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?"

following me

is he really working now that you're back? Really, I wonder what's more

with that. "He's just busy with

left speechless—to be fair, he was asking for

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

her in silence,

fact, that was exactly

going sightseeing with Jean because he did want to let Irene and Isaac spend time together, he also

surely would be going to see Lulu,

was only if Lulu did come to

after Martin died, and I don't know where she is,

her

Lulu from him, he would

probably had no

their daughter, and Lulu would probably

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