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.”

it will happen for you again one

already had—with him—and his revelations

much that situation hurt her, she could not change it. She suddenly realized she was very likely to pay

available to her

in distaste. “Love

it’s good, too.” Surely he could see that, especially now that Neo was so happily in that

Art?” Zephyr asked with calculated

that he was a cheater and a liar and

different from regretting

was a

you pain,”

Art had nearly destroyed her 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

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 no

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

“It works for me.”

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

loves Cassandra and vice-versa.

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