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“You think you know me inside and out.”
“I do. Just as you know me.”
“There are still things neither of us know…about feelings, memories we don’t share and haven’t discussed.”
“Naturally. But you knew that even if I did argue, I would sign that damned contract—just as I knew you would not compromise on the elements.”
“You’re not happy about it?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“You tell me.”
“No.”
He sighed. “Fine. I’m angry you felt the need for the contract at all.”
“Your pride has been offended?”
“Yes.”
Looking into his golden-brown eyes, she saw something else. “You’re hurt too.”
He didn’t answer, but his lack of denial was enough.
“I’m sorry,” she said in a low voice, feeling her own emotions roil. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“I know that.”
“You don’t know everything.” Sometimes he could be so exasperating.
“Nor do you, it would seem.” He took a sip of the champagne they had ordered with their celebratory lunch.
Before she could ask what he meant, their gazes caught.
“You did not need to ask for any of those things.”
“Right. Like you were planning on proposing,” she said, mentioning the first requirement on her list.
“You are so sure I was not?”
“Dimitri didn’t.”
“I am not Dimitri.”
“Thank goodness. I didn’t want to marry him.”
“But you do want to marry me?”
“I’ll take the fifth.”
“That’s an American Constitutional provision, not a Greek one.”
“You know what I mean.”
“I do.”
