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 you for

is he really working now that you're back? Really, I wonder what's more important to him—money or love?" Zachary tried to

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

was left speechless—to be fair, he was asking

he was following her because he failed to make her talk last night.

looked at her in silence, which was basically

exactly why he

want to let Irene and Isaac spend time together, he

she surely would be going

was only if Lulu

Martin died, and

waved her

Lulu from him, he would not

Martin dead, Lulu probably

had was their daughter,

care of Jean, and Lulu would eventually come to Jean