He had never moved faster as he jogged over to pick up the black SUV he’d spotted for sale earlier in the day. After completing the transaction, he enjoyed the smooth ride and the easy way it handled. Mac went next to the grocery store and bought a rotisserie chicken and salad for dinner and was back at Maddie’s forty-five minutes after he left. He walked in to soft music and candlelight. The blinds were drawn, and the bed had been pulled out.

She came out of the bathroom wearing the nightgown. Crossing her arms, she leaned against the wall and looked at him with hungry eyes. “What took so long?”

Stemming the urge to drool, Mac stashed the grocery bags in the refrigerator. “I need a shower,” he said.

Maddie put her hand on his chest and directed him to the bed. “No, you don’t.”

“But I’m all sweaty—” With her hands in his hair, she dragged him down to her and kissed the life out of him.

The back of his knees connected with the bed, and he tumbled backward, bringing her with him.

“Did this seem like a really long day to you?” she asked between torrid kisses.

“Mmm, the longest day ever.” He tried to roll them over, but she stopped him.

“Can we do it like this?” she asked, her cheeks flaming with color.

“Baby, we can do it any way you want, as long as we do it very, very soon.”

She bit her bottom lip and smiled down at him, causing his heart to skip a beat.

He reached up to bury his fingers in her hair and brought her back to him. “Have you done it this way before?”

She shook her head.

“You’ll like it.”

“Will you?”

Mac laughed. “Absolutely.” He ran his hands over the silky gown, gathering it up as he went. “Can we lose this or do you want to leave it on?”

“It can go.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes! Hurry!”

Moving quickly, they got rid of the rest of their clothes and broke open one of the new boxes of condoms.

“Let me,” Maddie said, taking the foil package from him.

Mac exhaled a long deep breath and counted backward from one hundred as she used her teeth to tear open the package, keeping her eyes fixed on his as she rolled it slowly over him.

“You’re so hard,” she whispered, shifting her eyes from his face to his groin. “Doesn’t that hurt?”

“No,” he said with a groan. “But if you don’t move a little faster, we’ll miss the best part.”