The Greek's Pregnant Lover

“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.”

to say you did not destroy my

indirectly. I demand the best, isn’t that right,

looking no less perplexed.

“You are the best.”

Her lovely blue eyes began to gleam with

of my colleagues based on things he had heard as a result of Arthur Bellingham’s very real smear campaign against you in New York, I would not have hired you for that

“But you didn’t.”

but most importantly, I liked the proposal

the problem?” Art demanded, showing a real

almost cost me the work

you decided to

not destroy your business. I merely helped you along in the process.” But

ruthless bastard!” Art rasped in a low

honest one. Unlike your creative dealing with the truth, I never once said something about your firm that wasn’t true. I wouldn’t

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

mean they tolerated your shoddy business practices in order to attach the

worth having before

ran a decent, if conservative design firm. You’ve been doing your

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