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“Um…I need…” She held up a finger. “Need a, uh, minute.” No, a minute wouldn’t cut it. She needed space. Lots and lots of space. “Two minutes,” she amended, and before Daniel could respond, Amy spun around and strode off on shaky legs.
With no specific destination in mind, she headed where her legs took her, landing up on the beach.
At least she could breathe there.
Her feet sank into the cold sand, and she stopped a few meters short of the shoreline, struggling to harness her erratic heartbeat.
How on earth had one innocent kiss turned so hot so quickly?
“Morgan?”
Amy flinched when Daniel touched her shoulder.
“Hey. You okay?”
No. She was anything but okay, but she nodded anyway.
“Why’d you run off like that?”
She tried to breathe normally. “Why do you think?”
“You’re upset.”
“I am.” I’m also turned on and frustrated.
“By the kiss.”
Of course she was upset by the kiss.
He squeezed her shoulder. “Don’t be, babe. It worked. When Leona saw what was going on, she walked away.” He sounded so normal, so unaffected by everything.
“Uh, excuse me for sounding stupid, but shouldn’t we have walked away, too? Did you notice what happened between us up there?”
Daniel flashed her a crooked smile, his dimples creasing in his cheeks. “Yeah. Who would have thought we could burn up the air like that?” He plunked himself down on the dry sand, his legs bent and arms resting behind him, supporting his weight.
Amy gawked, astounded by his nonchalant behavior.
Was he not as blown away by their encounter as she was? “Don’t you think it went a bit far?”
He shrugged. “It had to go that far to seem real.”
“Well, then, did you have to make it so…intense?”
He grinned up at her. “I think you had a hand in that intensity.”
Her cheeks burned. She sat beside him, shaking her head. “You’re not in the least bit put out by any of this, are you?”
“I was in a predicament. You helped me out. It got a little hotter than it should have. No big deal.”
A little hotter? The grass where they’d stood still smoldered. “You don’t feel awkward now? Worried what this could do to our friendship?”
“Morgan, it was a kiss, that’s all. It shouldn’t make you feel uncomfortable. If anything, you should feel proud it worked.”
She gaped at him. He’d turned the whole situation around, making a fiery, sexy kiss into a nonissue.
Relief trickled through her. If he could deny the intensity of the moment, so could she. Happily.
A slow smile spread across her face. “It really worked?”