“I don’t think I got the memo.” She gave a pale version of her usual teasing smile, but at least she was no longer on the verge of tears.
He hoped. “We agreed this morning.”
“That was not agreement, that was you saying it did no good.”
“I am right.”
“You have what can be an annoying tendency to think you are.” But she nuzzled his neck and he was not too worried.
“What can I say? I usually am.”
She pulled back and gave him a gloating glare. “Ah, so you admit to at least some small level of infallibility.”
“Naturally.”
“You’re so darn arrogant.” She shook her head in bemusement. “Why do I find that charming again?”
“You tell me.”
“I plead the Fifth.”
“not the U.S.
bet the Greek constitution has some similar guarantee against having to testify against
getting off topic
Piper gathered her thoughts. “Why, if you trust friendship so much,
utterly, but it would fail to make you happy.” And ultimately, that had decided him
Would you plan
Of that, he had no doubts. “However, I could not give you something you’ve made clear is of equal importance to you.” Long before their discussion of
love was not, and never would
talking about love
you honestly say you would have considered a marriage proposal
looked away, shaking her
“As I thought.”
does
she was pregnant with his child, he would try to convince her to accept his proposal, regardless of her finer
and he could not even be sorry about that. If she carried
be anything but absolutely certain of its place in his life. Unlike both his mother and father, Zephyr Nikos would consider
same work and dedication, he could learn how to be a dad as well. Unlike when he was a teenager, he did not have
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