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Normally, her sister was a
pretty easy going woman, but when it came to Alexis, from
the very beginning Mandy had been uptight. She had
planted herself in Dana’s face and had demanded the name
of the man who’d gotten her pregnant. It had hurt too much
to even think about Jeff, let alone talk about him, so she’d
done the only thing she could bear to do. She’d told her
sister that she didn’t want to talk about it and she’d walked
away.
    When Alexis had been born, Mandy had come around
again… demanding a name so she could give the man a
piece of her mind. Dana had decided to put the words
“father unknown” on the birth certificate.
    Now that Jeff knew about Alexis she knew that her sister
also knew that he was the man she’d wanted to chew out. It
was clear by the look on his face as well as his body
language that Jeff wasn’t backing down. It was equally
obvious that her sister was just as angry as ever.
    Clearing her throat, Dana propped herself on the arm of the
couch. “Any chance we could all try to just let this go?” she
asked hopefully. Mandy glared at her and Jeff looked over
at her with a single raised eyebrow. Hanging her head in
defeat, Dana nodded in understanding. “Okay then…”
    Taking a deep reassuring breath, she struggled to prepare
herself for what was about to happen and opened her
mouth, hoping and praying that what she was about to say
would be enough.
    “Look… Mandy, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before. Things
between Jeff and I were over … What we shared was only
supposed to have been fun times and sexual satisfaction
and nothing else. My emotions were involved even though
they weren’t supposed to be. I didn’t have it in me to talk
about him when I knew I couldn’t ever let myself see him
again.”
She looked over at Jeff and offered him a tentative smile. “I
already told you why I took off without saying a word to
you.” Glancing down the hall towards the bedroom where
Alexis was sleeping, Dana swallowed hard. “I had my
daughter’s best interests in mind when I made the decision
to distance myself from her father.”
    Jeff stood up and walked over to where she was sitting and
stood in front of her. “Well, I’m here now, and I’m not
going anywhere. No more distancing yourself from me,
Dana. I won’t allow it.”
    Mandy opened her mouth to say something but then she
saw the way Dana was looking up into Jeff’s face and
closed it again. That was a look that she’d seen in the
mirror way back when she’d first fallen in love with her ex-husband. That wasn’t the look of a scorned woman… or
one who’d been used and then dumped, which was exactly
what she’d once been sure had happened. Standing up, she
walked out of the room without saying a word. There
would be plenty of time for her to get the answers she
wanted from her sister later on… after Dana resolved a few
important issues with the father of her child.
    Dana blinked up at Jeff as he stepped into her personal
space and used his knees to push her legs apart so he could
stand between them. He wrapped his arms around her body
and leaned his face down so that his mouth was inches
away from hers.
    “If I have my way, there won’t be any distance between us
at all,” he added huskily. “I want you, Dana. The last
couple of years have been Hell on me.”
A soft whimper escaped through her slightly parted lips and
she licked them in anticipation. She’d never had much of a
choice where this man was concerned when it came to
falling into his bed. One look at his sexy body and
incredible looks and she went weak in the knees. When he
asserted himself sexually, it was all she could normally do
to get naked fast enough, and she was afraid that this time
would be no different.
    Jeff gave in to the need that was pulsing through him and
closed the distance between them claiming her mouth in a
kiss hot enough to set his blood to boiling in his veins.
When she moaned the second his lips touched hers, it