The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 967

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.”

Irene replied, and hung

a moment, she called Isaac’s

Meanwhile, in Franconia…

than the office buildings in

furnished in Franconian style, it still had a staid air to

was upset at Irene and he needed time to

too-stacks of documents

grumbling, “James Cross doesn’t want to come back

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

and gave him a cool look. “James is much more reliable than you are. You

Bzzt-

Isaac’s phone started to buzz on his

up at the screen, his gaze lingering

missed her, and he could not ignore her

stayed aloof despite answering and restrained

wait to talk to him, but she was hesitant to

eventually murmured, pursing her lips. “It’s nothing…

her head

“No,” Isaac coolly replied.

Irene pursed her lips.

was upset, but she

was speechless, but he would never admit it because

“Well, absence makes the heart fonder, right? Isn’t that how it