Thank you so much for the kind reviews….I'm really gonna try to move this along but well I still have more house to describe, wedding plans to make, check in at Miami Rangeman & well we must see if Lester stayed out of trouble….LOL….maybe just not all in this chapter…something to look forward to!

Chapter 21

We fell into an exhausted yet sated slumber just after midnight. I awoke when Carlos' alarm on his watch went off at 05:00. Uggg! I snuggled back against Carlos growling when he acted like he was going to get out of bed.

"Don't even think about it Carlos. We are on vacation. You can run when we get back to Trenton" I told him as he pulled me back against him.

"Sorry Babe but I don't feel complete without my morning workout" he said while nuzzling my neck.

"Me either" I told him as I rolled over on my back and pulled him down on top of me. I wrapped my legs around his waist and felt him slide into my already slick channel.

I held him there for a few moments savoring the feel of him filling me. He pulled his head back and gave me an intense, loving look before he began to slowly slide in and out of me.

I arched my back to get closer and pulled his lips to mine kissing him deeply. Our tongues dueled in time to his strokes.

I moaned as we broke our kiss to gulp much needed air murmuring into his neck "oh Baby this gets better every time we do it".

"Yeah it does Babe" he grunted as he sped up his strokes. I felt myself getting close to coming undone and met him stroke for stroke. Just as I was about to fly over the edge, he pulled back and turned me on my stomach.

I knew what he wanted and got up on my knees. "Hold on Babe, this is gonna be big" he said as he slammed back into me from behind.

OMG he was splitting me wide open with every stroke. All I could do was hold on and pant heavily. As I tensed up in climax I felt Carlos release into me. He pulled me back against his chest and massaged my breasts.

He stroked into me a dozen more times as he rubbed my clit. I moaned as another orgasm rolled thru me.

He whispered in my ear "love you Babe, so much" as we came down from our climax.

"Love you too Baby" I told him as he laid us back down on the bed, caressing my stomach and breasts.

"Babe we need to get into the shower and get ready to go into the office. I have an 8am meeting that Tank and Les will give me shit about if we're late" he said as he kissed me and got out of bed.

"I'll grab a quick shower then you can have at it. As much as I'd love to wash your back, I don't have time to give it my full attention" he said as he disappeared into the bathroom.

I got up and headed for the closet. I opened the door and gasped. The huge walk in closet was full of clothes. Carlos' clothes were on one side and apparently my Miami wardrobe was on the other along with racks full of shoes, belts and accessories.

Carlos appeared thru a door on the far wall, toweling his hair as he walked in.

Yummy!

"Babe if you keep looking at me like that we won't make it out of the bedroom anytime soon" Carlos grinned as he stalked towards me.

I held my hands up in front of me while backing away. I knew if he touched me it would be all over. I turned and started to run towards the bathroom door, laughing.

Carlos grabbed me around the waist and turned me towards him for a hot, searing kiss. He kept it short but I was a puddle of goo by the time he was done.

He grinned, turned me towards the bathroom and gave me a love tap on the ass as he said "better hit the showers Babe, we don't have all day."

I turned and gave him my best Burg glare while flippin him the bird.

"Later Babe, I promise" he laughed as he turned around to get dressed.

I wiped the drool from my chin and headed to the shower. It was still warm, steam and smelled like Carlos. I stared the spray, adjusted the temperature and stepped in to take care of business.

I quickly washed and conditioned my hair, washed and made sure to shave the important parts.

I walked into the bedroom and saw our suitcases open on the bed. I picked out a cute sundress that had a halter top with a built in bra,

I dried off and grabbed a pair of purple thong panties to match. I went back into the awesome bathroom and sat down at my vanity.

I put anti-frizz serum and gel in my hair, then applied tinted moisturizer, mascara and lip gloss to complete my look.

I grabbed a pair of cute 3" sandals that matched my dress. I knew I would be doing a lot of walking later but a girls gotta look good too!

I added my favorite diamond studs from my favorite Cuban stud to my ears and grabbed my purse on the way out.

I headed down the stairs and followed voices to the kitchen. Carlos was talking to a pretty blond about 25 who was cooking something that smelled wonderful.

Carlos turned around and looked me up and down and smiled. "Looking good Babe" he said as he pulled me towards him and gave me a somewhat tame kiss since we did have an audience.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and turned me so I was facing the blond. "Babe this is Michelle, our housekeeper and cook. Michelle, this is my wife Stephanie."

I leaned forward and shook her hand as I said "It's very nice to meet you Michelle. Thank you so much for the delicious food you left for us last night. Whatever you are cooking there smells wonderful.

"Thank you Miss Plum it's very nice to finally meet you. I have heard so much about you from Ella, I feel like I know you already" she said with a huge smile.

"Please call me Stephanie or Steph and whatever you may have heard, it's usually NOT my fault. I can't help it if I'm a psycho magnet" I said blushing to the roots of my hair.

I could feel Carlos laughing as he simply said "Babe."

Michelle smiled as she said "Ella just told me about a few of your escapades as well as some of your favorite foods and what I should buy for you to wear while you're here. I assure you Ella loves you and had nothing but good things to say about you Stephanie."

"Oh ok" I said somewhat mollified but still embarrassed as I thought about some of the crazier things that had happened to me over the last 3 years I had been a bounty hunter.

"Babe I was telling Michelle about the wedding on Saturday and she wants to do the catering for us" Carlos told me as he nibbled on my neck.

"Oh Michelle I couldn't ask you to do that especially on such short notice" I said.

"Nonsense Stephanie, I would be honored to do the food and I suspect there is someone else that would just LOVE to be a part of preparing the food. I'm not sure if you know this but Ella actually designs and bakes wedding cakes and I know it would make her day to do one for the both of you. Ranger you know she thinks of you as her son and Stephanie I know she loves you just as much" Michelle said as she dished up the omelets she had made for breakfast.

