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

comes from

grown-up for a long time. The little girl

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

dry throat. Because Zephyr was exactly right. Every time she had found the place she wanted to occupy in her new world, she had

“Lots of kids grow

does it. There were more than two dozen other children in the orphanage my mother abandoned me to. That reality did not make

you

present was their entwined fingers, he could not believe he had shared that information with Piper.

all, but at least some.

after several

down at her to gauge

glazed over in shock. “I thought you were a baby,

a sense of utter unreality that 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 of the life she’d led before

he had relied on entirely for acceptance and love, he hadn’t been so wise. Neither his child’s mind, nor

they met before he

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