“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.
called, though he had called her on the hour, every hour, since
feel any different. Her body had not
fulfillment of
should have called right away and told him the news, but she couldn’t.
would never love
she carried
love with Zephyr Nikos, she would never have even considered for one second marrying a man who
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 to an orphanage. He had
he might never be
about her ability to raise this child
of the baby’s life without marrying 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,
did not mean he would not one day marry. He didn’t just want to be a father; he wanted a family.
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