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Well, she wouldn't let that happen again, nor would she give him any ideas that she'd agree to marriage. Going into a marriage with such low expectations wasn't her dream of a future. She had a future. She and Juliana would be just fine.Part of her dreaded Stefan's showing up again. And he would. She might not know a lot about the man, but one thing was for sure. He'd drawn a battleline in the dirt and she was scared of the first attack. Because Stefan Maynard, handsome as the devil, was a gentleman.His attack would be subtle. But she didn't doubt that when it came to something he wanted, he'd fight dirty. ___________Stefan drove his car around town for an hour with no destination in mind. He thought about calling his buddy, Reese, then decided that he wanted to keep this to himself for a while. His fingers tensed on the steering wheel and he pulled up to his hotel and shut off the engine. He didn't get out, his mind tripping over plans, over ways to get into his daughter's life.
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"Excuse me? Where do you think you're going?""I need to see my baby.""Stefan, wait."He stopped short, his features sharpening with anger. "I've been waiting. I've missed six months of her life. I'm not going to miss another minute."A soft cry filtered from the hall and Stefan froze."Now you've done it," Alana snapped, then shifted past him and headed down the hall.His temper defusing like a puff of smoke, Stefan followed, but she was already out of sight. He listened for sounds, following them, and stepped into a small room decorated with pink and lavender fairies. But he wasn't interested in wallpaper and mobiles, but the woman who stood near a crib.There was a coolness about her, a reserve that hadn't been there before. He could feel a wall neatly erected between them and she was doing her best to keep it strong. Was it to keep him from her or his daughter? Things were too brittle between them right now for Stefan to make huge waves in Alana's life, but he wasn't going anywhe
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His heart slammed into his chest as he bent to pick up a doll. He rubbed his thumb over the belly, the little gingham dress, and tried to imagine his child playing with it."Where is she?" he asked. "She's sleeping."He met her gaze. "I want to see her.""I'm not waking her to see a stranger, Stefan.""I'm not a stranger.""But to her you are.""I won't wake her up. I just want to look at her.""In a few minutes, okay?"As long as she knew he wasn't leaving without a look at his baby. "So what did you tell your parents?""Nothing more than they needed to know." And once Juliana arrived they were the grandparents any child could hope for.His temper quick-started like an engine. "Dammit. So they think I'm some sort of jerk that would let their daughter have a baby without helping?""No. They don't think that. They understood."In truth, her father had been the hardest to handle, and given a moment of free rein, Dad would have turned over mountains to find Stefan, punched his lights ou
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"Stefan, wait! She's not going to like this." Emily moaned and folded her arms over her middle. "What are you going to do?'' "Talk to her, marry her, give my daughter my name. My child isn't going to grow up without a father, Emily. I won't allow that." He let out a breath. "Tell me where she lives.”_________Stefan marched up the neat path to the little house. It was a perfect little place, far back enough from the street to be private and surrounded by a small picket fence to protect a child from the traffic.He stopped short. A child. His child. Good God. Alana had given birth to his baby. Alone, without him. Without him ever knowing he'd become a father. And his daughter was already six months old! He'd missed everything. Missed seeing Alana round with his baby, missed the baby's birth, those moments when dads go into complete panic with the coming of labor pains. He'd missed his baby's first smile, her mother's first look of pride… Damn. Inside, anger as wide as a river warred
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Congratulations! It's a girl!Private Investigator Stefan Maynard blinked and read the email from his sister again. "Hey, I'm an uncle. I have a niece!" he said aloud. Stefan's colleague and friend, Reese Logan, smiled. "Great! Tell Emily and Corey I said Congrats."A girl. Stefan frowned. That was all she'd said. Odd for shutterbug Emily not to send pictures. Odder still that his sister hadn't even told him she was pregnant. Not that she could have reached him. He'd been gone fifteen months on special operations, and had had barely any contact with the world beyond his team. It was one of the tough parts of his job. Cutting ties, or letting them blur badly enough that people often forgot about you.Alana Jackson obviously had.He went through more emails, not finding what he'd hoped. A text. A message that the woman he'd spent a mind-blowing night with after his sister's wedding hadn't really dismissed him from her life. Nothing. Well, he had thirty days and he knew exactly where
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The two-week whirlwind had been a blur of frantic phone calls, preparations and high-priority contracts because Derek didn't want to wait, especially as Olivia was pregnant, but as the heavy oak doors of the chapel swung open, the world fell into a breathless silence.Olivia stood at the threshold, her hand trembling slightly as it rested on her father’s arm. She looked like a vision from a different era. Her gown was a floor-length, empire-waist creation made of gossamer-thin silk chiffon and Chantilly lace. The bodice featured a deep V-neckline framed by delicate, off-the-shoulder lace sleeves that fluttered like butterfly wings. From the high waistline, layers of pleated silk flowed downward, allowing her to move with a weightless, fluid elegance. Her hair was swept into a loose, romantic updo, held in place by a simple veil that trailed behind her like a mist. As the string quartet began the first notes of "Clair de Lune," Olivia’s father squeezed her hand, a silent gesture of pr
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Isabella rolled her eyes dramatically. “Mind your business,” she shot back. She looked back at Olivia and gave her a smile and a shrug that bordered on apologetic. Not even their usual sibling banter and humour could ease the effect of her warning. Isabella walked away, disappearing back into the
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“You can't tell me what to do, Derek,” she said. His eyes narrowed. “Really?” He was starting to get angry, Olivia could tell, but she wasn't backing down. It was a good thing Isabella had warned her about the kind of man he was, and it was up to her now to protect herself before she was in too
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Izzy had warned her, and she knew she ought to listen but all she could think about now was Derek inside her, fucking her against the wall. The ecstasy she knew he’d deliver, the sex, between them so easy. The only easy thing in her life right now.She scrunched her eyes closed, willing the rapture
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When she returned several minutes later, Derek was no longer with the men he had been speaking to earlier. Her eyes moved slowly across the ballroom as she searched for him.It didn’t take long to find him.He was standing near one of the far corners of the room, deep in conversation with a tall bl
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