“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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