The Runaway Groom

Chapter 740

"It's me," Isaac whispered softly into Irene's ear.She turned and smacked him on the chest in annoyance.

"You scared me." Isaac held her hands down.

"I'll be more careful next time."

Irene took a moment to calm down then—her heart had almost leapt out of her throat just now, as she thought someone had broken in.

Still, she became worried anyway.

"I wonder how Lulu's doing.Where would she go? She's all by herself..."

Isaac frowned slightly and asked, "Aren't you tired?"

Irene flexed her neck in response— it had certainly been a long day, and it was very late.

"Yeah," she replied with a yawn.

"So why bother?"

Irene realized then that he was not concerned, but complaining that she was being a busybody instead.

"They're family," she grumbled.

"I can't do nothing—"

now go

his arms

She sighed.

"I haven't bathed..."

fine to skip for a

in bed and closed her eyes as

"Fine.I'll do it tomorrow..."

blanket, before putting a hand around her

looking for Lulu soon after learning that she left, and he searched every place

she was nowhere to be found, and she left no clues or anything as she upped and left.He strode alone on a street aimlessly,

had been vengeful, he had the solace of

grief and self-blame.He was the reason for all of

and the moon's glow bathed the bleak

shadow as a gust of night

long time, and he only got home as the

absence, Mrs.Slate was going to start a search, and

have you been?" she asked, before noting

refuse to come home with

wanting to talk, Zachary headed upstairs right

have the resolve of a woman," Mrs.Slate

so determined to leave you, why can't you do

in his tracks and wheeled on her with