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She’d fought to keep them together all those years ago, was still, and he should too, dammit.
    Besides, throwing in the towel without giving her all wasn’t in her DNA.
    And she wasn’t a little girl anymore. At twenty-eight, she was old enough to have a say in what happened. Rae simply refused to allow anything less from her father. “Now be good. Don’t talk like that. We’re going to get you back on track again soon. You’ll feel better in no time.”
    “For what? What reason? What have I got to live for? No job. No way to earn a living. A life like mine ain’t worth saving, girl.”
    Tears burned Rae’s eyes. “Don’t say that. I need you. Nothing else matters.” Her voice quivered.
    “I didn’t mean to upset you. Think about what you’re doing though. You’ve spent too much on me already.”
    She wiped a tear as it streaked down her cheek. You’re all I’ve got in the world . “Get some rest, Dad. Don’t give up hope. Believe you’re going to feel better and you will.”
    “If you say so. Doc says I’m getting new medicine. Thinks I’ll be asleep for a few days. I’ll call as soon as I’m able.”
    The life drained from her, Rae hung up the phone. Her mind was in chaos. With her laptop battery dead, work was out of the question. She was trapped in between two moods. Not coherent enough to be productive. Not tired enough to sleep.
    She took off her suit jacket and plucked at her blouse. The air conditioning hadn’t kicked on in the bedroom since she’d been inside. The humidity had increased to the point of awful. Must be about to rain. Droplets of sweat rolled down her back. She had no business being here on the island when her dad needed her.
    If only there was a way to get Daegen to send the experimental drug to Dallas, leave, and get home in time for the meeting. She still had time. Maybe he would listen to reason if she explained how much she needed work and to be near her father.
    Then again, she’d asked a lot from him already. He was doing even more than she expected getting her father to speak to her again. She had no right to ask for what she’d received already, let alone go for more.
    She managed to put on a blouse and jeans, and decided to leave her room to search for him. If for no other reason than to ask how he got her father to speak with her so quickly.
    It didn’t take long to find him in the kitchen. He wore running shorts. His shirt was off. His body glistened with a thin sheen of sweat from a workout.
    Awareness skittered across her taut nerves. Warmth circled like a whirlpool, centering between her thighs. Rae struggled against the unwelcomed sexual feelings overpowering her.
    In a heartbeat, the distance between them disappeared. A gasp escaped before she could suppress it. Rae needed to maintain control. She willed her body to relax.
    Before she could utter a protest, his strong hand closed on hers and pulled her closer.
    “You’re different in some ways,” he said. “Not in all.”
    His deep baritone stirred her emotions. She struggled against the surge of longing his touch sent. His scent this close amplified the electric impulses that had been lit in every cell in her body.
    Oddly enough, the band clasping her chest loosened as his arm slid around her waist until his hand rested on the small of her back.
    “I bet you still like it when I kiss the dimple in your chin.” His head dipped, and his lips pressed gently against her electrified skin.
    Rae struggled to breathe against the swell of passion filling her chest.
    “It’s not your agenda that brought you here,” he said, his husky tone low, raspy. He pinned her with his gaze. The tenderness of his lips in sharp contrast to the fire in his eyes. “It’s mine.”
    Peppering a trail of hot, little kisses from her chin to where her pulse throbbed at the base of her throat, he paused long enough to say, “You’re incredible. Sexy. Any man would tell you.”
    Alone with Daegen, Rae could not breathe,