The Greek's Pregnant Lover

“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.”

conversation actually had something positive

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

guess I can forgive them completely

laughed and so

to tell them you love

to

him softly. “But tell me

Over and over, until every tiny shadow in her heart

he had been for every life-altering moment since they met in the

“Nervous?” Neo asked.

My love will walk down the aisle in just

you say your

“Ne.”

your

heralded his bride’s entrance into the sanctuary. Her mother stood and the rest of the guests—their combined families—followed suit. He knew they watched her trek up the aisle like he did, but he could not tear his gaze away from Piper

not wait to muss. She wasn’t wearing a veil this time, just a tiara and a radiant, glorious

her plan, but he felt the

long train on her dress was worthy of a

like a princess,” Neo observed, reflecting Zephyr’s thoughts