The Runaway Groom
Chapter 477

Chapter 477

Irene froze.

Isaac had a towel around his waist, but his entire body was still wet,and... there was a scarlet rash over every inch of his skin.

Surprised, she asked, "What happened?"

"That's my question. What did you put in my bath?" Isaac wasfrowning- the rash itched so badly!

Irene quickly spoke into her phone. "Something just came up. I'll talk toyou later."

With that, she hung up and hurried into the bathroom and checked thebath, and somehow fished out a substance that could causeoversensitive skin.

But she never put it in... How did it get in there?

"Don't scratch,” Irene told Isaac when she stepped out. "Just wait here.I'll get you an ointment-"

However, Isaac grabbed her by the neck before she could leave, amenacing air spilling out of him as he growled, "You did this, didn'tyou?"

Irene was suffocating and instinctively shielded her belly. "I have noreason to hurt you, Mr. Jefferson," she gasped. “It does me no good-there's a misunderstanding here, believe me."

Isaac, however, was unmoved, and his fingers continued to clench overher neck.

Even as her cheeks flushed a crimson, she gasped, "Please... give mea chance to prove it..."

Knock, knock-

Someone was suddenly knocking on Isaac's door.

He released her then, while the menacing air around him faded. "You'dbetter not have messed with me, or I'll destroy you!"

Irene was wheezing, but she calmly answered, "If I meant to harm you,you'd be dead instead of getting just a rash.”

There was such confidence in her voice that Isaac narrowed his eyes.Knock, knock-

Whoever was outside knocked on the door again, more urgently thistime. Isaac walked over to get the door, and opened it to see that it wasHarvey. He had heard Isaac's voice over the phone, and knew rightthen that they were together.

That was why he knocked on Isaac's door, and the instant it wasopened, he looked inside to replace Irene standing in the living room.

“You really are on a self-destruction spiral, huh? Getting it on withsomeone as ugly as her?"

Bang!

The door was shut in his face so violently that it kicked up a storm,while the door itself almost hit Harvey squarely in the face, missing it bybare inches.

He froze for a minute before he came to his senses and banged on thedoor violently. "Open up, Isaac! I mean it-do it right now, or else!"

He was almost crazed because he did not want Irene to be alone withIsaac.

No matter how ugly she made herself look, Irene was still Irene-what ifIsaac noticed?

Eventually, the door opened again, but this time it was Irene.

Harvey quickly smiled, but Irene shot him a glare before he couldspeak- they should pretend not to know each other around others.Harvey quickly caught the cue and promptly exclaimed, “Hey, who areyou?"

Irene simply shut the door and headed toward the elevator.

Before Harvey could follow, however, James stepped out of his ownroom and shot him a warning look. "Don't think about meddling.”Harvey smiled. “I'm not."

James simply ignored him and followed Irene into the elevator.

Soon, they returned with the ointment, but Harvey was still waitingoutside.

“You can go in now, Dr. Tanner,” James told Irene, while he stayedoutside to keep an eye on Harvey to stop him from getting up to anymischief.

Irene glanced at Harvey but said nothing and she strode inside Isaac'sroom.

Isaac had already broken the skin on his neck from scratching andIrene stopped him. “I told you not to scratch it."

Isaac shot her a glare. "Try soaking in that crap. See if you can stopyourself."

Irene was speechless.

Fine.

If itching had levels and the natural maximum was ten, medication-induced itch would be twice worse.

She quickly brought out the itch medication and said, "You'll feel betterwith this."

Isaac leveled a silent, wary stare at her, clear distrustful.

Irene hence rubbed some on her own skin. "See? I'm just fine-like Isaid, there's no point in me hurting you."

Isaac's became less tense than, and Irene started to rub the ointmenton him.

It was icy to the touch, and Isaac felt the itch on his skin easing theinstant it was applied.

However, Irene was working so seriously she did not notice the mole onher nose slipping.

Isaac inadvertently looked up just then and saw that!