"OMG I didn't know Ella made wedding cakes! Carlos I want her down here to do our cake. Please call her and ask her. Better yet why don't I call her on the way to the office and ask her myself. Michelle if really want to make the food for us I'd be honored for you to do it. This omelet is fantastic! How about if you come up with some menu options and we discuss them tomorrow morning? If you do the food and Ella does the cake that would be such a load off my mind" I rambled on as I ate and made a mental list so I could mark those two things off.

"Babe slow down I can see you thinking from here" Carlos said with a chuckle, shaking his head.

"You don't understand what all has to be done before Saturday Carlos. You will have to get you and Tank and Les something to wear so don't think your off the hook mister" I told him as I picked up our plates and rinsed them in the sink.

"Ready Babe" he asked as he came up behind me and planted a kiss on the side of my neck.

"Yep let's go see what kind of trouble your boys got into last night. I had a missed call from Lester's number that came in about 4:30. I'm so gonna give him shit if he got into trouble last night" I said laughing as we headed towards the door.

"Bye Michelle it was very nice meeting you. If you need anything or have any questions about the menu or anything like, give me a call on my cell phone. I left the number on the kitchen counter" I told her as we walked out the door into the garage.

Carlos handed me into the car, strapped me in and gave me a panty ruining kiss before going around and getting in the driver's seat and hitting the garage door remote to let us out.

Carlos pulled his phone out and dialed Ella's number before handing the phone to me. We pulled out of the iron gates as she answered "good morning Carlos how are you and that wonderful girl of yours enjoying your vacation?"

"Umm actually Ella its Steph and we are enjoying ourselves very much" I stammered thinking about how we had spent our time in Miami so far.

"Oh Stephanie I'm so sorry dear I expected Carlos on the other end, please forgive me" she said sounding embarrassed.

"It's ok Ella, really it is. Umm the reason I'm calling and not Carlos is that, well I have a huge favor to ask and if it's too much or if you don't want to do it please tell me it won't hurt my feelings any it's just that well " I blurted out in one long sentence.

I held the phone out as she let out a loud squeal….yes Ella squealed! Who knew? "OMG Steph of course I want to make your wedding cake. I have been dreaming of this day since I met you. I knew you and Carlos would finally get your acts together and get to this point. My dear I'll have to talk to Luis but I believe I can be down there by tomorrow evening and we can go over the details and I'll have all day Friday to work on the cake. I actually have a few designs that I made with the 2 of you in mind. If you would like I can email them over to you and you can choose one of them or we can work on something else" Ella was the one rambling now.

"Oh Ella that would be fantastic if you could email them to me to take a look at. Michelle wants to do the food, so that only leaves decorations, drinks and flowers. Julie, Rachel and I are going dress shopping this afternoon so we should be able to knock most everything out today" I told her while mentally adding to my to-do list.

"Stephanie if you don't mind me suggesting someplace to look for a dress, I have the perfect place for you to go. My sister Stella designs wedding gowns right there in Miami and I know she would love to be able to help you with your dress" Ella told me in an excited voice.

"Oh My Gosh that would be awesome Ella. Do you think you could call her and see if she could see us around 3:30 today? Julie gets out of school at 2:30 and Rachel and I are going to pick her up but I'm not sure where her school is in relation to your sister's shop so just tell her after 3 I guess" I said looking over at Carlos to see if he could help me out here.

"Babe Julie's school is about 30 minutes from Stella's shop so 3:30 would probably work just fine" Carlos told me with a smile.

Ella heard him and told me she would call Stella right away and let her know I was coming in the afternoon.

I jokingly asked Ella if she had a brother that was a florist and she said "well no I don't have any brothers but I do have a nephew, Steven, who is a florist, would you like for me to give him a call" she asked with laughter in her voice.

"Um yeah that would be great, thank you Ella. You always come thru for me when I need you whether its chocolate cake or designer clothes for me to wear. I don't know how I could ever repay you for all that you're doing to make our wedding so lovely on such short notice" I told her getting a little teary eyed.

"It's my pleasure Steph. You have brought so much love and joy into Carlos' life and for that I am very grateful. The fact that you accept him just the way he is means so much to him and he would do anything for the woman he loves" she told me as we both sniffed at the same time.

"Believe me Ella that goes both ways. The unconditional love and acceptance he shows me means the world to me. I would do anything for the man I love too" I told her as I gave Carlos a tender smile. He raised our clasped hands up for a kiss then had to let go as we got into heavier traffic.

"Listen Ella why don't you talk to Luis about when you can come down and I'll talk to Carlos about getting you here. I have a couple of people that I think I'm have to invite or I will never hear the end of it" I told her while thinking about Lula and my grandma Mauzer.

Then I thought if I invite them I'll have to invite my parents….oh boy this could get out of hand quickly.

"Ok dear I'll talk to you later today. I just emailed the cake designs so call me when you decide what you want to do. Have fun dress shopping and have Stella send me a picture of the one you choose. Also have Steven email me pics of the flowers you choose so I can get an idea of the color scheme you choose" she told me as we said good-by.

I was handing Carlos his phone back when it vibrated in my hand. I saw it was Les and decided to mess with him by answering.

"Yo" I said in a deep voice as Carlos chuckled at my imitation of his phone skills.

"Rangeman we have a major problem how soon can you get here" Les asked in an agitated voice.

Ok I decided to try my hand at a cliffie…..so do you think that Steph should bring the family down for her wedding? I think her mom, dad, granny, Lula and Connie should come down. But then all the Rangemen that aren't down there will want to come. Sorry I didn't get updated in a week but hey I am getting better. Hope this chapter made up for it.