He was dead serious.

“Why wouldn’t I be? Regardless of what I just said, I do not anticipate falling in love like Neo, but one day I will marry and procreate. Why build an empire if I have no intention of leaving it to someone?”

She didn’t mention his nieces and nephew. Clearly, that wasn’t what he meant. Zephyr wanted his own family. “But you don’t think you will ever fall in love?”

“No.”

That made more sense, even if it hurt enough to make it difficult to breathe.

“But…”

“But what? You loved your ex-husband, yes?”

She grimaced. “Yes.”

“And did that bring you happiness?”

“No, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think love can happen, or make me happy when it does.”

will happen for you

it will.” It already had—with him—and his revelations on the Acropolis had only cemented that

her, she could not change it. She suddenly realized she was very likely to pay the price for another woman’s actions. Actions that were

not available to her

in distaste.

see that, especially now that Neo was so happily

regret loving Art?” Zephyr asked

was a cheater and a

different from regretting

love was a good

causing you pain,” he observed

deny it. Loving Art had nearly destroyed her on every level. And loving Zephyr didn’t look like it was going to be a much

something, wasn’t

her. “Look, I’m not trying to be the Scrooge of happily ever after, but you and

tried to keep the desperation his attitude evoked out of her voice. It wasn’t his fault she’d been dumb enough to fall in

“It works for me.”

abandoned him to build a better life for herself, Piper couldn’t help understanding Zephyr’s distrust of

Neo loves Cassandra and

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