We said goodnight and went into our separate houses. Ranger led me upstairs to the bedroom "Do you want to take a bath?" He asked, giving me a wolf grin. Oh boy!

Chapter 10

Ranger lit candles around the bathroom, put on some soft jazz music, filled the tub and turned off the lights. It was romantic and my hormones were going into overdrive at the sight of my naked husband. He took my hand and helped me into the tub. We leaned back relaxing, my back to his front. Before the water got to cold, Ranger washed my hair for me, then my body. I was reaching for him.

"Patience amante." He chuckled at me.

The man has no idea what his touch does to me. Ranger stood up getting out of the tub, dried off before lifting me out of the tub. He dried me off with the same towel, paying extra attention to my already extremely sensitive areas. He kissed my baby bump, picked me up and carried me over to the bed. He lowered me down kissing me the whole way.

Ranger eased into me slowly. I was arching my back to get him to push further in, but he likes to take things slow. His hands are magic. He was massaging and sucking my breast and I could feel my orgasm building. He put his other hand between us and pinched my clit, and I came hard and fast screaming his name.

"Babe." His voice full of amusement and love.

"Do you know what you do to me?" I asked.

"This he said." Pushing into me, filling me completely. We got lost in each other. Driving each other crazy with need. We both came together the next time. I yawned and Ranger pulled me tight against him. "Sleep querida." He kissed my head.

I woke up a couple of hours later to Ranger's face positioned in between my legs. He had me withering and screaming his name in minutes. We made love again before I fell back to sleep. I don't know if he ever went to sleep because like clock work every two hours he was up making love to me. Hey, I'm not complaining.

The next morning I slept in. Ranger brought me breakfast in bed, and then proceeded to show how good he is in the shower. Luckily the shower has a bench in it or I would have laid like a pile of goo on the floor.

We finally emerged from the house around noon. Lula and Tank were on the patio waiting for us. They were holding hands, giving each other that look.

"Dang girl I thought he was goin to keep you locked up in the bedroom all day." Lula said to me.

I must have turned three shades of red because Ranger came to put his arms around me.

"Um, I-I'm sorry Steph. I was just kiddin." Lula stammered.

Tank looked like he wanted to laugh. I turned my head to look at my husband and he had an innocent look on his face. He was so guilty! I turned around in his arms so I could face him.

"Don't scare Lula." I whispered to him.

"Babe." He said before kissing me, making me forget what just happened.

We sat out by the pool. Ranger and Tank grilled lunch.

"I could get used to this." Lula sighed.

"I would love to stay here forever." I told her.

The next week flew by. We stayed in bed late, swam at the pool, played on the beach, went shopping, took long walks on the beach and make love all through the night. During the day Lula was always around, but it seemed like Tank and Lester switched off and on.

On Sunday night Ranger seemed hesitant. He received a phone call and was speaking in hushed tones in Spanish. The rest of the night I could tell he was agitated. I put my hand on his arm and he smiled at me.

When we went upstairs to bed he pulled me close and inhaled deeply.

"I have to go to the office in the morning."

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

"One of our biggest clients is having a problem, and I need to personally take care of it. I just wish we could have had a little more time to ourselves. Once everyone sees me at the office, the phone calls will never stop."

"Ranger you have a company to run, I never expected you to stop everything just because we're married. Do we need to head back to Trenton?"

"No I can work here just like Trenton. All that matters is that your with me Babe."

After that we made love. The next morning Ranger was up by five working out. At six he was in the shower, and by six-thirty he was dressed kissing me goodbye. I tried to pull him back into bed with me.

He chuckled. "Get some more rest, if you want to come by the office we can go out to lunch."

"Sounds good." I mumbled.

Lula and I found the office with just a few wrong turns. The guard at the desk must have been expecting us because he was opening the door for us.

"Good Afternoon Mrs. Manoso, and you must be Lula. I'm Javier. It's a pleasure to meet both of you."

