The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac) novel Chapter 938

The clear, familiar voice left Irene's face falling.

She felt delight, excitement, and an indescribable urgency all at once. "Isaac?!"

Still, her voice soon became careful, "Isaac, is that you?"

"Yeah," he replied. "I'm fine over here."

Irene felt as if she was drained right then, and she had to lean limply against the wall beside her as she smiled with tears in her eyes.

Still, working hard to keep herself calm, she asked, "Where are you? I'll come to you right now."

Beside her, Zachary and Stan had leaned closer to listen to the conversation.

Isaac paused for a moment before saying, "I'm a little busy here. I just called so that you won't worry."

Irene frowned, but Isaac hung up before she could say anything else.

Irene became flustered and quickly dialed the number!

The call got through, but it was hung up from the other end.

She was going to try again when Zachary caught her wrist. "Don't."

"Why?" Irene asked.

"It's obvious Isaac is constrained at the moment," he said, breaking it down for her. "If he's free, he would directly tell us where he is instead of telling you not to worry. The point of calling you was mainly to tell you that he's fine."

Staring at Zachary blankly for a moment, Irene then nervously tugged on her own sleeve, her veins bulging over the back of her hand. "Does that mean… He's in danger?"

"Isaac is smart," Zachary assured her. "He might come up with a plan to escape."

Irene, however, was still worried. "Can't we trace the call?"

"We can only do that while the call is still connected," Zachary told her. "This is good news, and I'm sure he'll call again."

Irene remained flustered. "What, so are we going to just do nothing, and wait?"

Zachary nodded. "Right now, we must refrain from troubling him further."

Clapping Irene on the shoulder, he said, "Just calm down for now."

Irene bit her lip in silence.

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They would occasionally come to check on things, but they usually stopped just to take what they wanted.

Once that was done, they would let Thomas have a phone call with his son to ensure that his son was still fine.

Thomas hid Isaac in the cellar to make sure he was safe and told him to stay very quiet.

Isaac was cooperative, since he could not do anything in his state.

The cellar was dank and stank of mud.

It was already covered, but he also picked up other scents that seemed to sting his nostrils and he had no idea what they were.

And since it was a cellar, it was very quiet.

It was after a long while before Thomas and Marie finally took him out of the cellar.

"Let's get you out of here," Thomas said.

Isaac would be killed if they found him hidden here, and Thomas himself would not fare better—not to mention that they still had his son.

Naturally, Isaac wanted to leave as soon as he could!