“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

believed

over her old dream

before he got a chance, a masculine voice from behind them said,

both turned to face an

out. “Ah, Jean-René.

mou, this is our architect, Jean-René

white-white and full of charm as he bent over Piper’s extended hand, rather than shaking it. “An

working with you. I find your work both inspiring and

you know the way to a man’s heart is flattery,

and put his arm around Piper’s waist. “Piper does

his expression serious. “Then I am doubly honored by

“Piper, please.”

is an interesting name,

my father’s mentors in the army,”

looked down at her. “You

a grizzled army master sergeant

master sergeant who chewed tobacco is a

nickname and

said,

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