“Yes.” Cass looked a little startled. “You read about me?”

Piper blushed, but smiled. “When Zephyr told me Neo was getting married, I was understandably curious about the woman who had managed to lead him to such a human endeavor.”

Cass laughed out loud. “Wow, and you told me once that Zephyr was the only person that really knew you well.”

“I’ve worked for Stamos and Nikos Enterprises a few times.” Piper gave them a look rife with meaning. “I met Neo on a couple of the projects, though he wasn’t coordinating them.”

“And you found me inhuman?” Neo asked, contriving to sound offended.

“You were so intimidating that I sent up a prayer of thanks you were not the lead on the project I’d been hired for.” She winked conspiratorially at Cass. “I thought Zephyr was so much more laid-back and would be a much easier man to work for.”

“But you learned the truth?” Cass asked with a teasing glance to Zephyr.

“It took a bit, but I did.”

Zephyr feigned shock. “So, you don’t think I’m easy to work for?”

“I think anyone excellent at their job, who makes a minimum of mistakes, if none at all, and who understands how very seriously you take the success of each development, will find you a pussycat to work for.”

“That’s a lot of caveats,” Neo said, laughing.

brows at her fiancé. “I thought she did an admirable job of

not sure if that was a character assassination, or an endorsement,” Zephyr

“See? Diplomatic,” Cass teased.

a little superhuman for the rest of us. You just

am not charming?”

over her sealed

against Neo and rubbed her head against his shoulder. “Don’t worry,

tonight all he felt was a fleeting hope Piper was seeing it, too. And perhaps realizing a reformed

and all?” Neo

leg.

triumphant look.

can attest to the arrogance part of it, anyway,” Piper said with a cheeky grin. “You and Zephyr both have bigger than the

told you that if it is justified, then we are talking

“That’s right,” Zephyr agreed.

Cass and Piper simply laughed and

the

of course. I would like

She clicked to one of the photos he had not known Piper had taken. It showed him in animated conversation with

to try to bargain inside

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