The Greek's Pregnant Lover

Chapter 14

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

will.” It already had—with him—and his revelations

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

Zephyr’s heart was not available to her and might never

lips twisted in distaste. “Love is

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

don’t regret loving Art?” Zephyr asked

and a liar and that his love was more words than

that different

love was

up causing you pain,” he observed

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

something, wasn’t

those self-deprecating 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 the Scrooge of

love at all.” She tried to keep the desperation his attitude evoked out

“It works for me.”

mother had abandoned him to build a better life

and vice-versa. Or

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