Chapter 12 All According To Plan

“It had nothing to do with Lucille, Dad,” Zack said.

Unable to stop Lucille’s departure, the only thing he could do was cast his fear aside and appeal to his father.

Although he had resented Lucille for putting him in such a compromising situation, witnessing Lucille’s desperate attempt to defend him ultimately inspired his masculine instincts to protect her.

“Shut your mouth and remain on your knees!”

Zack relented under his father’s furious gaze by doing as he was told without further protests.

 

awry of the impending wedding made Jacob anxious and the Xander family embarrassed. Only Hannah and Michaela remained so

Yvonne, it was her son’s actions that had led up to that. Despite her embarrassment, Yvonne walked up to Michaela and her mother. “It was all Zack’s fault, Hannah,” she said with some hesitance. “You have no idea how sorry the Xanders are for Mich. Look,

 

“Cancel the wedding!”

full of certainty, and her determined expression made her declaration impossible

through with the wedding in the face of

hurriedly approached Michaela and said cautiously, “All men are like

so charged by his nature that he was forced to get in bed with my

by his daughter’s public reprimand, Jacob did his best to remain patient. “I want you to think carefully, Mich. Marriage is a

anything except a violation of principles,” Michaela said flatly. The

a business deal of my father’s, but I cannot accept Zack’s infidelity. It’s sad enough that I can’t live the way I want. But if

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