“I will make sure you are still pampered,” he assured her.

“What about you?”

“What about me?” he asked, not following.

“Don’t you think you could do with a bit of pampering?”

“I will avail myself of the spa services.”

“To check their quality standard, I bet.”

“So?”

“So, you’re something of a workaholic,” she clarified.

“As are you.”

“I love my business.” But she wasn’t really a workaholic. Once her business was established, she had every intention of cutting back her hours to make room for other things. “I never intended it to be everything in my life.”

“Then why do you consider the prospect of parenting the dissolution of your dreams?”

interpretation of her earlier words, she jerked in startlement. “I

like he believed her. “What did you

Really. Truly. It would do neither of them any good to hash over her old dream of building a life with a man who loved

before he got a chance, a masculine voice

both turned to face an

forward with his hand out. “Ah, Jean-René.

is our architect, Jean-René Tilieu. Jean-René, this is

was white-white and full of charm as he bent over Piper’s

to working with you. I find your work both

you know the way to a man’s heart

forward and put his arm around Piper’s waist. “Piper does not

gave them a speculative look and then met her eyes, his expression serious. “Then

“Piper, please.”

interesting name, n’est-ce

my father’s mentors in the army,”

her.

to be named after a grizzled army

a feminine name, though, non? This master sergeant who chewed tobacco is

is his nickname and I

probably best,” Zephyr said, humor

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