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.

louse runs one of the

your move to

in The Big Apple for both

and Très Bon no longer held its prestigious top position status. Arthur Bellingham’s word might send ripples out in the city, but Zephyr Nikos

business decline

told Piper, of course. She hadn’t been exposed to his ruthless streak and he saw no

glad you

the silky singlet she wore beneath it, and the fact she wasn’t wearing a

on his lust as her hardened nipples created shoals in the slinky fabric of

accident or do a poor job avoiding one. He could hardly do what he was fantasizing to her body

in peril of the same didn’t even

the one he was sure she meant

“Name one.”

“Brandi.”

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