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

suddenly realized she was very likely to pay the price for another woman’s actions. Actions that were decades old, but had

available

twisted in distaste. “Love

could see that, especially now that Neo

Art?”

a liar and

that different

was a good

you pain,” he

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

was something,

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

you shouldn’t open yourself to love at all.” She tried to keep the desperation his attitude evoked out of

“It works for me.”

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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