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 again one

had—with him—and his revelations on the Acropolis had only cemented

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

available to

lips twisted in distaste. “Love is a messy

Surely he could see that, especially now that Neo was so happily in that

don’t regret loving Art?” Zephyr asked with

was a cheater and a liar and

is that different from regretting

love was a good

you pain,” he observed

loving Zephyr didn’t look like it was going

was something,

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 guarantee they won’t

all.” She tried to keep the desperation his attitude evoked out of her voice. It wasn’t his fault

“It works for me.”

Now that she knew his mother had abandoned him to build a better life for herself, Piper couldn’t help

Neo loves Cassandra and vice-versa.

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