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

bed and closed her eyes as she

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

drowsy that she fell asleep soon enough, and Isaac tucked her under the blanket, before putting a hand around

that she left, and he searched every place where

she left no clues or anything as she upped and left.He strode alone on a street aimlessly, remembering the time he kept her with him while

she had been vengeful, he had the

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

was quiet, and the moon's

along shadow as a gust of night

walked for a long time, and he only got home as the first rays of dawn

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

been?" she asked, before noting

refuse to come

talk, Zachary headed upstairs

resolve of

she can be so determined to leave

stopped in his tracks and wheeled