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?"

"You're affecting my mood by following me around. Or should I thank

Where's Isaac? I 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

fair, he was

Just leave!" Irene knew he was following her because he failed to make her talk

her in silence, which was basically a silent

was exactly

Jean because he did want to let Irene and Isaac spend time together, he also wondered if Irene would

surely would be going to see Lulu,

if Lulu did come

gone after Martin died, and I don't know where

her off. "I

Irene was resolute about hiding Lulu from him, he would not

Martin dead, Lulu probably had no

only one Lulu had was their daughter, and Lulu

take good care of Jean, and Lulu would eventually come to Jean once she