Chapter 4
"Let me tuck you in and I'll go to the all night drug store and get us a supply of condoms. Do you need anything else?"
"Yep. I didn't get my prescription filled and I need a bottle of aspirin and since I'm going to be stuck here for a couple days a girl type magazine or two. I won't ask you to get me tampons this trip. Prescription's in my bag. Give me a kiss before you leave."
"Yes Babe and thanks for that." He leaned down and gave me a wet warm kiss. Then he dressed and left the room. I rolled over and sighed and closed my eyes like a happy cat after a warm bowl of milk or maybe a fresh kill.
I woke up to warmth to my back and an arm around my waist. I turned to look at Ranger. He was still sleeping. I reached up to push the dark silky hair out of his face. He looked so much younger in his sleep. Probably because he wasn't so intense and hard looking like when he was awake. He had long beautiful eye lashes that any woman would be jealous of. He had just a little cleft in his chin. Beautiful full sexy lips and slender nose. He was drop dead gorgeous and all of him was now mine. Yum..yum.
His eyes fluttered open."I smell something burning again."
"I was just looking at you. Good morning." I kissed him and rubbed my hand down his face. "You look younger and softer when you're sleeping. That's pretty much what I was thinking."
I looked down at the tent gradually forming under the covers and smiled. "Good morning to you too. Me or you on top?"
He moved me on to my back and reached over for a condom off the night stand. We had a breathy round in bed and then another in the shower before we headed to the kitchen and I made coffee for us. "Do you want me to make you some breakfast? I can do eggs and toast or an omelet. Sorry, I can just do the easy stuff."
"Let me help you." He looked in the fridge and pulled out several items and the next thing you know we were having omelets and juice. When he was done he asked if I needed anything and told me that he was headed to his office. "I'll be back to stay with you tonight Babe. Keep this door locked and have your phone and your stun gun nearby. I'm concerned about that note."
"Okay lover boy. Kiss me before you leave." He kissed me until I wanted to drag him back to the bedroom. Then he let me go and walked out the door."
I called Connie and told her that I wouldn't be by today. She said she or Lula would come by to get my body receipt. I took my magazine to bed and in a little while fell alseep. The doorbell rang and woke me up and I got up and looked through the peep hole. It was Morrelli, again. I opened the door. "Hey Morrelli."
"I brought some lunch. Will you have lunch with me?"
"Sure come on in. This is probably like sharing secrets with the enemy but, it's hard for me to turn down food. What do you have for us? Will that be soda or water to drink?"
"Meatball subs and soda is good. How's the arm today?"
"Good. It was just a sprain." I brought paper plates and napkins to the table.
"Did your date get cancelled last night?"
"No, and it's really none of your business Joe."
"Are you in a real relationship with him now?"
"Are you asking me did we have sex yet? Jeez, Joe!"
"I'm sorry if I wanted an opportunity to get to know you again, be friends and date you!"
"No. You mean you wanted an opportunity to fuck me again to see if that had changed too!"
"That's not true, Cupcake. I thought during the thing with Ramirez that we had a chemistry. I'm single and I want to date you."
"Joe, we have a history and not a good one. Maybe it seemed like there was chemistry but, who I wanted to pursue was Ranger. I care about him and we are now in a real relationship. I do want to be friends and I think we can do that."
"We are friends. I'm just not ready to give up. Maybe Manoso will screw up and I'll get lucky."
"I bet you want to get lucky," I snorted.
"Stephanie, you're a hard cold woman these days."
"Joe you're a good looking guy and a good cop and you shouldn't have a problem finding a woman to bury your cannoli in."
"Nice. You also have a dirty mouth and a dirty mind too." He grinned at me.
I was chatting on the couch with Lula when Ranger called. "Yo"
"Back at ya' Babe. Doing okay?"
"Yep. Lula's here. She dropped by to get my body receipt from yesterday. We were chatting about stuff. Fun stuff. Big fat Cuban cigars. I just told her that you carry one and I'd like to smoke it tonight."
"Babe."
"Okay then I'll just chew on it."
"Babe."
"Okay fine just let me lick it."
"I have men in the room with me. I just called to tell you that my housekeeper has made dinner for us and I'm bringing it. Be there about 1730. "
"Yes sir. Goodbye."
Lula was laughing. "Girl does that man kick ass in bed or what?"
"Oh mercy. He is magic and that cigar, a magic wand. Not just that. He knows a woman's body and he's gentle. I thought because he knew that BDSM mistress and that lifestyle that he would be rough. He's not at all. He's sweet and tender."
"Uh oh, girl. You're falling in love with the man."
"Oh no no no. I do want that magic wand to be mine though and I claimed it."
Lula laughed and hugged me and left. I cleaned Rex's cage and fed him while I was waiting for Ranger.
There was a knock and I looked through the peep hole. I opened the door. "How sweet. You knocked."
"My hands are full and I didn't want to spill our dinner."
