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?"

coolly. "You're affecting my mood by following me around.

now that you're back? Really, I

was not about to get upset with that. "He's just busy with work. How

left speechless—to be fair,

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

at her in silence, which

that was exactly why he

lie about going sightseeing with Jean because he did want to let Irene

she did, she surely would

that was only if Lulu did come

told him slowly and clearly then, "Lulu didn't come back with me. She's gone after Martin died, and I don't know where she is, just as she did not tell me where she

waved her off. "I

hiding Lulu from him, he would not find out anything from her

with Martin dead, Lulu probably had no place

one Lulu had was their daughter, and Lulu would probably

had to take good care of Jean, and Lulu would