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felt chilled and she instantly missed the warmth of his mouth.
    “Amy…” He took several deep breaths. “It worked.” His voice was a husky growl in her ear. “Leona’s gone. But we’re not alone.”
    With that she came crashing down to earth.
    She stepped back, breaking out of the circle of Daniel’s arms. They certainly were not alone. There were people all around.
    She stared at him in disbelief and shock. What had she just done? What had they just done? She was so desperate to feel him pressing against her, she’d nearly done him right there on the grass. In front of all those people.
    “I…uh, we…that is, I…! God, I need some space. Please excuse me.” She turned around and strode off, appalled at her behavior.
    She marched onto the beach, her feet sinking into the cold sand. Stopping a few meters short of the shoreline, she struggled to get her erratic heartbeat under control.
    Oh Lord, how the fuck had one innocent kiss turned so hot so quickly?
    “Morgan?” She flinched when Daniel touched her shoulder. “Why did you run off like that?”
    “Why do you think?” She struggled to remain calm.
    “You’re upset.”
    “You could say that.” I’m also turned on and frustrated .
    “Don’t be. It worked. When Leona saw what was going on, she walked away.” He sounded unfazed by the incident.
    Leona? Leona? She was ready to sleep with him and he was talking about Leona? “Uh, Dan? Pardon me for sounding stupid, but shouldn’t we have walked away too? Did you notice what just happened between us?”
    He gave her a crooked smile, his dimples creasing in his cheeks. “Yeah. Who would have thought we could burn up the beach like that?” He plunked himself down on the dry sand, his legs bent and arms resting behind him, supporting his weight.
    Amy stared down at him, astounded by his casual, careless behavior. Had she been mistaken? Was he not as blown away by their encounter as she was? There was no mistaking the fact his groin had been interested. What about the rest of him? “Don’t you think it went a bit far?”
    He shrugged. “You knew the deal, Morgan. If we had any hope of convincing Leona I wasn’t interested in her, it had to go that far.”
    She did know. Heck, she’d even given him permission to kiss her. Still, things got way out of hand. “Well then, did you have to make it so…intense?”
    He looked up at her and grinned. “I think you had a hand in that intensity.”
    Amy felt her blood creep into her cheeks. She sat down next to him, shaking her head. “You’re not in the least bit put out by any of this, are you?”
    “Why should I be? I was in a predicament. You helped me out. It got a little hotter than it should have. That’s all.”
    A little hotter? Hell, the grass where they stood still smoldered. “But don’t you feel uncomfortable about it? I do. I’m worried what this could do to our friendship.”
    “Our friendship? You think this could affect our friendship?” Daniel laughed. “Morgan, it was a kiss, that’s all. It shouldn’t make you feel uncomfortable. If anything, you should feel proud that it worked.”
    She gaped at him. He’d turned the whole situation around, making a fiery, sexy kiss into a non-issue.
    She closed her mouth and took a couple of moments to think about his words. Relief trickled through her. Hell, if he could deny the intensity of the moment, so could she. Happily. She didn’t want to fuck her friend. It was a bad idea.
    A slow smile spread across her face. “It really worked?”
    “Yep. Leona left about a minute into the kiss.”
    Time may have stood still while Daniel kissed her, but Amy was pretty sure it had lasted longer than a minute. “If she left so soon, why didn’t you stop kissing me?”
    He grinned and looked sheepish. “I didn’t want to. I was enjoying myself.”
    “Daniel!” Amy couldn’t say anything else. She’d enjoyed herself too.
    “Besides, I had to make sure she got the message. If I stopped