"Seriously?" I said to the man sitting next to me.

He poured me a glass of champagne. "Here," he said.

"What's with the cloak and dagger stuff?" I asked, taking the glass.

"Can't you just let me have my fun?"

"No." I said plainly. "That was not fun."

"Babe." He said.

"Don't try to smooth it over with a Babe and those puppy eyes."

"Come on, the guys still won't let me out in the field full time yet. I got to get my fun somewhere."

"That wasn't fun for the kidnappee!"

"Well, we could be having some fun, but you want to take it slow." He said, giving me a grin that turned my doo-dah hot.

"Yeah, beautiful, let him have his fun. God knows he earned it." Lester said through the open window of the limo. Oh, did I not mention that I was in a limo?

"You could've told me and I could've acted surprised!" I yelled at him, giving him a burg glare.

"Yeah, like that would've worked." Tank snorted and rolled his eyes.

"Sheesh, you could've been born in the Burg with that eyeroll." I said. I think Tank blushed.

Carlos glared at his men as the window closed. "Sorry, Babe, I wanted it to be a surprise. I didn't want to scare you."

I cupped his face with my hand. "It's okay. Where are we going?"

"That's going to be a surprise." He said with a smile.

I shrugged, leaned on his shoulder and went to sleep.

"Say cheese!" I heard a phone say.

"Idiot." That was Tank.

"What? They look cute!" That was Lester.

"What? Huh?" I said, waking from my sleep. I looked at Carlos, who looked like he was going to kill them.

"You guys look cute sleeping."

I looked down. Somehow in my sleep, I manage to gracefully climb on Carlos's lap. Huh, we did look cute.

"I'll send you a copy."

I turned to Carlos. "Out loud?" He nodded. I sighed.

I climbed off Carlos's toasty lap and stretched.

"Christ." Lester said.

"Mine." Carlos barked.

I just sat there, grinning. "Where are we?"

"A little outside Point Pleasant."

"Why?"

"Because this is where I live."

I looked at him. "Your house is out here?"

He nodded.

"I feel cheated."

His brow furrowed.

"All this time, it's been under my nose. I thought it was in an exotic place like New Hampshire."

"New Hampshire, Babe?"

"Hey, what do I know?"

He chuckled. "Come on." He grabbed my hand and we got out of the car.

"Wow." I said looking at the house. "It's beautiful." I smiled back at him. It was then I realized what he was wearing. A nice shirt and slacks. Crap.

"Babe?"

"You look like…edible and I look…"

"Delicious?"

"Like crap."

"Babe, the only way you'd look like crap is…"

"Is…?" I couldn't wait to hear this one.

He sighed. "I can't think of any way you would."

"Smooth answer." I said. He just smirked.

"Come on, I'll give you the tour."

After seeing every room of the house, the sun was setting and the guys were setting dinner out on the porch.

"Enjoy," Lester said before leaving with Tank.

"Wait, where are they going?"

"Don't worry Babe. Do you really want them here and ruin our date?"

"I…guess not…" I said.

"Don't worry, Babe," he said, coming up and hugging me. "We won't do anything you don't want to. There are extra rooms or I can drive you home. No pressure."

"No pressure?" He smiled sweetly at me. God, I love this man. "You've been so patient with me. Thank you."

"I'd do it forever if I had to." He pulled out my chair for me.

"Really? I find that hard to believe." I said, picking up my wineglass.

He nodded. "There are enough warm memories to help me." He said with a wolf grin. I blushed.

"How? I mean we only had the one night."

"Babe, you were extraordinary. Every touch is burned into my memory. Every scent, moan, whimper, caress, kiss, everything. From that night and every day since then."

I didn't know what to say to that. He thought about me. A lot. It made me feel…giddy.

"Oh, wow, this is good." I moaned as I forked another piece of my steak.

"Glad you like it, Babe."

"This is the perfect date. Thank you." I leaned over and Carlos gave me a light kiss.

"So," I said, munching on a roasted potato. "Why are we at your house?"

He shrugged. "Change of scenery."

I narrowed my eyes. "The truth, Carlos."

"Honestly, I wanted you to see where I lived."

"Why?"

"Because," he said, taking my hand. "I'm hoping that someday can start soon."

I was taken back by this. Not that he wanted to have someday with me, I already knew that. But that he was actually talking about it. We've been comfortably dating for almost four months now, and he's never tried to take advantage. This was the first time in a long time that he was bringing it up.

"Now, I know that you said to go slow, and I respect that. But I was hoping that maybe we could move in together?" He kissed my knuckles.

I was waiting for the please that usually follows any request, but it never came. He wasn't pressuring me at all.

He had gained my trust back, but this was the first time that I felt it to be true.

I smiled up at him. "It would be a shame to let those other rooms go to waste…" I teased with a sigh.

He smiled at me and pulled me in for a deep kiss. "You've made me the happiest man in the world."

Epilogue

"Babe." He said, watching me from the door frame.

"What?"

"What are you doing?"

"Blow drying my hair?"

"Naked?"

"Like you've never done anything naked."

He wolf grinned at me and I blushed. He spent all of last night showing me all the wonderful things we could do naked.

I turned the blow dryer off and spit the toothpaste into the sink. He raised an eyebrow.

"What? I can multi-task."

"Oh, I know you can."

I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to finish brushing. He came up behind me and hugged me to him.

"Are you seriously going to stand there and watch me brush my teeth?"

He shook his head, reached around me and grabbed his toothbrush. I was using the spare one I'd found in the medicine cabinet.

"That one's yours, Babe." He said, looking at me, looking at the toothbrush. "No one else has used it."

I shrugged and put it back in my mouth. When I was done, I turned to him and smiled. "I'm having a perfect moment." And I was. Who knew that a perfect moment could consist of me and Carlos brushing our teeth? There was no pressure in the relationship. Neither of us was nagging the other about marriage and children. If that was our path, it would come in good time. But for now, I was excited about being fully committed to the man I loved.

He smiled back at me. "Good. I hope we have a lifetime of perfect moments."

I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing! Thanks for reading and reviewing all of the chapters! Let me know if I left anything out.

Liz