“You knew we were friends.”

“Not that good of friends.” Neo shook his head. “She’s the reason you told me sex with a friend was so good, isn’t she?”

“Yes.”

“Have you been with anyone else sexually since you began your relationship with Piper?”

“Do you really think that is any of your business?”

“Probably not, but answer anyway,” Neo insisted.

“Once, before I realized the first time wasn’t going to be a single shot.”

“And that did not tell you anything?”

“What? I like intimacy with Piper. I am too busy with our company to expend energy on other women.”

Neo’s lips twisted in a mocking frown. “How long has your head been in the dark place?”

Zephyr remembered accusing Neo of having his head up his ass once, in regard to Cass. Apparently this was payback. “It’s not. We both knew what we had and what we did not have.”

“And now?”

“And now she may be pregnant with my child.”

“So, that changes everything?” Neo asked.

“Naturally.”

“Why?”

grown up, he would expect Neo

you see that she is bound

only reason. I would not

“Why the hell not?”

“She deserves better.”

than twenty-four hours, Neo looked absolutely gobsmacked. “You

But the belligerent certainty in his friend’s voice was surprisingly

your brother, Cass says so.

he didn’t let it show on his face. He was no pushover despite these weird emotional twinges he was experiencing. “So, step outside your personal bias and look at this

something far too close to pity for Zephyr’s comfort. “You’re a

Piper deserved better than what

what is the

wants to be in love with her next husband,” Zephyr explained grimly.

you do not love

“No.”

“Bull.”

At least on that truth, he was one hundred percent

giving up before you

trying is the stupidest thing

does not sound like

a

me understand this defeatist

“She left last night.”

so well, he did not even have to make it

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