The Runaway Groom

Zachary was chuckling but he did not appear embarrassed.

Irene, however, was not humoring him. "Why were you following me?" "How was I following you?" Zachary argued. "You don't own this road. I can use it just like you."

"Weren't you going sightseeing with Jean? What are you doing here? You took one of the cars too."

"We did. We just didn't go that far."

Irene was left speechless and asked grumpily, "So? What do you want?"

"Nothing," Zachary said. "Just taking a stroll, killing time."

Irene ignored that and strode off to try to shake him off.

Zachary, however, clung to her like a wad of gum. “It's dangerous going alone. Why don't I come with you?"

"Nope." Irene refused right then. "Keep following me, and I'll tell Isaac you're bothering me."

Zachary pouted. "Don't we go way back?"

by following me around. Or should

mean, is he really working now that you're back? Really, I wonder what's more important to him—money

get upset with that. "He's just busy with work. How does that affect

left speechless—to be fair, he was

following her because he failed to make her talk last night. "You thought I brought Lulu back with

in silence, which was

fact, that was exactly

he did not lie about going sightseeing with Jean because he did want to let Irene and Isaac spend time together, he also wondered if

did, she surely would be

was only if Lulu did come to

back with me. She's gone after Martin died, and I don't know where she is, just as she

waved her

resolute about hiding Lulu from him, he would not

probably had no place to

only one Lulu had was their daughter, and Lulu would probably miss

he just had to take good care of Jean, and Lulu would eventually come to Jean