The Runaway Groom

Chapter 573

Despite lrene’s best efforts in hiding her feelings, Isaac immediately heard the tears in her voice.

"Are you crying?” he asked quietly.

Irene did her best to keep her voice in check while denying it. "No, I'm fine.”

There was silence on the other end. "Alright, you totally weren't crying.”

Irene hung her head right then, staring at her toes as she said, "I missed you.’

Learning what had happened to Lulu had left her feeling as if she was punched in the gut.

She did her best to keep herself in check, but with Isaac, she suddenly wanted a shoulder to lean on, and to feel vulnerable.

There was a long silence from the other end. "You should go to bed."

Irene asked, "Weren't you supposed to come home once you're done over there?"

"Something came up."

Irene felt despondent.

murmured, lowering her head as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called to tell me that you're not returning

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

spirit and said, "I'm fine. Just do what you have to,

"Yeah."

phone. "I'm hanging up if

"Yeah."

away her phone and stared blankly at nothing for

while Irene was sound asleep, the door opened

loose, baring his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue showed in his eyes-a

he

not wake anyone up as he tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by silver moonlight. He stood by the door, watching Irene curling into herself on her

then washed off his travel weariness before putting on fresh clothes and returning to

it was very late, so she was now sound asleep, unable to sense that someone was in

to the bed, Isaac quietly lay down beside her and wrapped his arms around

became worried when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the

warmth and snuggled

peck on the forehead, patting her gently on the back,

daze the next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front of her, before her vision cleared

voice sounded quite surprised. "Y-You're

she reached out to touch his face as if to test if

was warm, and felt real to the