The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 872

Irene never saw Erin after she came back from the hospital.

She would notice her if she returned—Erin was not the type who would shut herself in her room.

“Probably not,” she told Isaac.

Isaac nodded.

–

After Erin drove James home and gestured for her to get down, he said, “I think I’m sick. Must have drank too much.”

As such, Erin parked the car and helped him back to his home.

“Lie down on the couch. I’ll get you something for your hangover.”

James caught her wrist. “Just stay with me.”

He was not drunk at all—that bit of alcohol would not leave him intoxicated and he could hold his liquor.

Erin saw through him then and exposed him too. “You tricked me?”

James chuckled, his lips curling into a smile as he pulled Erin toward him, holding her firmly by her waist.

to visit,” he said.

goes both ways. I shouldn’t make

his chin on her shoulder in turn. “I’ll talk to Mr. Jefferson

shouldn’t,” Erin turned to look at him with a serious

James pouted. “‘Dear brother?'”

gaze. “Of course. Even

that

“Stan Hill is back, so he has people to help him. On the other hand, it’s been a long while since I took leave, and everything’s more or less done on hand. Stan can take over anything I might have to do as well, so I

he wanted to spend more time with her, since she used to complain about how he was always too busy

a job too, so we just have to keep in touch from time to time, and

for a while before

to sleep?”

beside her ear, sprinkling his warm breath all over as he said tenderly, “I don’t think I can sleep. I’d rather you stay the night with

said, getting away from his embrace just

knuckles were clenched, and there was

was getting paranoid, and he whispered, “I won’t do anything,

that Erin had yet to recover from her trauma before, but

James caught her from behind and kept his arms

wrong,” he assured her with a mild voice. “Sorry, I misspoke and caused a misunderstanding. I

to look at

of them spoke for

the couch in each other’s embrace as they both

should go,”