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him again. Having a brief affair with the man was one thing, but having him become a permanent part of her life was another thing altogether!
    "Yes, I did consider the possibility that you might want to be a part of Louisa's life, but I dismissed the notion," Donna said. "After all, you're hardly the type of man who'd want to be tied down to a woman and child. And there is the fact that you and I hardly know each other."
    "We spent two days and two nights together!" Jake's voice bellowed.
    Louisa stirred in her mother's arms, then she whimpered. "Hush! You're scaring her." Donna glared menacingly at him. "During that two days and two nights, we didn't have one meaningful conversation."
    "Sugar, you weren't any more interested in conversation than I was. I gave you what you wanted. I gave it to you over and over again."
    Donna's amber eyes flashed golden fire. Her cheeks flared crimson. "You egotistical, macho jerk!"
    Jake moved closer to her bedside, leaned over so that their faces were at the same level and smiled wickedly at her. "We should get married as soon as possible."
    "What!" Donna screamed the word.
    Louisa whimpered, then cried. Donna cuddled the child close to her bosom and crooned comforting nonsensical words to her. She glared at Jake.
    "Go away! I don't need you and I don't want you. And neither does Louisa."
    Jake cupped the back of his daughter's tiny head. It filled his huge palm. "Do you think it's that easy to get rid of me? I'm not going anywhere until we set up some ground rules concerning my daughter. And you're dead wrong if you think she doesn't need me or want me." He took the infant away from Donna and up into his arms. Trembling inside as if his body had been hit by an earthquake, Jake lifted the whimpering baby up against his chest, patted her back and said, "It's all right, Sugar Baby. Daddy's got you now."
    Donna looked up at the big man cradling Louisa against his chest and, for just a moment, couldn't breathe. The sight of father and child overwhelmed her senses. There was something so essentially right about the two of them together. Strength protecting helplessness. A powerful man guarding what was his.
    The awareness of Jake as her child's father surprised Donna. She had tried not to think about J.B. during the months she was carrying Louisa, though memories of that weekend had often invaded her thoughts. And in the hours since she'd learned her weekend lover was actually Jake Bishop, she had refused to acknowledge the possibility that he would play a significant part in her daughter's life.
    But here he was now, as big, powerful and rugged as he'd been the first night he'd held her in his arms at the Blue Bonnet Grill—the night she'd lost her mind and succumbed to purely physical pleasure. She'd fought the memory of this man for nine months, but he had wreaked havoc on her subconscious. How many nights had she awakened, hot and aroused, after dreaming about him? Even now, only hours after giving birth, she couldn't deny the strong attraction she felt for Jake. And the sight of his gentle hold on her baby did crazy things to her heart.
    "Jake, I think we should talk—really talk—about our situation." Donna motioned for him to come to her.
    Carrying Louisa in his arms, he walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, then turned their daughter so that she rested between them.
    "I don't especially care for the name Louisa Christine," Jake said. "But as long as her last name is Bishop, I won't object."
    Donna clenched her teeth to keep from making a stinging reply. Just what was wrong with her grandmothers' names? "You want your name on her birth certificate?"
    "Damn right I do! She's a Bishop and I want her name to be Bishop on her birth certificate."
    "All right," Donna agreed, rationalizing to herself that if she gave in to him on this matter, he might be more reasonable when it came to other things—things about which she wasn't willing to compromise.
    "I'm going to stay the night with