The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac) novel Chapter 957

Irene was left stumped.

She stammered a little before saying, "The place he went to was remote and has poor cell signals…"

"He wouldn't let that stop him," Erin said, her eyes almost ablaze as she held Irene's gaze. "I hope you're not hiding anything from me, Irene."

Irene was afraid to look Erin in the eye just then—she could not do it while lying to those exceedingly sharp eyes.

"Why would I lie to you?" Irene said.

"But why did you bring me out here? To persuade me to go home?"

Irene quickly denied it. "Of course not. You just came, so of course I'd like you to stay a few more days… but you can't stay because of work, right?"

"I applied for an extended leave," Erin replied.

Irene was stumped.

Erin was not so easily fooled. What should she do?

Irene certainly did not know what to do just then.

To make things worse, Erin suddenly said, "Let's go. Once we're done shopping, we can head to your place."

And with that, Irene could not tell her to return to Minerva at all!

If Erin headed to the castle and saw Isaac's eyes, she would be able to tell that something was wrong!

In fact, she already did!

Still, Irene had no choice but to play along, following Erin while looking like her soul had left her.

Erin sensed that and smiled. "What's on your mind, Irene? You look so distracted."

Irene sighed. "Didn't you check out the news?"

"I've been busy," Erin replied. "We just finished an important project, which was why the higher-ups allowed me to take leave."

In fact, she had been working overtime until midnight and drove to work before sunrise.

She had no time at all to check out the news.

As such, Irene told her, "Isaac's plane to Franconia crashed…"

Erin became flustered right then. "Is he alright?"

Irene nodded. "He's fine, but his eyes were injured. It caused a huge mess, so James had to leave to deal with the cleanup. We didn't want to tell you in case we'd worry you, and James was probably concerned he could not tell you if you asked, so he decided to cut off contact entirely."

Erin was skeptical. "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Irene said. "Just come home with me later and you'll understand."

Since there was no way she could send Erin home, she just had to bring Erin to the castle.