“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 not apply
has some similar guarantee against
getting off
trust friendship so much, do you think a marriage based
a marriage between us would fail utterly, but it
Would you plan
to you.” Long before their discussion of love at dinner the other night, he had known she was still waiting for her fairy-tale ending complete
a former street rat, no prince, and love was not, and never would
talking about love again,
would have considered a marriage
bit her lip and looked away, shaking her head
“As I thought.”
does that leave
If she was pregnant with his child, he would try to convince her to accept his proposal, regardless
and he could not even be sorry about that. If she carried his baby, neither of their dreams took
place in his life. Unlike both his mother and father, Zephyr Nikos would consider his role as parent the most important one he would
that had been an eminently successful endeavor. With the 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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