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Three days later.

The sun shone through the window. 'Another beautiful day in paradise,' I said to myself. I stretched and felt the smile on my lips. My body was sore in all the right places. Ranger and I hadn't left his house in three days and most of it was spent in each other's arms. I'd decided that was my favourite place to be.

I could smell the coffee wafting up the stairs like it was calling me. But natures call was stronger. I eased out of bed and headed for the bathroom. I decided to take a quick shower before Ranger discovered I was up. The last couple of times I'd showered ended up being long, hot and steamy until the water went cold. True to his word, Ranger was good in the shower. But today I had plans, I wanted to do some site seeing. So I quickly showered, pulled my hair into a loose pony tail, added a few coats of mascara, and a little lip gloss. As I planned on doing some walking, I chose a pair of cross trainers, denim short, shorts and a cute little tee. All set to go, I raced down stairs to find my man.

Ranger was at the breakfast bar sipping his coffee and reading the newspaper. On a plate in front of him were three Boston crèmes.

"Good morning." I sang.

"Good morning." Ranger looked up from his paper with a wolf grin.

"You've been out?" I was a little sad at the thought of Ranger leaving without me.

"No, I asked Maria to stop on her way here. She's going to be cleaning and restocking the groceries."

"Mmmm," I moaned, taking a huge bite of my creamy delight. "Where is she, I'd like to meet her and thank her for the donuts?"

"She made a list and left, she'll be back later. I was thinking we might take the yacht out today."

"Yacht? You have a yacht?" I don't know why I'm surprised. He has a jet, why wouldn't he have a yacht?

"It's the one out there." he pointed out towards the ocean.

"Well, I did want to go site seeing today, I can't think of a better way." I smiled.

Ranger grabbed a big picnic basket I hadn't noticed from the bench. Apparently Maria had packed us lunch.

As we got closer to the yacht I could make out what was written on the side. 'Babe.'

I looked up at Ranger in question, "You named your yacht after me?"

"Of course!"

We spent the day exploring the coast and each other. Lunch was magnificent. Ella has stiff competition.

It was getting late and Ranger said he had plans for us tonight. Apparently we were going to one of his favourite restaurants in Miami.

Once back at the house, I excused myself to get ready. I was looking forward to dressing up for Ranger. I wanted to look as special as he made me feel.

Ranger head to the gym and said he'd get ready down there after his work out, giving me full rain of his bathroom.

Ranger has been so attentive and affectionate; I've never felt so cared for and loved. But I'm worried how things will be once we head back to Trenton. If it was up to me, I'd stay here for ever. I wonder if Tank would mind booking Rex a ticket to Miami. Something to think about.

I needed to focus on getting ready. I searched through the wardrobe; there were so many incredible dresses to choose from. But I settled on a strapless baby blue one with a full organza skirt. Some strappy sliver FMP's and a cute little clutch bag to match.

I was almost ready, just looking through the jewellery box on the tall boy for something to go around my neck when there was a knock on my door.

I opened the door to drop dead gorgeous Ranger. He was wearing one of his black $4000 suits, but instead of a black shirt, he'd gone with blue, a couple of shades darker than my dress. He stood there holding a single long stemmed red rose, not saying anything.

"Hi, are you ok?" concern showing in my voice.

"I'm fine Babe, in fact I'm better than fine. You look stunning. I must be the luckiest guy in the world." He extended his hand with the rose.

"It's beautiful, thank you."

"Not even close to how beautiful you are, inside and out." I could feel myself blushing at his words.

"Are you ready to go Babe? Although, with the way you look, it wouldn't take much convincing for us to stay in." he said flashing his most sexy smile.

"Actually I was looking for something to wear around my neck." I approached the mirror, taking in the full view.

Ranger came up behind me, "I can help you with that." he slowly reached around my neck and placed a white gold heart pendant on it. It was perfect, clustered with sapphires and diamonds.

"Thank you, I love it and I love you." I reached up to kiss him.

