Chapter 13

RPOV

8 weeks later

"Babe, come to my office when you get a chance." I say over the intercom.

"10-4 Boss. Let me finish what I'm doing and I'll be there with bells on." Steph says.

"Smartass! See you in a few." I say.

It's been two months since Morelli signed the divorce papers. Babe has adjusted to the situation well. The finalized paperwork came in yesterday and she took the morning off to go get her name changed on all of her ID's and bank accounts. Babe and I have had dinner together almost every night. I've really enjoyed our time together, we've really gotten to know each other but I know deep down in her heart she still knew she was married and I knew she didn't want to take it any further until the divorce was finalized. She found out about a week ago that Morelli was seeing a nurse at the hospital and took it all in stride. She said she wants him to be happy, and as long as he's not being a man whore around town she was happy for him.

"You wanted to see me boss?" Babe said as she entered my office.

"Yes, I need the copies of your new ID and social security card so I can file them with HR." I say as she hands them to me.

"Well do you feel any different since you are officially Stephanie Plum again?" I ask.

"Yeah a little, I'm glad that everything is done though. I wanted to come over the counter and strangle the lady at the social security office. She use to date Joe and she made a snide comment." Steph says.

"Some people. The real reason I asked you in here was because I wanted to ask you a question." I begin, "I wanted to see if you, Ms. Plum, would like to go out on a date with me tonight. Dinner, dancing, anything else your heart desires."

"I would love to Ranger. What are we having for dinner?"

"I figured you'd like to try some Cuban Babe."

"Well I've wanted to try Cuban since we the first time I met you." All of a sudden she realized that she said that out loud. "I did NOT mean to say that out loud. I meant to say whatever you wanted for dinner would be fine."

"If I had my choice I'd have Plum pie for dinner." I say with a wolf grin.

Babe started laughing and says that I can pick her up at 7 in her apartment. I don't know how she got under my skin, but I will be grateful she did for the rest of my life.

SPOV

It's 6:59 and I hear a knock on the door. I grab my wrap and clutch and head for the door, not ready for what I see when I open the door. Ranger is in his Armani suit, a black dress shirt and a black tie. He looks drop dead gorgeous. Why he would ever want to ask me out on a date is beyond me.

"I asked you out because you're beautiful. I'm going to be fighting the men off you tonight." Ranger says as he takes in my dress. It's a sleeveless form fitting navy blue dress with an empire waist and flows out from there and hits about two inches above my knee. I did my hair in loose curls and finished off the outfit with a pair of 4 inch FMPs. All and all I felt like I cleaned up nice, but Ranger made me feel like a million bucks.

"Are you ready Ms. Plum?" Ranger asks as he offers me his arm.

"I am Mr. Manoso, lead the way." I say as I take his arm.

We headed down to the Porsche and he opens the door for me. I don't think I can remember the last time a guy opened the door for me. We pulled into the restaurant and Ranger grabbed my hand and kissed it before he got out to come around and let me out of the vehicle. He lead me into the restaurant, never letting go of my hand. A girl could get use to this type of treatment.

After dinner and two hours of dancing I really wanted to go back to Rangeman with Ranger. I think he felt the same way, because the look in his eye made my whole body set on fire. When we got to the car he opened the door for me and helped me buckle in, barely touching my nipple as his hands slid to buckle the seat belt. It had been about 9 months since I had a social orgasm and that was way too long. When he went to shut the door I noticed his eyes had turned from a chocolate brown to black.

The whole way back to Rangeman Ranger held my hand in his lap, and it took every bit of self control not to reach out and touch him. We pulled into the garage and I saw him reach into his pockets and take out a fob. He told me it was to scramble the cameras so none of his men got a free show. With that he pulled me towards him and kissed him. I parted my lips and allowed his tounge to seek entrance into my mouth. We finally came up for air and headed for the elevators so we could go upstairs.

When we got to the 7th floor there was a bottle of chilled champagne on the kitchen island. Ranger really thought of everything, I've never felt so special in my life. We each grabbed a glass of champage and headed towards the couch.

"Tonight was wonderful Ranger, I don't think I've ever been on a date I've enjoyed more." I said between sips.

"I hope that now is not the end of the night. I want you to spend the night here and worship you like you deserve if you feel like you're ready. If not, I understand and will respect that." Ranger said.

"I hope that this doesn't make me sound like a slut, but I've been ready since you picked me up. If it would have been up to me we wouldn't have ever left the apartment even though this night was wonderful."

"Why didn't you tell me that?" with that I slugged Ranger in the arm. "Seriously Babe, you deserved to be taken out. To be wined and dined, to be worshiped. I plan on ruining you for all other men, if you will give me that chance."

"uhhh" I don't think after that there was a solid thought in my head, all I could think about was the sneak peek I got when I walked in on Ranger and I couldn't want to see more.

"Are you ready for this step?" he asked.

"I'm ready."

"We're going to do this Babe and it's going to be good." Ranger said as pushed me down on the couch and covered my mouth with his.

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