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 to tell me that

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

Just do what you have to, but tell me

"Yeah."

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

"Yeah."

away her phone and stared blankly

while Irene was sound asleep, the door opened as Isaac's towering

chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue

he

he did 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 bed and

travel weariness before putting on fresh

it was very late, so she

down beside her and wrapped his

an emergency, he became worried when he heard Irene's tearful voice over the phone and returned

the warmth and snuggled

the forehead, patting her gently

morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front of her, before

morning voice sounded

face

cheek was warm, and

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