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

Irene's fingers clenched on her sheets, Isaac

love you. Just ask me if

hid her face on

"Okay."

missed you so much," he said, and leaned in, his lips brushing over her soft hair to kiss her

reached deep as he wrapped his arms tightly around her, and she felt limp and

his icy fingertips sliding past her neck, to

caught

The baby took priority.

melt into her, because she had

"I'll be gentle—"

Irene held her gaze.

"Not now."

was not exactly impossible, but she refused to do it when

lips in silence

little antsy afterward, but he restrained himself and simply embraced her, using conversation to divert his

it a daughter

Irene replied—she

whether it's a boy or a girl," she said, stroking her belly—they were her children

left her sighing,

"It's all your fault."

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