Chapter 127

Tess and Mitchael suddenly appeared at the door. “Ah—how about you guys take this conversation into the living room, and Michael and I will watch the kids, okay?” Tess suggested

and quickly gathered the children together. “Go on, off you go.”

Allena was gone in a second, and he followed without thinking. When they reached the living room, she stopped by the fireplace and swivelled, facing him with her hands on her hips.

“You thought I’d left town with Bobby?” she asked

Discomfiture crept up his neck. “He did have his arms around you the last time we were together.”

“He was saying hello,” she defended. “That’s all.”

“You said you liked him,” he reminded her. “And you told me to leave so you could be alone with him, remember?”

“I was mad at you for your dumb marriage proposal,” she said, huffling. “I’m still mad at you,” she mumbled, flapping her hands. “But that doesn’t mean I would run off with a man I only just met in person for the first time.”

“I didn’t know what to think,” he offe