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It was a tentative contact and he waited for her response, bracing himself for a slap across the face or a verbal dressing-down.
    But to his surprise, Jordan threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back, desperately, hungrily, as if she’d gone without for far too long. At first it was a clumsy kiss, but then Danny took her face between his hands and softly tempered her frenzy with a carefully measured assault.
    Almost immediately, she melted against him, her body going limp. A tiny groan slipped from her throat and he drew back and looked down into her flushed face. Her eyes were still closed and he couldn’t tell from her expression what she was thinking. Was she embarrassed by her actions? Or well-pleased?
    â€œJordan?”
    She opened her eyes and stared up at him. “Oh, God.” The word slipped out of her on a gasp. She twisted out of his embrace and nervously smoothed her hands over her clothes. “That was…unexpected.”
    He reached out and ran a finger along her flushed cheek. “Now don’t get yourself all mortified over it. It was a kiss and nothing more. A very lovely kiss at that,” he said.
    â€œYes.” She nodded nervously. “Well, maybe we should just focus on the business at hand.”
    As far as Danny was concerned, the only business at hand was the business of kissing her again. In truth, he had an entire business plan unfolding in his head. First another kiss, then a caress, and then, maybe full-on seduction. He didn’t care a whit about the job, he wanted this woman.
    He slipped his hands around her waist and moved her out of the way, then firmly grasped the doorknob. When he turned it and pushed, the door easily swung open. He chuckled softly. “Clever,” he said. “If you wanted me to kiss you, you should have just asked.”
    â€œIt was locked!” Jordan cried.
    â€œAnd now, it’s unlocked.”
    Jordan gave him an odd look. “I wasn’t trying to get you to kiss me,” she said, walking past him into the library. “These things happen around here all the time. Doors are locked, then they aren’t. Windows are closed, then they aren’t. Things go missing and then they turn up a day later.”
    â€œSounds like brownies,” Danny said. “Or leprechauns.”
    â€œDon’t be ridiculous.”
    â€œOr ghosts. Or fairies. We have all manner of fantastical creatures here in Ireland. And none of them up to any good at all.”
    â€œI don’t believe in any of those things,” Jordan said.
    Danny followed her into the library, making a careful study of the backside of her beautiful body. He fought the urge to slip his arms around her again and pull herinto another kiss. Instead, he distracted himself with exploring the interior of the old library.
    A memory flashed in his mind and he chuckled softly. “I do remember this room,” he murmured. “I lost something here.”
    â€œWell, I don’t think you’ll find it after all these years,” Jordan said. “But you’re welcome to look.”
    â€œI don’t think I’d want to find it,” he said. “She was seventeen and I was fifteen. And I thought I knew everything about girls. After that night, I realized I knew nothing.”
    â€œYou mean you—”
    Danny nodded. “I lost my virginity right about—” he stepped to a spot in front of the fireplace “—here, I believe. I was drunk on whiskey and she was looking for a bit of fun. The minute she put her hands on me, I knew the world would never be the same.”
    â€œRight here?”
    Danny nodded. “God, that seems like just yesterday.”
    â€œHow old are you?” she asked.
    â€œTwenty-six. How old are you?”
    She tipped her chin up and, for a moment, he thought he’d insulted her. “Twenty-seven.”
    He grinned. “I’ve always gone for older girls.” Danny