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been barren only a few weeks ago. With one kiss, he’d brought her body back to life. And now she’d have to share a room with him. A naked him. This couldn’t get any worse.
    “It’s about a three-hour drive from here, so we’ll leave at lunch time tomorrow. Make sure we get there with plenty of time to check in and set up for the evening.” He scanned a sheet of paper in front of him. “Oh, and don’t forget to pack your swimmers. There’s a hot tub on our patio.”
    Jody gulped. Images of a wet, naked Dan flashed through her mind. Her palms grew damp, her skin stretched tight and the crotch of her undies grew wetter by the minute. She had to get out of here. Had to get some fresh air before she did something stupid like throw herself over his desk and beg him to kiss her and take away the ache expanding in her sex. Leaping out of her chair, she all but ran from the room.
     
    Dan watched Jody dash from the room and smiled. She might want to pretend there was nothing between them, but she couldn’t hide from her feelings any more than he could. He’d seen the tell-tale reactions her body had presented on more than one occasion over the last few weeks. He wanted to thank his lucky stars that they’d ended up thrown together this weekend, but that seemed horrible when he considered the reason she’d had to come along on this job. Then again, fate was a fickle bitch and he wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
    He rolled his chair back and swung his feet up on the desk. He’d wait her out. She had to come back, and he’d been laying low long enough. Time to push her a little. Dan knew he was being arrogant in his approach. Figured she’d call him on it too, but he was enjoying the game. His usual MO when it came to women was simple. Get in, get out. The two long-term relationships—if a few months could be considered long—had been more a convenience than any real need. He wasn’t all that sure he liked the man he was.
    With Jody, he wanted to savour the chase. His mother had taught him nothing worth having should come easy, and he should always strive to make something better than it was. That probably explained why he’d never stuck when it came to relationships. The women he’d dated had come easily, and those that hadn’t weren’t even a blip on his radar. But this woman. Jody. She was different. Everything about her made him stand up and take notice. From the moment they’d been introduced, he’d felt the buzz.
    At first, he’d been so set on disliking her—or the idea of her—that he hadn’t registered what was really going on. And if he were honest, he’d admit he’d still been blind right up until the instant he’d laid his lips on hers. He shook his head. Damn, he was an idiot. Blind. Stupid. Ignorant. Each word described him perfectly. Right up until the kiss. In that second, the fog had cleared from his mind and he’d seen with HD-technicolour clarity. Jody Walsh had rocked his world to its foundations. But if he was lucky—and God help him, he wanted to be—she’d help him build them back up again.
    Oh, he knew it was too soon to think so seriously, but he’d had days to think about their chemistry, weeks to ponder the absolute rarity of such a connection, and there was no way around it. What he felt for Jody wasn’t just simple lust. He knew lust. Christ, he’d spent his whole adult life letting it lead him around by the dick. This was bone deep and raw edged. For the first time in his life, he felt as though he’d be missing out on something amazing if he didn’t get the girl .
    Jody walked back in, her steps faltering when she saw him leaning back in his chair. “Oh, I thought you would be gone.”
    Hoped more like it. “Nope.” He smiled. “Still here.”
    She headed for her desk. Without looking his way again, she scooped up the file for the weekend job, pulled her bag from a drawer and turned to leave. “Bye.”
    He could have predicted her snub. She’d made