“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

look like he believed her. “What

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 her, and the more recently acknowledged dream of having Zephyr

something, but before he got a

to face an attractive black

his hand out. “Ah, Jean-René. Good

turned back to Piper. “Pethi mou, this is our architect, Jean-René Tilieu. Jean-René, this is Piper Madison, our

as he bent over Piper’s extended hand,

to working with you.

way to a

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

met her eyes, his expression serious. “Then I am doubly honored by your

“Piper, please.”

interesting

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

down at her. “You never told

named after a grizzled army master sergeant who chewed tobacco and

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

“No, Pipes is his nickname and I

probably best,” Zephyr said, humor

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