Page 125 of Hot & Heavy

"Your home, of course. What did you think I meant, you lunkhead?"

Ian didn't care that she called him a lunkhead. He leaned against the wall with a goofy grin on his face. "I miss you."

"You'd better miss me. And you'd better not have run into your former betrothed again."

"Maddie, I'm on an island."

"Hah! You would be surprised what lengths some women will go to to get a man. I might just have to come there and whack her on the head with a rock if she keeps chasing after you. I know how to do that, you know. Whack someone with a rock, I mean."

"I know that too well, babe. How about I come and pick you up on Saturday?"

She was silent for a moment, then said, "That is three days away. I cannot wait that long. Methinks I will demand that my father take me back tomorrow."

"You would be all alone at the house."

"Nay, I would not. Sam would be there."

He smiled at that image. "Actually, it would be kinda nice coming home to you."

"I can even greet you in that garment I never got to wear."

"What garment is that?"

"When I was trying to think of ways to seduce you—"

"Yeah?"

"Cage bought me a red silk teddy from Victoria's Secret. Would you like to see it?"

"Definitely."

"I'm feeling fluttery right now. I have my hand on my belly and I swear it is actually fluttering."

"Oh, Maddie, you are incredible."

"Do you ever flutter?"

"Oh, yeah."

"I did not know my bosom was so big."

"Huh?"

"The picture on the wall here… 'tis the first time I have ever seen myself as others do. I had no idea I looked that big. Kirsten tells me there is a procedure that a doctor can do to make them smaller."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're not too big, and don't even think about breast-reduction surgery. It's dangerous. And besides, most women would die to have a body like yours."

"Really?"

"Yep. I'll prove it when I see you on Saturday. Do you want me to bring you something? Candy?

Flowers?"

"A vibrator."

Ian practically swallowed his tongue. "Wh-what did you say?"

"I want a vibrator. Carrie on Sex and the City said a vibrator is a woman's best friend."