“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.”

say you did not destroy my company because

the best, isn’t

looking no

“You are the best.”

eyes began to

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.”

most importantly, I liked

the problem?” Art demanded, showing a real lack of understanding his offense, even after

cost me the

you decided to destroy

merely helped you along

ruthless bastard!” Art rasped

He was ruthless and he was a bastard. His only real concern was how his new 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 wouldn’t hire Très Bon for one of my properties. You are overextended financially and have been for years. Your designs are unimaginative. And you do have a reputation for finishing a project over

was completely wasted on his

shoddy business practices in order to attach the name of Très Bon to their

a name worth having before you set

You’ve been doing your best

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

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