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moaning when the sweet swirls of flavor hit her taste buds.
    â€œI swear, Gracie is a nosy pain in the butt, but she bakes the most orgasmic things.” She caught his weird expression and wiped at her mouth. “What?”
    â€œDid you just say, ‘orgasmic’?” His eyes were wide, and she blushed.
    â€œWhat? It’s a word. Gracie said it the yesterday when we were shopping.” When he burst out laughing, she glared at him, preparing to give him a severe tongue-lashing, but the phone rang. Instead she stuck her tongue out at him as she answered, “Hello?”
    â€œHi, honey! How are you?” Her mother’s voice was loud and cheery.
    Ryan turned her back on Gregg and answered, “I’m good, Mom. What’s going on?”
    â€œNothing, I just hadn’t heard from you in a few days and wanted to make sure you were still coming over tonight for dinner.”
    Crap. She’d forgotten about dinner. “Yeah, of course I remembered. Can you hold on a minute?” She covered the phone with her hand and whispered, “I’m supposed to go to my parents for dinner. Will we be back before four?”
    He shook his head. “I was thinking we’d head out to the City of Rocks and take some pictures. Even if we left right now, we wouldn’t be back until almost five-thirty.”
    She bit her lip with regret. “Can we do something closer to home? I promised my parents that I’d come over.”
    â€œRyan? Who are you talking to?” Her mother’s voice had taken on a shrill note.
    â€œHold on, Mom.” She covered the phone again and asked, “Is that okay?”
    He shrugged. “Sure, although we could just compromise. We’ll go somewhere close to home and then I’ll go with you to your parents later. That way I can spend more time with you.”
    Ryan’s eyes widened and she whispered loudly, “You really want to go?”
    â€œUnless you think they’d mind.”
    She uncovered the mouth piece and said, “Mom, would it be okay to bring a friend to dinner?”
    â€œWho is this friend? You haven’t mentioned you had a friend.” Her mother’s voice had a disapproving tone.
    â€œIt’s my boss, Gregg. I’ve told you about him.”
    She glanced over at Gregg and blushed when her mother whispered, “Is he handsome?”
    She lowered her voice and hissed back, “Yes.”
    â€œThen by all means, bring him along. You know I always make enough to feed the whole county.”
    Ryan said good-bye quietly and hung up.
    â€œSo what were you whispering about?” Gregg asked. She turned toward him, noting the wicked gleam in his eye.
    â€œNothing, just mother-daughter stuff.” She backed away from him as he reached out to her ribs. “What are you doing?”
    He wiggled his fingers. “It isn’t nice to tell lies. And I’m prepared to use torture if necessary.”
    She squealed and tried to run, but he caught her around the waist. She was laughing and gasping as he wreaked havoc on her ribs. “Handsome! She asked if you were handsome!”
    He stopped tickling her and kissed her swiftly. “There. Now was that so hard?”
    She pretended to slap at him, and he grabbed her wrist gently, bringing her palm to his mouth for a light kiss. The air around them heated up, and she reached out to bring him close so her lips could exact their own form of torture. Muffins and coffee forgotten, it would be a while before he would again care that daylight was being wasted.
    T HEY PULLED UP to the large ranch house and Ryan hopped out with a nervous smile on her face. They’d had such an awesome day, and now that they were standing in front of her parents’ place, it seemed she was more nervous than Gregg. Most guys freaked about meeting parents, but he simply came around the Tahoe and took her hand in his. They walked up the steps to the porch and across