“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

look like he believed

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

mouth to say something, but before he got a chance, a masculine voice from

both turned to face an attractive black

out. “Ah, Jean-René.

to Piper. “Pethi mou, this is our

white-white and full of charm as he bent over Piper’s extended hand,

really looking forward to working with you. I find your work both inspiring and

way to a man’s heart is flattery,

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

them a speculative look and then met her eyes, his expression serious. “Then I am doubly honored

“Piper, please.”

interesting name, n’est-ce

my father’s mentors

her.

after a grizzled army master sergeant who chewed tobacco and

master sergeant

his nickname and I never asked how

probably best,” Zephyr said,

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