’t fallen for Luc de Falcon—”
Her cheeks turned to flame.
“Olivia? You can’t!”
“What do you mean, I can’t?”
“Because you just can’t, that’s all.”
“Why?”
“Think of Greer.”
“That’s all I’ve ever done. We’ve had to do everything her way because she always took charge. Now she’s married, I want to think about moi for a change.”
“Then you need to think again because Luc is Max’s first cousin.”
“So?”
“So, Greer married Max, and Luc has become her family, too. You can’t horn in!”
“Excuse me?”
“Look, Olivia. She’s found her heart’s desire in Max. This is her world, her turf. We need to leave well enough alone.”
“It’s a free country,” she retorted.
“No, it’s not, and you know exactly what I mean.” Olivia did know, but she didn’t like Piper reminding her. “Greer needs time to make a new life with Max. He married a triplet, and don’t think he isn’t worried about it!
“At the wedding feast he didn’t make that crack about the three of us being joined at the hip, heart and brain for nothing. We have to help Greer cut the apron strings, which means we need to back off and give our sister her space.”
“Luc lives in Monaco, not Colorno, Italy.”
“That’s not the point. The cousins are super close. Besides, it just wouldn’t work for you to get involved with Luc, even if he were interested, which he…isn’t.”
The slight hesitation before the last word set off alarm bells inside Olivia. “How do you know?”
“Because…I just do.”
“What do you know that I don’t?” she fired.
“More than you want to hear.”
She blinked. “How come?”
“Because it might hurt you.”
Hurt? “You mean you’re not going to tell me?”
“No. I promised someone I wouldn’t,” Piper’s voice trailed.
“I see.” She slid off the side of the bed and stood up. “Well in that case I plan to proceed as if you hadn’t warned me. With a little hard work I’ll make him change his mind.”
“You’ll be playing with fire.”
“Then that’s my problem isn’t it.”
“Don’t snap at me, Olivia. I know you’re feeling as lost without Greer as I am. You simply don’t want to admit it.”