"Thank you Javier, but please call me Steph or Stephanie. Do you know which floor my husband is on?" I love referring to Ranger as my husband. I never thought I'd like calling anyone that, but it just had to be the right man. Each time I say it I get a little giddy.

"Sure he's on five." He walked us over to elevator.

We went up to five and found Ranger's office. I noticed quite a few of the men were staring at me and whispering with each other. I knocked and entered his office, and Lula took off to find Tank. Ranger was finishing up his phone call. He got up came around the desk and pulled me to him, kissing me senseless.

We walked to a quaint restaurant around the corner from the office.

"Babe we're a little short-handed right now. Silvio's mother is sick and he took some time off to help her out. I was going to have Lula do some searches while we're here. Would you mind staying up in my apartment while I'm at work?"

"If you need help all you had to do was say. I can run searches with Lula. I still need to show her some of the other programs."

"Steph you don't need to work if you don't want to."

"I want to work. Just because we're married doesn't mean I want to sit around the pool all day. Although if you're they're with me I could definitely get used to it. When do you want us to start?"

"Tank was going to have lunch with Lula and then set her up. If your going to be working with her I'll call him and have him set you both up in one of the offices."

Ranger called Tank and explained the plan. When we went back to the office and he gave me a tour. It was set up very similar to Haywood. I decided to stay till the end of the day to try to catch up on some of the work with Lula. At six Ranger and Tank came to relieve us.

Ranger and I went back to the house. He grilled some fresh tilapia for dinner while I made a salad. I know I don't cook, but I can chop vegetables.

"Are Tank and Lula joining us for dinner?" I asked him.

"No Tank and Lula are moving into one of the suites at Rangeman."

"Oh." I tried not to sound disappointed, but I got used to having them around.

"Don't worry Babe they'll still come over just not everyday, and Santos will still be staying in the guest house."

"Have you talked to Julie since we've been here?" I asked.

"No, I wanted to talk to you about that first. I wanted us to go see her on Saturday. If Rachel says it's ok, I thought it would nice if we took her to Parrot Jungle Island."

"That sounds great. I would love to see Julie. "What's Parrot Island?"

"Parrot Jungle Island is a zoo with shows. You'll like it." He said kissing me.

The rest of the week Ranger would leave early and Lester would drive me to work at nine. When Ranger wasn't in a meeting we would have lunch together, and we drive home together between five and six.

I was excited and nervous when Saturday came around. When we got to Julie's Ranger took my hand and squeezed it. I gave him a quick smile before we got out of the car. Julie came running out of the house screaming my name.

"Steph I can't believe your here. I'm so happy to see you." She said jumping into my arms. I gave her a big hug.

"It's great to see you to Julie. I think you've grown a foot since I saw you."

Ranger came over.

"Hi Julie." He sounded nervous.

"Hi Dad." She said giving him a big hug. I could see him visibly relax.

Rachel was waiting at the door. We went in to talk with her before we left.

"It's great to see you Stephanie. How are you feeling." Rachel asked.

I looked over at Ranger. He must have told her I was pregnant. "It's nice to see you too Rachel. I'm feeling much better. It's very relaxing down in Miami."

"Julie was so excited to hear you and Carlos we're married, and that you were going to take her out for the day. As long as you are in Miami you can stop by anytime, I know she would love it."

"Thanks Rachel that's very nice of you. Does Julie know about the--."

"No." Rachel interrupted me. "I thought I would let you both tell her today."

"Can we please leave?" Julie said running into the room.

"Thanks again Rachel." I said giving her a hug before we left.

We had a great day at Parrot Jungle Island. When we ate lunch Ranger told Julie about the babies.

"Oh that's so cool. I'm going to be a big sister again. Do you know what you're having? Can I come and see the babies after they're born?" Julie was really excited.

"No we don't know what the sexes are yet, and I can't make any promises before discussing it with your mother." Ranger told her.

Julie was excited the rest of the afternoon. We had a great time. Ranger took us to dinner in Little Havana after we left the park. We dropped Julie back off around nine. She didn't want to go home.

