“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.”

Zephyr pointed out, “not the U.S. The Fifth Amendment does

constitution has some similar guarantee

getting

friendship so much, do you think

utterly, but it would fail to

you plan to sleep around

you.” Long before their discussion of love at dinner the other night, he had

a former street rat, no prince, and love was not, and never

about love again, aren’t

say you would have considered a marriage proposal

her lip and looked away,

“As I thought.”

where does that leave

would try to convince her to accept his proposal, regardless of her

he could not even be sorry about that. If she carried his baby, neither of their dreams took precedence. They would do what

life. Unlike both

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

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