The Greek's Pregnant Lover

Chapter 14

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.”

happen for

had—with him—and his revelations on the

be pleased if she shared. No matter how much that situation hurt her, she could not change it. She suddenly realized she was very likely to pay the price for another woman’s actions.

heart was not available to her and might never

distaste.

but it’s good, too.” Surely he could see that, especially now that Neo

Art?”

a cheater and a liar and

that different

love was a good

ended up causing you pain,”

on every level. And loving Zephyr didn’t look like it was going to be a much better prospect. At least she knew where she stood with

was something, wasn’t

of those self-deprecating smiles he used when negotiating and it made her stomach clench to have him use it on her. “Look, I’m not trying to be the Scrooge of happily ever after, but you and I both know someone loving you is

keep the desperation his attitude evoked out of her voice. It wasn’t his

“It works for me.”

attitude. Now that she knew his mother had abandoned him to build a better life for herself, Piper couldn’t help understanding Zephyr’s distrust of

Cassandra and vice-versa. Or so

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