The Greek's Pregnant Lover

“He’s getting married. They will have children. This is a good place to bring them. The resort will only make it better. Cass likes to travel, but prefers private residence to hotels.”

“That makes sense, considering.”

“Yes.” He tugged her to relax further against his chest. “And you, can you imagine staying here on the occasional holiday?”

She sighed, her head coming to rest against his shoulder. “Too easily. If I owned a property like this, I wouldn’t relegate it to vacation home, though. I couldn’t resist living here.” The buried longing in her voice surprised him. “I don’t know how the previous owners did.”

“How would you run your business from here?”

“I thought daydreams didn’t have to be practical.”

“Indulge me.” He wrapped his arms around her waist, enjoying this moment of relaxed closeness.

She was good for him, which was just the dangerous kind of thinking he needed to avoid before he started spilling secrets again. This was about learning what was going on in her complicated brain, not revealing more of his own thoughts. And he would remember that.

“Living here would be the ultimate indulgence, but in answer to your all too prosaic question, with high-speed Internet, a reliable telephone service and a color fax machine, I could run my business from anywhere.”

“It would require a lot of travel.” Especially if she continued to work full-time.

“I travel a lot now.”

though. “I forget how much I enjoy the sunshine sometimes, but a few days in Greece and I’m spoiled to

share of those in Seattle.” She

chuckled. “This is true. The first year Neo and I lived there, we thought

all four

all of

said grudgingly. “But it’s better than New York blizzards, trust

not left Greece because they wanted to get away from the

partial

“Which I am.”

I should have relocated to Southern California, when I

would

might have

He did not think so. He maneuvered her so their gazes met, and saw that her azure eyes were troubled. He

not as if I’m the woman you envisioned as the mother of your future children.” Her voice echoed with pain he would not have

sex. He admired her character and thought she would make an

not have considered

right.” At least that had

head away completely, but not before he saw sadness making

tugged her face back around. “Not because I do not think you would be eminently suitable, but because I knew you would never consider a…what did you

to be a business transaction between the