Chapter 420

Irene was actually surprised that Isaac would call her first—he never did that after he went abroad twice. Naturally, it surprised her that he would call her. "Why…" "Mrs. Watson told me that you were sick." Irene's fingers clenched on her phone—he only called because Mrs. Watson told him that she was ill, not because he missed her? Hanging her head, she said, "I'm fine. I just fainted from fatigue." "Are you feeling better now?" "Yeah, much better. You don't have to worry." "Yeah." Silence ensued, and it was so quiet that both could hear each other's breathing. Neither of them spoke, but they were not hanging up either. Eventually, Irene broke the silence. "You must be busy. I'll hang up if there's nothing else." "Yeah," he replied. However, neither did. More silence. Eventually, Isaac said, "Let's just hang up." "Yeah," Irene said, and did just that. As she put away her phone, however, she felt unusually calm—as if all her pent-up frustrations and grief all left he