“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.”

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

similar guarantee against

are getting off topic

Piper gathered her thoughts. “Why, if you trust friendship so much, do you think a

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

you plan to

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

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

love

say you would have considered a marriage proposal without

her lip and looked away, shaking her head once in

“As I thought.”

where does that leave

with his child, he would try to convince her to

about that. If she carried his baby,

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

same work and dedication, he could learn how to be a dad as well. Unlike when he was a teenager, he did

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