Her dad made a point of looking around the luxurious suite and then back at Piper. She wasn’t sure what that was supposed to signify, maybe more of the whole “what would a billionaire see in you except his baby” thing?

“I’m worried about you, baby.” Her mom gave her that look that all mothers knew and all daughters cringed from.

“Don’t be.” She could not believe this. The church ceremony was in less than forty-eight hours and her parents were pulling some kind of skewed intervention. “Zee is really good to me.”

“But is he good for you?” her dad asked in that old military officer-in-charge voice she’d dreaded since she was a child.

“Of course he is. How can you ask that?”

Her mom reached out and squeezed Piper’s shoulder. “Money isn’t everything.”

“You think I am marrying him for his money? Did you even meet him?”

“Of course we met him. You introduced us.”

offer me. Or if it was, that I’d be interested. I’ve been taking care of myself for a long time. I’ve built

they

words agreed with Piper, but her tone was another story. “I’m just not sure

you mean as opposed to a husband whose career requires uprooting yourself and your children every couple of years?” Who was her mother to question Piper’s choices based on

got all blustery. “There’s no reason to get snippy, missy. I was serving my

“Well, Zephyr serves me.”

the hell is that supposed

he lets me take care of him, too. He doesn’t play lord of the manor with me, but I know I can rely on him when I need him to be there for

love you,” her mother guessed in a gentle

job to rip their child’s heart out? If it was, Piper wasn’t taking that one on when this baby grew up. “Why would you say that?” she demanded in a

now if it was

She didn’t need anyone’s pity. She’d chosen this marriage and she didn’t regret it. She almost told them about the civil ceremony to shut them up, but she wasn’t sure

“You need his heart.”

“That’s my business.”

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