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tonight. I was a jerk and I…” Suddenly Daniel leaned in and before Carly knew what was happening, he was kissing her. He broke the kiss before she even had time to react. While she was trying to get her mind around the fact that Daniel had just kissed her, Daniel issued an explanative not quite under his breath, reached out and pulled Carly tightly to his body.
    This time, Carly was a little more prepared. This time she kissed back. She didn’t know what was going on, but this was Daniel. The man she has loved most of her life. If this was the only time she would get to kiss him, she was taking advantage.
    Daniel gave a low growl and leaned into the kiss even more. Carly made a soft mewling sound that only made Daniels blood run even hotter. Carly wrapped her arms around Daniel’s neck and kissed for all she was worth. Daniel’s hand was rubbing up and down her bare back and his other hand fisted in her chestnut hair.
    Daniel didn’t know how long the kiss lasted only that they were both out of breath when it finally ended. Carly had no doubts that she had as much of an affect on him as he had on her and that left her dumbfounded.
    Daniel rested his forehead to Carly’s and just stood there holding her. He lifted his head and with his finger, lifted Carly’s chin until she was looking at him. “This is Carly,” his mind kept screaming but he kept ignoring it.
    “ I’ve got to go. Thanks for going with me tonight, I hate these things and you made all the difference.” Daniel leaned down and gave Carly a quick kiss on the tip of her nose, “Good night.”
    “ Good night.” Carly didn’t know what had just happened only that this was something she would never forget. She went inside and locked the door then stood there catching her breath. “Man oh man, what a night.”
    Carly went to bed that night happier then she had been in a very long time and wondered how she could nurture what was going on between them.
    Daniel didn’t go to bed for several hours trying to figure out what just happened and how he could fix it and get them back to where they were.

Chapter Three

    “ Oh for goodness sakes!” Carly shook her head at her reflection in the mirror. “What are you doing? This is just another everyday Monday at work.” But Carly knew it wasn’t. It would be the first time since Daniel kissed her that she would see him. It was playing havoc with her nerves. Carly stopped fussing over her make up and headed for the front door.
    When she went to unlock the store she noticed movement on the street and stepped out onto the sidewalk to take a look. There was someone getting out of a car a little ways a way. Carly couldn’t quite make out what they looked like, not even if they were male or female.
    “ Hey…”
    “ Ahh!” Carly jumped and spun around to look at whoever had just poked her in the ribs.
    “ Hey Carly, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. I wasn’t trying to be quiet or anything.”
    “ Mike.” Carly said with a relieved sigh. “Sorry, I’m just a little jumpy I guess.” Carly turned to go back into the store, glancing back toward where she had seen the man, or woman, but there was no one there to be seen.
    “ So when did you get into town and what are you doing here?” Carly looked up at Mike as she went behind the counter.
    “ Late last night, and Daniel asked me to come by this morning. He had some things he needed to get done.” Mike must have thought Carly didn’t want him there by the face she made because he rushed on to say, “I’m sorry if I’m bothering you. I’ll stay out of your way.” He looked like his feelings had been hurt.
    While Carly was disappointed that she wasn’t going to get to see Daniel for a while longer, she didn’t want to hurt Mike’s feelings.
    “ Don’t be ridiculous Mike. I enjoy your company. I just hope I’m not putting you to any trouble. Really, I can be here by myself if you have things you need to be doing.” Carly tried to