his icy fingertips sliding past her neck, to her chest, and down

eyes widened, and promptly caught his

The baby took priority.

melt into her,

"I'll be gentle—"

Irene held her gaze.

"Not now."

not exactly impossible, but she refused to do

he pursed his lips in silence for a while so that it

restrained himself and simply embraced her, using

a daughter this

Irene

a boy or a girl," she said, stroking her belly—they were her

thought left her sighing,

"It's all your fault."

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