Very few developers could make that claim, and none as successful as Stamos & Nikos Enterprises.

“Neo and I learned early to see the good in wherever we were.” He laced their fingers together, giving her a look that implied he wasn’t just talking about property development.

“Even the orphanage?” she asked softly.

“I admit I saw more good there than Neo did.”

“I’m not surprised.”

He shrugged.

“That’s a pretty nice talent to have. I wish I’d had it as a child like you did.” She might have found moving around as much as her family had done easier than she had. “Heck, I wouldn’t mind having it now.”

“Don’t play down your strengths. That was one of the first characteristics I admired in you.”

“Seriously?”

“Definitely. When you look at a property, you do not see what is, but what could be.”

the

but it comes from the same

been a grown-up for a long time. The little girl that found changing homes and schools every

that your father’s military career led you to that made you so unhappy. It was the fact you found so much to love and

after developeing a suddenly dry throat. Because Zephyr was exactly right. Every time she had found the place she wanted to

of kids grow up the way I

orphanage my mother abandoned me to. That reality did not make my own situation any easier to accept when she left me

you to the

present was their entwined fingers, he could not

at least

after several moments of somber quiet between

He looked down at her

him. Her pretty blue eyes glazed over in shock.

he should be telling Piper these things assailed him. “One of her clients fell in love with her and wanted to marry her, but he didn’t want a living reminder

bright constant in his short life, the one he had relied on entirely for acceptance and love, he hadn’t been so wise. Neither his child’s mind, nor the heart he’d

kind enough to the small boy the few times they met before

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