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She wouldSo had his grandfather

Ariston ive the appearance of an Alish without an accent, but at heart Ariston Spiridakou was a Greek man

Despite his own parents doing their best to destroy it, he still had a strong sense of fa, children that would never be neglected as he had been

He’d expected Chloe to provide the other half of that equation And with her purely Greek lineage, even though she’d been raised entirely in the United States, she’d found favor with his grandfather as well

Once she’dher role in their fah Ariston hadn’t realized how permanent that was until he’d filed for divorce

Pappous had been apoplectic

Unused to upsetting the one person in the world Ariston did not want to disappoint, he’d been randfather’s reaction to losing Chloe from their small family

Even after Ariston told the oldthe one to first suggestto face motherhood yet

An old-fashioned man, Takis Spiridakou had still been furious when he learned Chloe hadn’t been allowed to finish her university degree Ariston doubted she had any idea what an ally she had in the strong-minded old Greek

One thing both Ariston and Takis agreed on—Chloe was nothing like Ariston’s own mother

He hadn’t been surprised at all that Chloe categorically refused to give him a child and walk away She was not the type of woman to abandon her baby to be raised by others Not that that had ever been Ariston’s intention

She’d shown herself to be tenderhearted and generous; he iht circuate a child for someone else But these weren’t them

And between the two of them, he was fairly certain, never could be He didn’t mind He didn’t want achip to ensure a certain lifestyle as he’d been for the woave him birth