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to warp Jenna.”
    “Ouch! Your watch scratched me, Regina. And I did not swear off sex. I swore off men. It’s a different thing altogether. You of all people should know that,” Lauren protested.
    Regina turned to Jenna and said seriously. “Sex with men does not have to ever go away. Or at least it doesn’t have to if you want to keep on living and not become a dried-up prune at age forty-two.”
    Alexa looked at her friends in both amazement and wonder. There couldn’t be two more different women or two more differing views on men. Jenna certainly had unusual role models with the three of them.
    She focused her piercing sapphire gaze intently on her daughter’s slumping form.
    “Well, I bet you were thinking the dress would once and for all get Seth Carter’s attention off his cell phone and focused instead on you. Just like you thought the red dress, the pink shorts, and the black lace bra I gave you would do the trick.”
    When Jenna didn’t reply, Alexa gave her daughter a long, knowing stare. “Sweetheart, you are one hundred percent sure Seth’s not gay, aren’t you?”
    Jenna’s chin lifted at the question and she pulled herself completely upright in the chair.
    “I’m sure, and— no ,” she answered her mother. “Seth’s not gay. I don’t know what the problem is, but it’s not being gay.”
    Alexa knew quite well the good and bad of men. She loved men, but in her experience, most men were better in bed than out of it.
    Jenna looked away from the women staring at her intently, and then finally brought her gaze back. “I wanted to surprise Seth. When he answered the door, the phone rang. He took the call, turned his back to me, and left me standing in the doorway.”
    “Left you standing the doorway? In that dress ?” Shocked, Regina could only shake her head.
    “Was it bad timing, maybe?” Lauren suggested, choosing to believe there had be an answer other than Seth didn’t want Jenna as much as Jenna wanted him.
    “It’s always bad timing with Seth,” Jenna told Lauren, sighing and unable to keep the sadness from her voice.
    She looked at her mother.
    “Earlier this week Seth kissed me good night, and I know—damn it, I know he was interested in that moment. I mean I’m not completely stupid about men.”
    “ Jenna ,” Alexa scolded. “You’re not stupid at all. Any man in this bar would happily take you to bed. This is obviously about Seth and not about you. Don’t even go there.”
    Jenny looked at her with huge eyes, and Alexa winced. She sighed and reached for Jenna’s hand. “It was an observation honey, not a suggestion to take a strange man to bed.”
    Of all the people who thought poorly of her dating habits, her own daughter was the worst critic. But Alexa would never have let a man she dated make her feel as bad as Jenna felt because of Seth’s lack of response.
    “Let me rephrase my comments,” Alexa said, having had a lot of practice soothing her daughter’s ego. “I admire your sincere affection and longing for Seth. He’s damn lucky you came to see us instead of picking up the first great looking guy you saw. If Seth Carter is worth the emotional investment, he’s yet to prove it to you. Most men would never have turned a sexy woman away. If you don’t believe me, ask Lauren and Regina.”
    Jenna looked at Lauren.
    Lauren squirmed, then sighed. “Your mother is right. Most men would never have turned you away, not in a killer dress and those heels. The message you’re sending is loud and clear.”
    Jenna swung to Regina. “So am I being a doormat? Am I letting Seth make me feel bad for no reason?”
    Regina hesitated, but as usual opted for honesty over diplomacy.
    “Yes.” Regina agreed. “It’s probably because you love him.”
    “That’s just great,” Jenna pronounced, leaning down and banging her forehead on the table. “I am an idiot then.”
    Alexa and Lauren looked across Jenna’s bent head to Regina. Regina tugged at her Rolex and