The Runaway Groom

Chapter 667

Irene felt spirited right then.

Could it be a phone call from Isaac?

"Hello?"

However, it turned out to be Sheryl.

"Irene, did you leave in the middle of the night?"

"Yeah," Irene murmured quietly, doing her best to hide her disappointment.

"why'd you have to leave? How could you still be so unruly? Don't you understand the state you're in?"

Sheryl rebuked her right then.

Irene smiled and tried to assure her mother, saying, "I know.It won't happen again."

"You always say that, but you never actually do it."

It was not as if Sheryl wanted to scold her, but Irene really did make her worry all the time.Irene naturally had to change the subject.

"Mom, did something happen? Was that why you called me?"

"Yeah.Will you be home soon?"

"Yeah."

"Well, you will find out when you get home."

replied, and hung

for a moment, she called

Meanwhile, in Franconia...

grander than the office buildings

Franconian style, it still had

was upset at Irene and he

actually had work to do here, too—stacks of documents and folders were sitting on

stood nearby, grumbling, "James Cross doesn't want to come back at

Isaac as well—the man had transferred him here, but did not transfer him back at

instant he spoke and gave him

reliable than

Isaac's phone

up at the screen,

not ignore her even if he was upset

aloof despite answering and

"What is it?"

to him, but she was

murmured, pursing her

tell me that

she hung her head and asked,

"No," Isaac coolly replied.

Irene pursed her lips.

knew that he was upset, but she asked anyway,

would never admit it because of

"'I just left."

Irene smiled.

absence makes the heart fonder, right? Isn't that how it

fingers clenched on his phone and he leaned against his chair, staring nonchalantly at the