The Greek's Pregnant Lover

“You and Cass have already discussed it?” Zephyr asked, taking his turn at being taken aback.

“We’ve discussed many options for the future. Cassandra wants to experience other parts of the world and I want her to have every opportunity for maximum happiness,” Neo said with a shrug.

Now, that did not surprise him. With more trepidation than he had felt since leaving Greece for the unknown, Zephyr shifted his gaze to Piper to see how she was taking this discussion.

Her azure eyes were fixed on him with steady intensity. “You’re going to pull out all the stops if that test comes back positive, aren’t you?”

“Would you expect anything different?” He was ruthless, but not dishonest.

“I guess not. I was trying very hard not to think about it at all, though.” Her voice was tinged with rueful inevitability.

He did not know if that was good, or bad. “I am sorry.”

“For showing your hand early?”

“For making you think about it.”

“What exactly is it we’re thinking about?” Neo asked in a voice others had learned not to ignore.

Luckily for Zephyr, he wasn’t other people and he had no trouble ignoring his best friend and business partner’s demand.

eyes with every evidence of counting to ten and he thought she’d

it’s obvious and not something Piper should be forced to discuss before she’s certain one way,

other,

he had heard that particular tone from Neo, but it had been at least a decade, probably longer. He had no idea how Piper would react to it. He thanked God and

for dinner?”

Neo knew enough to allow the

rest of the evening went well, considering. Cass kept Neo in line and Piper did her best to ignore any and all leading comments and

they left Neo’s penthouse. Instead,

his hand on her shoulder as she pressed the

at him. “I need some

his mother left him in the orphanage and

you sure? You seem to

going to sleep at all.” Unfortunately, she looked like the thing she needed most right then was

bed, snuggled against him,

did not agree. She did not want or need him right then.

even better reason for you not to be

sad look passing over her face. “I’m

was a lesson he had learned even better than how to make money and at a much younger age. But it still took an inordinate amount of inner fortitude to