“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

he believed her. “What did

any good to hash over her old dream of building a life with a man

say something, but before he got a chance, a masculine voice

face

forward with his hand out. “Ah,

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

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

working with you. I find your work both inspiring and

to

Piper’s waist. “Piper does not flatter,

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

“Piper, please.”

interesting name, n’est-ce

was named for one of my father’s mentors

her. “You never told me

after a grizzled army master sergeant who

non? This master sergeant who chewed

laughed. “No, Pipes is his nickname and I never asked how

Zephyr said, humor lacing

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