So, he didn’t go into masculine panic mode. “In my world there isn’t anything just about being a true friend.”
“I understand that. All of my so-called friends dumped me when I walked out on Art. I didn’t realize they were only interested in spending time with me if I came as part of a power couple.”
“Even though he cheated on you?” Zephyr asked in disgust.
“Art wasn’t the only one who believed that hoary old refrain he was so good at spouting.”
“Which one is that?”
“All men cheat,” she clarified.
“We don’t.”
“The jury is still out on that one, but I was not about to stay married to a man who believed infidelity was as inevitable as the tide.”
“You know I think you made the right choice divorcing that louse.” At least her family had finally come around to that conclusion as well, even if her former friends had not.
one of the
your move to
Big Apple for both his ego and my career.” She smiled
two years and Très Bon no longer held its prestigious top position status. Arthur Bellingham’s word might
was on the slippery slope of business
had never told Piper, of course. She hadn’t been exposed to
I am glad you came to Seattle,”
silky singlet she wore beneath it, and
am round now?” he asked, practically choking on his lust as her hardened nipples created shoals
attention back to Athens’s typically snarled traffic, lest he cause an accident or do a poor job avoiding
her in peril of the same didn’t even
be smart.” She tapped his leg, having the opposite effect to the one he was sure
“Name one.”
“Brandi.”
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