“Have I ever lied to you?”

“No, but you said—”

“I would have begged you to stay.”

“I’m pregnant with your child.”

“A wonderful bonus to be sure, but you are the prize, Piper Nikos. I thought my emotions had been encased in stone, but your joy in life, your inner and outer beauty, your love, they are the diamond drill bits needed to break through.”

Tears slid hotly down her cheeks, but she did not rub them away. “You’re getting poetic.”

“Neo says that happens when you fall in love.”

“I can’t imagine it with him.”

“You don’t need to. I am the only Greek tycoon you need to be concerned with. Ever.”

She wanted to laugh, but her throat was too thick with her joyful tears. “You’re certainly the only man, Greek or otherwise, that I love.”

“And you are the only woman I love, have ever loved or ever will love with all my heart.” He kissed her, sealing the words between them like a vow.

When the kiss ended, he held her close, his hands caressing her like he was giving himself proof that she really was there. “I am sorry it took me so long to realize what I felt for you was love. I do not know how long it might have taken if I had not overheard your parents trying to talk you out of being with me.”

had something

stay if I had to and then subsequently coming to terms with what that willingness meant, then

can forgive

laughed and so did

can’t wait to tell them

want to do

him softly. “But tell

did. Over and over, until every tiny shadow in her heart was filled with the light of

the front of the church, Neo at his side, just as he had been for every life-altering

“Nervous?” Neo asked.

at all. My love will walk down the aisle in just

you say your

“Ne.”

your head out

families—followed suit. He knew they watched her trek up the aisle like he did, but

tiara and a radiant, glorious smile for everyone in the church to see. Her sleeveless gown

was her plan, but he felt the rightness of it.

train on her dress was worthy of

princess,” Neo observed, reflecting Zephyr’s thoughts with

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