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 you again one

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

it wasn’t a truth he would 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. Actions that were decades old, but had not lost the power to hurt

available to her and might

lips twisted in distaste. “Love is

Surely he could see that,

regret loving Art?”

a liar

different from regretting

was

up causing you pain,”

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

was something,

it made her stomach clench to have him use it on her. “Look, I’m not trying to be the Scrooge of

his attitude evoked out of her voice. It wasn’t his fault she’d

“It works for me.”

had abandoned him to build a better life for herself, Piper couldn’t help

and

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