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yourself."
    " Thanks, Coop." She opened the fridge and perused her choices. "Want anything?"
    " Whatever you're having." He smiled sheepishly as she handed him a bottled ice tea. "So you heard."
    " A bit. Didn't mean to eavesdrop."
    He shrugged. "No big deal."
    " Why didn't you tell me?" She took a sip from her bottle and watched his face.
    He shrugged again.
    "Who calls you Coop?"
    " Pretty much everybody, except my mother. She calls me Robert."
    "W hy didn't you tell me?" she asked again.
    " Maybe I like the way you say my name. I especially like the way you said it today." He kissed her neck and imitated her voice. "Rob, oh Rob, yes Rob, yesssss!"
    " Are you making fun of me?"
    " Certainly not." He kissed her neck again. "I told you, I liked it. And I really liked the way you talked dirty to me. That put me through the roof."
    She crossed her arms. "I just don't understand how anyone can be quiet making love. I have to shout it out, halleluiah!"
    Chuckling , he returned to his steaming wok. "You've obviously never done it with your parents in the next room. That tends to shut you up pretty quickly. More of a 'get-r-done' type of thing."
    Maddie laughed. "No, I've never done that. I didn't have my 'sexual awakening' shall we say, until I was off to college."
    Rob poured rice into two bowls and topped it with the chicken and vegetable mixture he 'd stir fried. He grabbed a couple of forks and napkins. "Bring the drinks. We'll eat out here on the back porch. It's cooler."
    She carried their teas and followed him outside. There were two Adirondack chairs with a table between them, and they each took a seat. Rob held his bowl in one hand to eat, and Maddie followed suit. "These chairs are comfortable."
    He smiled at her. "Yes they are. And I'll never look at them the same way again."
    She looked down at the way she sprawled out in the chair, with one foot tucked under her and the other kicked up on the footrest. He had a clear shot of her panty-less crotch. "Oh sheesh, I'm sorry." She lowered her feet.
    Rob reached out to her. "Put your feet back the way they were. Get comfortable. I was enjoying the view." He rubbed her knee, and she settled back in the way she was.
    He peeked between her legs, motioned for her to move one just a bit, then gave her the "OK" sign.
    M addie rolled her eyes and ate. "This is good! I was already thinking you're the perfect man. Now to find out you can cook, too. Better watch out. Some woman's going to snatch you up."
    " Snatch me up, you say?" He looked between her legs again. "Um, yeah. I could go for that."
    " You are bad." She tossed a sprig of broccoli at him. It bounced off his shoulder and landed on the porch. "Oops, sorry." She crinkled her nose.
    " Not a problem." He wiped his shoulder with a napkin and called loudly, "Bo! Come on, Bo!"
    The dog bounded up the porch steps. He scarfed down the broccoli and nosed around for something else. Rob took a piece of chicken and tossed it in the air. Bo grabbed it and swallowed in one gulp. "Stick around, boy." He nodded toward Maddie "This one might be messier than Sophie."
    Bo took the hint, and lay down next to Maddie 's chair.
    She dragged her hand through his soft fur. "He's a beauty."
    " Yep, a beauty," Rob agreed, never taking his eyes off Maddie. Finally, he set his bowl on the table and said, "Okay, you grilled me over lunch, so I get to grill you over dinner. Tell me the story of how a Connecticut Yankee wound up in Meridan, Oklahoma."
    Maddie scrunched up her face and shook her head. She placed her bowl on the table and wiggled her knee back and forth. "It's really boring. I can think of way more interesting things to do, can't you?"
    " I definitely can. I'm making a list in my head, in fact. But we still have twenty-some hours ahead of us, and I think that'll be enough time for most of my list."
    Maddie remembered his phone call . "Are you sure there isn't somewhere you'd rather be tonight? I don't want to keep you from anything."
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