"It smells delicious. What do you want to drink and tell me about your housekeeper."
"Water is fine. Ella is the housekeeper and cook in our building and her husband Luis maintains the building. We're related."
"They like take care of you and your men?"
"Yes. Ella is very sweet and you would like each other." I put plates, utensils and napkins on the table.
"Ranger?"
"Yes Babe."
"I'm not trying to make you uncomfortable but we are in a relationship. Just friends and lovers right?"
"I guess we are. Somehow you slipped in under my radar. Now I can't describe what it is I feel for you. I wanted to say no to you because I guess I already knew that this was going to happen. My life is complicated and I didn't want to drag someone I care about into it right now."
Whoa..I had never heard that many serious words from the man's mouth.
"You care about me?"
"Yes. You have that effect on people."
"Ranger, do you feel me like I do you when you're near?"
"Yes, I know when your near and I sense when your not okay."
I looked at him. "I don't know if I knew this the first day in the diner when I met you but, I knew shortly after that we would be more than friends. I made sure of it."
"Yes you did. This will never be boring and I don't think that there is anything you can do to surprise me either." He leaned over and kissed me. He kissed me. Heaven.
"But , babe tonight you might have to be punished."
"Oh no. Did you bring some of your kinky sex toys."
"No. I can use my hand. Your phone stunt cost me face with my men. We had come back to our meeting from a break when I called and the next thing you know the boss is sitting there with a hard on squirming in his chair." I giggled.
"Good to know. I'll have to add a little dirty into all of our conversations just in case. You should wear underoos. Wouldn't be so uncomfortable when that happens."
He got his back up. "Underoos! I don't need diapers."
I giggled. "That's not what I meant. I was joking. I meant underwear. How do you even know about underoos."
"I have neices and nephews. I know what those are." His face changed and he gave me a warm smile.
"Babe. I think my men need to meet you, They're curious about you. They have known about you since not long after we met. I wanted to tell you that if you're bored, there is a job that you could do part time at my company. Basically it's just computer work. You can do it with one hand. If your interested, let me know." My mouth was hanging open.
"You actually want me to meet your men and work in your building?"
"Yeah Babe. You wanted me to help you. My company is a great place to learn some skills. Some areas are still not finished but, we are going to have a gym and gun range. My men could teach you self defense and other handy skills to help you. You could be one tough bounty hunter and sexy as hell."
So many words again. "If I learned skills, then you would find me sexier?"
"I would. It would make me proud for my girl to be at the top of her game and you would be safer. And Babe, your stamina in bed will be outstanding too."
"I'm in. Oh hell yes. Sign me up."
Just then my phone rang and I looked at it. "Oh crap."
"Morrelli?"
"Worse. My mother. My family is crazy. This is a whole other conversation. This could be the deal breaker for us."
"Hello."
"Mom..yes I did get hurt but not bad..It's just a sprain..Why are you talking to Morrelli?..Why the hell are you talking to Morrelli's mother?..Why is it their business who I'm seeing?..I'm not interested in Morrelli..cripes, I'm not getting married..Been there, done that mom. It sucked.. I'm a big girl..I don't have to watch my fucking language..Mom, wait..Hi Grandma..You want to know what?..Yes it's an exceptional package.. no you can't see it..Tell her I'm not going to drive her to drink..Oy! Okay..Tell her we'll be there on Sunday..Goodbye..No..It's a great butt..no you can't see that either..Gotta' go..Love you."
Ranger was grinning at me. "Do I even want to know?" I giggled.
"You're in trouble buster. You've been in battle in Afganistan but you haven't been in battle in the Burg. We're going to dinner there on Sunday and you might want to wear an athletic cup. You have a couple days to mentally prepare."
"Athletic cup?"
"My Grandma is a groper. Actually been arrested for it. That exceptional package I mentioned. Yours. She'll be doing some hand exercises between now and Sunday so she can get a good grip." His eyes got huge and I busted out laughing.
"Woman you're going to have to get creative and give me some extra stuff as you call it for the next couple nights."
"Oh, I can do that. I might even let you spank me. With your hand that is." His eyes smoldered and he nodded. Uh oh.
Laying under the sheet half on top of Ranger with my arm around him I was purring with pleasure. He didn't spank me or do any aggressive stuff tonight. He had been tender and loving and oh so thorough in getting us the best for our buck, pun intended.
"Ranger, you didn't get too frisky tonight. That was yummy."
He looked over at my injured wing. "We're not going to get adventurous until you heal. Then we can experiment and play. We have plenty of time and I'm perfectly satisfied." He kissed me. "Nite Babe."
"Nite, Ranger."
TBC
Okay so apparently the key to getting this Stephanie to agree to good changes is to give her something to get excited about. I'm taking a poll girls. I am writing the ending and I want to know how many are going to want a night at Elvira's. I know some of you are already thinking about it and I know who some of you are...Haha
