Chapter 541

Isaac asked Grace, "Are you free to video call?" Grace glanced around at her surroundings and decided against it. She replied, "I'm out right now. It's not a good time." "Seriously? It's 10:00 pm in Easternvale and freezing cold. You're the only person crazy enough to go out now." When Grace did not respond, Isaac followed up with another message. "Are you dating someone?" "No!" Grace typed quickly. Her heart started racing as she typed to explain that she was married. Yet, Isaac's following message came through before she could send it. His text read, "Good. If you were dating someone, I'd fly back home immediately." Grace quickly deleted her unsent message. She held her phone close to her heart, her hands trembling slightly. After another long pause in their conversation, Isaac sent another message. "Grace, is everything okay at home? Why do I feel like you're all acting strange?" Grace stared at their chat window, thinking how strange things really were. After all, she was