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Retriever who met them inside the kitchen door.
    " Oh, hi Bo!" Maddie patted the dog's head, and he licked her hand.
    " He likes you."
    " Or the chicken on my fingers," Maddie reminded him.
    " Oh, yeah." Rob sent Bo to the back yard and put away the food from their picnic basket. He turned on the water and washed his hands.
    Maddie stuck her fingers under the stream with his. "Make sure you use plenty of soap." She lathered all four of their hands, and rubbed hers over his seductively.
    He groan ed as she massaged his fingers one by one. He shut the water off and wiped his hands quickly on a towel. "There's something I've wanted to do since I met you." He reached for the band at bottom of her hair braid and pulled it out, using his fingers to unweave the braid until her hair was loose and flowing. Running his hands though it, he murmured, "This feels as wonderful as I imagined it would." Rob wound his hand in her hair and gently tugged at it, pulling her close to him. He covered her mouth with his, no longer tentative, moving his tongue forward to what he desired.
    Maddie opened her mouth and drove her tongue forward to meet his. His mouth was hot and wet, a condition Maddie found that the rest of her body was rapidly sinking into. She slid her arms around his neck and pressed her body against his, urging him to take more.
    Rob growl ed. "God, I want you!" His mouth skimmed down her neck, nibbling and sucking as it went. "I don't think I've ever wanted anyone as much as I want you."
    " Take me," she encouraged, bending her neck to the rough scrape of his face. "Take all of me."
    Rob pulled back slowly and smiled at her with a glazed look in his eyes. Maddie thought hers probably looked the same way. She was so aroused , she feared she might explode if he kept touching her. "Where's the bedroom?" she asked urgently.
    " This way." He took her hand and led her down the hall.
     
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    When she opened her eyes later, it took a few heart-stopping moments for Maddie to remember where she was. The room was unfamiliar, but she quickly recalled the events of the afternoon. She smiled and settled back as she relived them in her mind.
    She glanced around the room. Rob was nowhere in sight. She yawned and stretched. She'd never felt as safe and secure as he made her feel that afternoon.
    The sun was on its way down , and she judged it to be late afternoon. Maddie didn't know how long she'd slept, but knew she slept soundly. She crawled out of bed, reaching for her clothes before reconsidering and pulling on a shirt from Rob's closet.
    After a quick stop at the bathroom, she wandered into the kitchen where she heard him talking on the phone. She stopped in the doorway to listen.
    "Hey, Fred, it's Coop. Yeah buddy, I'm fine. Listen, I'm not going to make it to Smoky's birthday bash tonight. No, nothing's wrong, I've just got some stuff going on. Give him my best, will you? Okay, I'll see you guys Monday. You bet. Bye." He hung up and went to the stove, where he was heating a wok.
    Maddie entered the kitchen. "Would that be a wok?"
    " Hey, gorgeous." Rob moved kissed her temple. "Sleep well?"
    " Very well. Must have been making up for the lack of sleep I got last night, tossing and turning in a frustrated puddle of perspiration."
    He laughed. "Oh yeah, I hear that. Same thing was going on over. Isn't it great knowing we're past that?"
    " Very great," she agreed, and looked at the stove. "Your wok is smoking."
    " Oh, shit!" He hopped back there and added some food to the hot oil. "Hope you like Chinese."
    " I do. But I've never had homemade Chinese before."
    " It's the best. Much less salty." He grimaced.
    She watched him cooking wearing nothing but jeans, unbuttoned at the waist. It was a pleasant sight. Finally she asked, "Might you have something to drink in that refrigerator?"
    " I do." He nodded, chopping vegetables and adding them to the wok. "Tea, water, and some pink bottles of an unrecognizable flavor of juice. Help