“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.”

are in Greece,” Zephyr pointed out, “not the U.S. The Fifth Amendment

bet the Greek constitution has some similar guarantee against having to testify

getting off topic

her thoughts. “Why, if you trust friendship so much, do you

but it would fail to

you plan

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 for her fairy-tale ending

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

talking about love again,

you would have considered a

and looked away,

“As I thought.”

does that

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

not even be sorry about that. If she carried

Unlike both his mother and father, Zephyr Nikos

business and 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

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