“You do? Other than making money, I wasn’t aware.”

“Right. You are probably the only person in the world besides Neo that knows that for the lie it is.” They both made their orders and then he gave her a significant look. “You are one of those obsessions.”

“You’re turning into quite the silver-tongued devil, you know that?”

“I have always been good with my mouth.”

“That can certainly be taken more than one way.”

“You should know.”

She felt herself blushing, despite their history together. Nevertheless, she agreed. “I do.”

The young barista cleared his throat. With a blush darker than hers burning on his cheeks, he handed Zephyr their drinks.

Zephyr pulled his car back out onto the road. “You are not my only interest, however.”

“My feelings might be hurt if you hadn’t downgraded whatever you’re going to try to talk me into from an obsession, which I am, to an interest.”

“I like fish.”

“I had noticed.” Her blue eyes queried where he was going with this. “You eat it more often than either steak or chicken.”

to eat. To

go whale watching?” she

today. I was thinking the aquarium.” That was so not what she expected

to go the Seattle Aquarium…but that’s for

“I don’t think so.”

“Seriously…you’ve been?”

“Several times.”

Wow…just wow. “No way.”

when I need a place to think. Watching the fish can be

with all

like to

Piper was indeed pregnant. Regardless of the statistical probability after her years on the birth control patch. Therefore, he needed to

with

he could and would give Piper a stronger connection, despite the fact he had no intention of allowing

life he did not share with others. It wasn’t much, but his instincts told

A lot more, but what she found most intriguing was watching the way Zephyr watched the other people there. She was sure he had no idea just how much his expression revealed of the inner man. His mouth would tilt in a half smile every time

and looked with pure longing at more than one set

really enjoy being here, don’t you?” she asked him in the

expression that was there and

“You assume.”

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