“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.”

Greece,” Zephyr pointed out, “not the

guarantee against having to testify against themselves for

are getting off

“Why, if you trust friendship so much, do you think a marriage based

fail utterly, but it would fail to make you happy.” And ultimately, that had decided him against

Would you plan

not give you something you’ve made clear is of equal importance to you.” Long before their discussion of love at dinner the other night, he had known she was still waiting

and love was not, and never would

love

say you would have considered a marriage proposal without

her lip and looked away, shaking her head once in

“As I thought.”

does

was pregnant with his child, he would try to convince her to accept his proposal,

she carried

child of his to be anything but absolutely certain of its place in his life. Unlike both his mother and father,

had been an eminently successful endeavor. With the same work and dedication, he could learn how to be a dad as well.

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