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.

her head as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

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

"Yeah."

phone. "I'm hanging up if there's nothing

"Yeah."

phone and stared blankly at nothing

was sound asleep, the door

over his hand, while his collar was loose, baring his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue showed in his eyes-a far

he was

did not wake anyone up as he tiptoed into the house, gently opening the door to their bedroom, illuminating by

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

asleep until it was very late, so she was now

the bed, Isaac quietly lay down

he heard Irene's tearful voice over

the warmth and snuggled against

the forehead, patting her gently on the back, afraid

eyes

raspy morning voice sounded quite

reached out to touch his face

was warm, and felt real

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