“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 called her on

lower abdomen. She didn’t feel any different. Her body had

fulfillment of

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

she understood he would never love her. And that same man was going to ask her to marry him. She was sure

carried

with Zephyr Nikos, she would never have even considered

guaranteed nothing but pain. He hadn’t come out and said so, but his story about his past made that clear. He had loved his mother and she had abandoned him

he did love Piper, he might never be able to

that and marry him anyway. She had no doubts about her ability to

her as well. But he couldn’t be a full-time dad if they didn’t live together. Even in the best shared custody arrangements, both parents were forced to take

not one day marry. He didn’t just want to be a father; he wanted a family. That had been obvious when they’d visited the

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