“She must be pretty persuasive.”

“She is very stubborn.”

“Like her brother, hmm?”

“Perhaps.”

Piper laughed. “There is no perhaps about it.”

“You are treading on thin ice here.”

“I like to live dangerously.” Her smile carried in the sound of her voice.

“I can tell.”

“How old was she when your sister found out about you?”

“Twelve. She was furious with her father. She called him a monster and refused to speak to him at all for an entire year after finding out about me.”

“Wow, she might even be more stubborn than you.”

“You think?” He had always enjoyed the fact that to Piper, he was just a guy she could joke with, not someone she was too in awe of to treat like a human.

to

I contacted them. She let me believe my mother told her of her own volition, which in a way, she had. Iola did not want me to hate

maintained. It’s pretty obvious she felt you had the right to set the terms

And he had

“Are you okay?”

husband wasn’t about to disconcert him. Although, maybe there hadn’t been anything simple about that

you know that?” The warm approval in Piper’s voice washed over

to that effect

even more now,” she assured

good for my ego, even if I

forgive your mom and her

man could not afford to expend the energy to maintain anger and hatred when he was building a new life for himself. “I simply did not trust them to be a positive part of my life. You have convinced me to give

“I love you, Zephyr.”

“Thank you.”

it takes a big man to overlook the sins of the past

you think so.” He liked

are all going to be there. Tell me you got

of the week we would be married, it was no problem. My secretary is booking your family’s flights even as we speak. They will all arrive over the weekend, which will give them time to take in some sights before our wedding blessing on Thursday evening.

in the fact we’ll be married in

wanted.” And what he had wanted for himself

made

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