"Julie you have to let them leave." Rachel told her.

"When can you came back?" Julie asked.

"How about if we pick you up for dinner one night this week." Ranger suggested.

Rachel smiled and Julie beamed. "What night?"

"How about Wednesday?" Rachel said.

"We'll pick you up at six Julie." Ranger told her.

We both gave her a hug and kiss before we left.

"You were great with Julie today." Ranger said holding my hand while driving back to the house.

"She's a great kid. You should be proud." I told him.

"I am, but it was Rachel's doing. This is actually the first time I took her somewhere without Rachel and Ron going too."

My mouth must have hung open in shock. "Babe I signed over my rights. I'm lucky Rachel lets me see her at all."

I didn't know what to say. I squeezed his hand offering comfort.

Wednesday came quickly and I was excited to see Julie again. I was happy that Ranger was getting to know his daughter. She was waiting for us when we pulled in the driveway. We went to a restaurant by the beach. It was a nice relaxed evening. Julie said how she wished it was earlier so we could play on the beach.

Ranger suggested she could come out to the house one weekend to swim and play. Julie loved the idea.

Rachel said next weekend would be better and Julie could spend the night on Saturday.

Ranger seemed truly happy. It was so nice to see him this way. He was much more relaxed in Miami, and seeing Julie made his day.

The work week flew by in Miami. I don't know what it was, maybe the nice weather. It just seemed more relaxed, we didn't seem rushed to do anything. Bobby had called during the week and asked me when we were returning back home. I told him I didn't know. I was secretly hoping we could just stay in Miami. He made me promise to book an appointment with a OBGYN if we weren't coming back by the next week.

It was actually nice of him to call. He was much friendlier than when we had left. OK I was being nice, Bobby didn't seem to be in crazy overprotective mode anymore. I had put off mentioning the doctor's appointment to Ranger because I thought he might want to go back to Trenton.

On Sunday we were laying in the chaise lounge on the patio. I figured I better bring up the doctor. Julie was supposed to spend the night next weekend, so hopefully we wouldn't up and leave.

"Booby called me earlier this week."

"He called me too."

"I should really make a doctor's appointment." I said.

"Is it alright if I schedule you with Manuel. He's my cousin's husband. He graduated from Harvard, and I trust him."

"That sounds good." I never thought it would be that easy. Ranger made the suggestion, I didn't have to do anything but agree with him.

"Your birthday is this week Babe. I thought we could have a small party here on Saturday while Julie is here."

"We don't have to have a party."

"Babe." That meant don't even try to get out of it.

"Marissa and I will take care of everything." Marissa was another of Ranger's cousins. She comes in twice a week to clean, do laundry and stock the refrigerator. She is very nice and down to earth. I liked her a lot. I haven't seen her much sense I started working again, but she calls me once a week to see if I need or want anything special from the store.

On Wednesday we took Julie out to dinner again. When I got up to go to the bathroom I saw a man watching me and got very scared. I called Ranger from inside the bathroom. Ranger was waiting for me outside the door with the man.

"Babe this is Owen, he works for Rangeman Miami."

"Hi Owen."

"I'm sorry I scared you." He told me.

Ranger and I went back to the table.

"We're having a party on Saturday." Julie said excited.

Julie and Ranger chatted back and forth making plans for the party. I tried to stay involved in the conversation, but I was still wondering about Owen.

We dropped Julie off and Ranger promised her he would pick her up at 9 on Saturday. When we pulled away I stared at him.

"Do I always have someone following me."

"Babe."

"Answer me."

"Yes."

I'm pissed off at him, but I guess he already told me I would. I just thought since Mendez was dead it was over. We drove back to the house in silence.

A.N.: The ultrasound will be coming up soon. Probably not the next chapter, but the one after. Please let me know what you want the babies to be. It can be one of each, two girls or two boys. Whichever gets the most requests will show up on the ultrasound.

Thanks,

M.