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.”

for you again

had—with him—and his revelations on the

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

heart was not available to her and might never

lips twisted in distaste. “Love

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

regret loving Art?” Zephyr

a

different

love was a good

causing you pain,” he observed

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 prospect. At least she knew where she stood with

was something,

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

open yourself to love at all.” She 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 love with the

“It works for me.”

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

Cassandra and vice-versa. Or so you

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