“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?”

at his interpretation of her earlier words, she jerked in startlement. “I didn’t

like he believed her.

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

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

turned to face an attractive black

with his hand out.

“Pethi mou, this is our architect, Jean-René Tilieu. Jean-René, this

he bent over Piper’s extended hand, rather than

I’m really looking forward to working with you. I find your work

know the way to a man’s heart is

around Piper’s waist. “Piper does not flatter, she

speculative look and then met her eyes, his expression serious. “Then

“Piper, please.”

an interesting name, n’est-ce

named for one of my father’s mentors

her. “You never told me

a grizzled army master

non? This master sergeant who

nickname and I never asked how he got

probably best,” Zephyr said,

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