“If you say so.”

“What I say does not matter. On the other hand, what you and Piper say is of utmost importance.”

“She said she would call, and she has not,” Zephyr all but growled.

“Be patient and believe in your friendship if you will believe in nothing else.”

“I have no other option.”

“Then make it work for you, that is what men like us do. We do not give up.”

That was one truth Zephyr could not deny.

Neo left and Zephyr forced himself to get to work on the piles of urgent papers and messages stacked on top of his desk from his time out of the office. It was nine o’clock that night before he admitted temporary defeat and left his office.

had not called, though he had called her on the hour, every hour,

children and adults come and go. Her hand rested against her lower abdomen. She didn’t feel any different. Her body had not changed at all, but inside her womb a baby

of one of her

and told him the news, but she couldn’t. She had to think and she couldn’t do that

to make sure she understood he would never love her. And that same

she carried

Nikos, she would never have even considered for one second marrying a man who did not profess to love her. But Zephyr’s perspective was

said so, but his story about his past made that clear. He had loved his mother and she had abandoned him to an orphanage. He had loved both of

he did love Piper, he

had no doubts about her ability to raise this child on her own. She was an educated woman

full-time dad if they didn’t live together. Even in the best shared custody arrangements, both parents were forced to take a less pervasive

of part-time dad. Just because she refused to marry him did not mean he would not one day marry. He didn’t just want to be a father; he wanted a family. That had been obvious when they’d

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