“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.”

in Greece,” Zephyr pointed out, “not the U.S.

similar guarantee

are getting

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

would fail utterly, but it would fail to make you happy.” And ultimately, that

plan to sleep

could 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 for

no prince, and love was not,

love

honestly say you would have considered a

bit her lip and looked away, shaking

“As I thought.”

does

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

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

his life. Unlike both his mother and father, Zephyr Nikos would consider his

know how to be a father, but he and Neo had self-educated themselves in 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

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