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 probably succeed in ignoring Neo,

“Leave them alone, Neo.” Then she sighed. “Besides, it’s obvious and not something

other, what?” Neo actually sounded

the last time he had heard that particular tone from Neo, but it had been at least a decade, probably longer. He

for dinner?” she

the subject

went well, considering. Cass kept Neo in line and Piper did her best

door when they

hand on her shoulder as she pressed the button.

back at him. “I need some time

mother left him in the orphanage and never took him home with her

so, he asked, “Are you sure? You

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

snuggled against

not want or need him right then.

reason for you not to

sad look passing over her

That was a lesson he had learned even better than how to make money and at a much younger age. But it