“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?”

words, she jerked in startlement. “I didn’t

like he believed

discuss right now.” 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

something, but before he got a chance, a masculine voice from behind them

turned to face an

forward with his hand out.

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

over

I’m really looking forward to working with you. I

to a man’s heart

and put his arm around Piper’s waist.

his expression serious. “Then I

“Piper, please.”

is an interesting name,

of my father’s mentors in the army,” she informed

looked down at her. “You never

a bit embarrassing, to be named after a grizzled army master sergeant who

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

nickname and

said, humor lacing his

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