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.

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

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

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

"Yeah."

fingers clenched over her phone. "I'm hanging

"Yeah."

her phone and stared blankly

while Irene was sound asleep, the door

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

he was

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

without waking her, then washed off his travel weariness before putting on fresh

was unable to fall asleep until it was very late, so she

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

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

warmth and snuggled against

gave her a peck on the forehead, patting her

next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in

voice sounded quite

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

and