“But I am a reasonable man.”

“You always have been with me,” Piper agreed with a smile.

“Of course you would say that,” Art sneered. “You two are obviously having an affair.”

“We are engaged to be married,” Zephyr said in dangerous tones the other man would do well not to ignore, “not having an affair.”

“Well, congratulations.” Sarcasm dripped from every syllable.

“Thank you.” Zephyr did sardonic truth up there with the best of them. “That happy news aside, I did not express my less than favorable opinion of your unimaginative and overpriced design firm for Piper’s sake.”

“Right,” Art said sarcastically.

“Had you not done your level best to destroy not only your marriage, but also any hope of ongoing friendship with Piper as well, she probably would never have left New York.”

“That’s true,” Piper added with a look that could only be termed sentimental.

Zephyr smiled at her. “I’m glad you came to Seattle.”

“Me, too.”

sound. “And you’re trying to say you did not destroy my company because

indirectly. I demand the best, isn’t

nodded, looking no less

“You are the best.”

Her lovely blue eyes

of Arthur Bellingham’s very real smear campaign against you in New York, I would not have hired you for

“But you didn’t.”

spoke to local clients you had worked with and visited properties you’d finished, but most importantly, I liked the proposal you gave me for

a real lack

cost me the work of

you decided to destroy my

helped you along in the process.” But

utterly ruthless bastard!” Art rasped in a low

fiancée responded to this particular truth. “At least I’m an honest one. Unlike your creative dealing with the truth, I never once said something about your firm that wasn’t true. I

an effort that was completely wasted on his audience. “That has never bothered my

in order to attach the name of Très

name worth having before you set

ran a decent, if conservative design firm. You’ve been doing your best to destroy their work with bad business decisions since taking

people that are going to be out of work when Très Bon folds?” the other man asked, appealing to

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