The Runaway Groom
Chapter 1036

James froze when he saw Erin, unable to believe his eyes!

"What..."

Erin held a hand on her own chest. "What's wrong?"

James simply lowered his head and chuckled—he never expected Erinto put so much effort into making herself so alluring for their weddingnight, just as he was surprised that she carried such charm.

"No good?" she asked, and peeked at herself in the mirror.

It was actually good, or so she believed.

James quickly shook his head. "No. It's good."

Though bewitching was even more appropriate, panting her with adifferent shade of charm!

As a man, he would be abnormal if he stayed unmoved!

He scooped her up in his arms, prompting her to yelp in surprise, “Letme down!"

James refused. "You're my bride."

Still, Erin exclaimed, "Your leg isn't better—"

James leaned in to kiss her lips before she could finish, leaving thewords stuck in her throat.

And the rest was history!

When it was all over, Erin was resting her head on James's arm andnestled in his chest.

She looked up, her cheeks obviously blushing pink just then. "Do youknow who gave me that dress?"

"Who?" James asked, lowering his gaze to meet hers.

"Irene."

She was certainly surprised that Irene would give her something likethat—even James was raising his brow in surprise too.

“I mean, only best friends give each other stuff like that, so I'msurprised Irene would send one to me," Erin said. "It felt like we're bestfriends more than in-laws."

"Yeah," James replied—only those who were very close would dosomething like that.

“I'm very lucky," Erin added then.

She was abandoned as a child, but her adopted parents treated herbetter than her biological parents could.

Isaac, who had no blood relations to her and whose connection to herwas second to implausible, gave her his company's shares, treating herlike a real family.

Holding James then, she murmured, "I'll definitely be a good sister anda good aunt.”

James stroked her hair. "You've already done very well."

She was no schemer and was always earnest, and he was sure thatwas why Isaac acknowledged her, while Irene was also nice to her.After all, character was much more important than roots, and it washow everyone grew to accept her.

James tightened his arms around her then—she really was worth theaffection.

"When are we returning to Franconia?" she asked just then.

She had resigned from work to take care of James, and now that theirwedding was over, she could head to Franconia with him at any time.“Let's take a few days to rest and get ready," James said.

The wedding was just over, and he was sure that Irene would need abreak after traveling so far and with children too.

While adults might still be fine with traveling in quick succession, itmight not be the same with kids.

"Okay." Erin nodded, agreeing with James too.

They decided to go out tomorrow—just the two of them, since theywere just married.

Neither Tommy nor Baby were willing to stay still in the house, so Isaacwent out with them.

Minerva was a country with rich culture, and there were plenty of placesto visit—they had the time to bring the children out to take in the cultureand sight of the country.

Tommy was a little excited.