"You're very welcome, and I love you too." he said returning the kiss.

The restaurant was in Little Havana and specialised in Cuban cuisine. I'd never had Cuban food before. I love most food and I was excited to learn more about Rangers heritage.

The restaurant was decorated in bright reds and gold, giving a rich, classy ambiance. We were lead to our reserved table by a young lady with obvious Cuban ancestry. She spoke in rapid Spanish to Ranger and fluttered her eye lashes and gave a fake flirty giggle while hand him our menus.

Ranger asked me what I'd like to drink? Then relayed it to the waitress in English.

"I'm sorry she was being so you to you Babe, I'll have a word to the owner, he's a good friend of mine."

"No Ranger, that's not necessary, if we're going to be together, I'm gonna have to get use to women falling all over you." I said with one of my famous eye rolls.

"Well, I only have eye's for you." he reply with a wolf grin.

The waitress returned with our drinks and waited for our menu choices. I really had no idea what to pick, everything sound great. Just as I was about to ask for more time a man approached us. Ranger stood and reached for his hand, they did some sorta complicated hand shake thingy.

The man indicated to the waitress that he would take over and she walked off in a huff.

"Stephanie, I'd like you to meet my good friend, Diego. Diego, this is my….Stephanie."

I reached my hand up to shake his, but he lowered his lips to my hand for a kiss.

"Please to meet you Diego. How long have you known Ranger?" I inquired.

"The pleasure is all mine Stephanie. I knew him when he was still Carlos, must be close to eighteen years or there abouts."

We exchanged some more pleasantries and then placed our order. I was happy to get some help deciding and was looking forward to a wonderful meal.

Our meal was scrumptious and I'd decided to make Cuban food my new fav. Diego stopped over quite a few times without our evening and when we were ready to leave he walked us out, giving me a kiss on my check.

The drive back to the house was quiet. I guess Ranger was in his zone.

We entered the house and climbed the stairs to the bedroom. I kicked off my shoes, turning around to catch Ranger for a cuddle. He was tense and there was obviously something on his mind. He hadn't said a world since leaving the restaurant.

"Are you ok Ranger?" I reach my hand to his shoulder and down his back, rubbing in little circles. "You've been awfully quiet, have I said or done something to upset you?"

I could feel my stomach begin to churn and the knot that was forming, beginning to tighten.

"You've done nothing, you're a perfect angel. It's me, I realised tonight when I was introducing you to Diego, that your my…..that your my….. girlfriend just doesn't seem like enough. I found myself wanting to introduce you as my wife." he sighed, "I want everyone to know that you are mine and I am yours."

I felt a tear escape my eye. The emotion I was feeling was completely overwhelming.

"I'm so sorry Babe, I know this is not what you want." Ranger looked down into his lap.

I felt his pain and wanted to ease it.

"Carlos, this past few days have been the happiest of my life. I love you with all my heart and I want to be with you forever. As however you let me. I would be proud to be your wife." I could hold the tears back no longer.

Carlos' eyes met mine and they were glassy on the verge of tears too.

"Are you sure Babe, I don't want you to do something you're no ready for or don't believe in."

"I know, I'm ready to be with you forever and I agree that calling you my boyfriend just doesn't seem like enough. I want this too."

Our lips met in a tender kiss.

"I love you Carlos."

"Are you going to call me Carlos?"

"Well since we've been in Miami, there's been no sign of Ranger, but just so you know, I love both of you with all my heart."

"I love you too Babe."

Carlos got down on one knee in front of me. "Babe, I can't imagine my life without you in it. I want you to know that there's nothing I wouldn't do for you. These past couple of days have been the happiest of my life too. Would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"

I through myself into Carlos' arms. "Yes, a hundred times yes."

We tumbled to the floor together; tears were running down our cheeks as we kiss each other with so much love and passion.

Carlos pulled away and said, "I'll have to give you an I.O.U on the ring."

We both laughed. All of a sudden we were wearing too many clothes and there was an urgency to get naked.