The Runaway Groom
Chapter 336

Chapter 336

The thud drew Irene back to her senses. Her hand, frozen in the air,moved again as she knocked on the door.

She composed herself as quickly as she could, while James soonopened the door for her, averting his eyes a little when he saw that itwas her.

James himself did not understand why he did that... perhaps Ireneshould not hear their conversation, and it was a sign of guilt?Nonetheless, Irene was smiling. “Are you guys done here yet? Mrs.Watson has made dinner.”

James studied her then, but her smile was impeccable.

He was relieved inwardly. Maybe she did not hear them, and therewere no unnecessary misunderstandings

“We're just finishing up,” he said.

Irene looked inside, meeting Isaac's eyes and quickly putting on asmile, though she did nothing as she turned away and took Tommyback to his room.

Isaac sent Stan and James to the kitchen while he followed her into theroom, where she was changing Tommy's diapers. Looking up when sheheard a knock, she smiled. “You should go eat. I think Tommy is dozingoff. I'll coax him to sleep.”

Even so, Isaac sharply sensed that Irene was restless, and asked, “Didyou overhear us?”

Irene quickly shook her head. “No, what were you talking about?”

She could tell that Isaac had caught on to her, and made an act oftouching her own face and asked, “Do I look pale or something?”Before Isaac could answer, she added, “I do feel quite tired from work.”“I'll watch Tommy. You should have dinner now so that you can restsoon.”

“Yeah.” Irene was done changing Tommy's diapers just then, andheaded outside.

Isaac caught her wrist as she did. Her hand was very soft and cold tothe touch, and he held it in his own. If you're feeling burned out, youcan give up-"

“I love this job.” She wheeled on him, looking into his eyes.

As he pursed his lips but said nothing, she smiled. “I'll go have dinnernow.”

With that, she pulled her hand out of his grasp and left the room.However, her relaxed expression faded the instant she closed the doorbehind her.

She wanted neither Isaac's lies nor the truth.

She was afraid that his answer would hurt her, and decided toremember that Isaac had genuinely put his life on the line to save herwhen she could have gotten killed.

That important person in his heart? It did not matter—Isaac would havemore than his fair share of secrets after surviving this long. Moreover,he was perfectly healthy, and it made sense if he had been with otherwomen.

Still, she needed time to digest the information... and to forget it.

After composing herself, she headed to the dining room.

Both James and Stan were already seated, but they had not startedeating yet.

She sat down and said, “Isaac is with Tommy. We can start withouthim.”

“We could wait for him..."

“It's fine.” Irene started to eat right then, even adding, “You two shouldstart too.” With that, Stan and James began to eat as well.