Her mother had gone down a very different path. She'd turned into the grown woman version of an awful brat, cold and disinterested in her husband's li...e, acting as though her husband was nothing more than a walking ATM. To make matters worse, she had let herself go completely—her body, which was once almost as tight as Jenny's, had gotten saggy and loose, and she made no efforts to keep herself together for her husband...who in Jenny's mind, deserved much, much more. Jenny also had the. Something I should have told you long ago, but it's so hard to explain. You see..." She paused and took a deep breath.Weather interrupted again. "You mean about Aidan being my dad? I know already."That startled Alexis. But the conversation that ensued startled her even more. She'd never in her wildest imagination have believed she'd be talking with Weather about a sexual relationship, especially when their lover was the same person. It was very odd.Nevertheless, Alexis remembered herself at. I heard a lot of noise upstairs while I made it. Figuring that the noise was just Shae and Lizzie, I ignored it and started to eat once my pizza was done. I should have been paying more attention though, because as I was distracted on my phone, Shae and Lizzie ran into the kitchen, stole two slices each, then retreated back upstairs to Shae's room. "Aw come on, what the hell?" I shouted behind them, hearing them giggle at the misfortune they knew they had just caused for me.I ended up finishing. You looked kind of preoccupied sitting there.”“Last-minute prep for a business meeting tomorrow morning. It’s the reason I’m in the States.”“Oh wow, I’m sorry. If I’d known …”“You’d have done exactly what you did,” he said, and she blushed to be called on her disingenuous comment. “And you’d have been right to. If I wasn’t open to distraction I’d have stayed in my hotel room to work.”“So I’m a distraction?” she asked, brushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear and daring to look straight.