“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.”

“not the U.S. The Fifth Amendment does not apply

bet the Greek constitution has some similar guarantee against having

getting off topic

if you trust friendship so much, do you think a marriage based on it

not say I believed a marriage between us would fail utterly, but it would fail to make you happy.” And

plan to

Long before their discussion of love at dinner the other night, he had known she was

no prince, and love was

talking about love again,

you honestly say you would have considered a marriage proposal without

lip and looked away, shaking her

“As I thought.”

where does

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

knew his inner ruthlessness would show itself and he could 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

never allow a child of his to be anything but absolutely certain of its place in his life. Unlike both his mother and

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 did not have

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