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.

as teardrops trickled over her eyelashes. "You called to tell me that you're not

"Yeah,” he said quietly.

fine. Just do what you have to, but tell me as soon as you

"Yeah."

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

"Yeah."

phone and stared blankly at nothing

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

while his collar was loose, baring his muscular chest. There was stubble on his chin and fatigue

anything, he

the door to their bedroom, illuminating by

his travel weariness before putting on fresh clothes and returning to

so she was now sound asleep,

quietly lay down beside

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

felt the warmth

forehead, patting her gently on

up in a daze the next morning, she rubbed her eyes when she saw someone in front

voice

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

cheek was warm, and felt real to the

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