The Runaway Groom

After waiting for a long while, Isaac became disappointed since Irene was not calling him back.

He refused to call her, too—did she not miss him at all after being gone for so long? She even refused to tell him that!

Nonetheless, he rubbed his temples and mustered his spirit as he stared at the documents on the table.

One wrong decision would lead to severe losses for his company, and he assumed his usual working mindset of calm and prudence.

Irene did not sleep well the entire night, as she had this nagging feeling that Isaac was angry.

Still, she decided she would not explain herself clearly if she called back, and that she must get home soon to check on the children and talk to Isaac so he would not keep feeling upset about it.

She could stay there for a couple days before coming back too.

She ate the breakfast Eagle bought in the morning, hesitating for a moment before telling him, "I think I'll rest easy knowing you're here." Moreover, his colleague would need time to get here even if she was hired, and that would delay Irene's trip to Franconia.

Irene needed to come back as soon as possible for Lulu's next surgery. Eagle stared at her in turn. "Are you sure you want me to stay, ma'am?" "Yes," Irene replied. "Right now, you're the person I trust most, and Lulu is very important to me. That's why I won't be at ease with anyone staying with her, except for you!"

long every time in fear that he would stray out of line. "I'm willing to stay since you trust me so much,

fine. And I will be careful,” Irene said, having past experiences and knowing

for use in case of emergencies too, should you have time in the future.” "Of course!"

done his rounds this morning and told her that Lulu was in

in turn and was quiet

Lulu was still sleeping soundly before dragging Eagle out of

at Irene grabbing his

Irene said,

willing, Eagle appeared hesitant even as

everything easily since she was uninitiated, so Eagle needed a hands-on approach as he taught

shrug

detail, and the key

enough to catch

there was a particular posture where Eagle had to put his hand on Irene’s waist, and

his face turning red too,