Continued thanks to everyone for your terrific reviews and encouragement. There seemed to be some glitches with chapter 5, but hopefully they all resolved when I re-loaded the chapter. Crossing my fingers that this chapter won't give anybody any trouble.

As always, all the characters you recognize belong to JE and I'm just having fun with them.

Smut warning for this chapter! It's down towards the end of the chapter. If that kind of thing offends you, please just skip it.

Previously:

"You really love me," I said again. I couldn't stop a huge grin from spreading across my face.

"I'm afraid so," Ranger returned my smile.

I stretched and arched my back, feeling the tension release from my body. "Show me," I said.

"Gladly," Ranger said simply.

And he did.

2 Weeks Later

I ran across the parking lot and into my apartment building, bounding up the stairs, not wanting to waste time waiting for the elevator. Ranger was taking me out tonight and I was running late. Ranger is never late. I needed to shower, shave, and exfoliate. If there was anything that 2 weeks of steady hot Cuban sex had taught me, it was that Ranger would not be happy until he had explored, kissed, tasted, and generally fondled every inch of my body from my toes to my scalp and all points in between. My shower massage was looking a little forlorn and neglected. What can I say? I'm fickle.

I was juggling shopping bags (emergency trip to Victoria's Secret), my shoulder bag and fumbling with my keys. I brushed against the door and it moved slightly. I stopped dead in my tracks. The door was unlocked and unlatched. Despite the fact that my locks don't keep out anybody, I am very good about using them. Hope springs eternal that they might stop somebody someday. Apparently, today wasn't one of those days.

I dropped my bags on the floor and grabbed my gun out of my handbag. Oh joy! It was actually loaded. I flipped open my cell phone and speed dialed Ranger.

"Yo," Ranger answered.

"Yo yourself," I replied. "I have a bit of a situation."

"Babe?"

"I'm in the hallway outside my apartment. My door wasn't locked when I came home, but I know I locked it before I left. It's probably nothing. I have my gun and I'm going inside. I just wanted to give you a heads up."

"Hang on," Ranger said. I could hear him on the phone with the control room. "Hal, who do we have near Steph's apartment? Get them there asap!"

"Babe, Lester and Bobby are only 5 minutes away. I'm on my way, too."

"Okay. I'm hanging up. I want both hands on my gun." I hung up quickly before Ranger could tell me to wait for him.

I pushed the door open with my foot until it swung wide. Holding my gun out in front of me, I slowly started into the room. My heart was in my throat and I could feel tears trying to form in my eyes, which were held open wide. My apartment was completely destroyed. Every piece of furniture, every dish, the contents of every cupboard in the kitchen was broken and strewn around the space. I couldn't believe my eyes. I felt frozen in place and couldn't get one foot in front of the other to move towards the bedroom. Finally, I heard someone calling my name.

"Steph, Beautiful!" It was Lester. He reached out and grabbed the waistband of my jeans and pulled me backwards out of the doorway. "Wait for Ranger out here," he said. He and Bobby disappeared inside. I leaned against the far wall and felt my legs give way as I slid down to the floor. A couple of minutes later Lester and Bobby came back into the hallway. "It's all clear, Steph. Whoever it was is gone." I reached out to Bobby and he hauled me to my feet just as the stairway door banged open and Ranger came charging down the hallway.

"Report!" he barked as he pulled me into a hug.

"It's a total loss, Boss," said Bobby. All her furniture, dishes, everything. Even the food in the fridge and cabinets. Her clothes are slashed, her shoes….."

"My shoes!" I shrieked. That was just too much. "What kind of a sicko murders innocent shoes?" I started to charge into the apartment, but Ranger held me tight.

"Babe, stop! Please!" He was so lucky he said please. I was not in the mood for caveman Ranger. "We need to call the cop shop so TPD can do their thing."

"Oh God! It's going to be all over the Burg. Steph attracts another psycho. Why me?" I whined.

"Channeling your mom there, Babe," Ranger smiled at me.

Huh! Ranger made a joke. Odd timing, true, but a joke nonetheless. I sighed and took a deep breath.

"Don't quit your day job, Batman. I don't think you're ready for Letterman yet."

"Smart ass," he replied.

I bumped him with my hip. Ranger cupped my face with his hand and stared at me. "Are you okay, really?"

"As long as I have you," I replied.

"You have me," he said.

"Then I'm okay."

Bobby came back out into the hallway again. "Cops are here."

I stood around for the next 2 hours answering questions and waiting while the cops checked for fingerprints or any other evidence. They had me look to see if anything was missing, but I really couldn't tell. Everything was just destroyed. Even poor Rex wasn't left undisturbed. He was okay, but the bedding had been pulled out of his house and his soup can was crushed!

Morelli didn't come by to check on me and I have to admit that that hurt a little bit. Somethig to think about later, I guess.

Finally Ranger came over to talk to me. "Babe. Other than me and you, whose fingerprints would be in the apartment?"

"Well, Joe was here 2 or 3 weeks ago. Lester and Tank have both been here to pick me up, but I don't know if they really touched anything. Dillon fixed a leaky faucet a few days ago. I don't think anybody else." I answered.

Ranger walked back over to the investigation team and gave them the information and then came back to me. "We can go now, Babe."

"I guess you can take me to my mom's." I said with a sigh. UGH!

Ranger cocked an eyebrow at me. "Come stay on 7 with me." Ranger pulled me into a hug and kissed me lightly. "You know your mom will drive you crazy in a few hours."

"Ranger, you know I'm a nightmare to live with. We're getting along so well. I love you and I don't want to jinx it."

"Babe. I love you and you are not a nightmare. I promise to let Ella make you pancakes if you promise not to roll your eyes at my sticks and twigs." I could feel Ranger smile against my lips.

"Okay, it's a deal. Thank you." Unlimited Bulgari body wash and Ranger-induced orgasms in my immediate future. Life was looking up.

Ranger drove us to RangeMan and we were quiet, lost in our own thoughts as we fobbed our way up to 7 and into the apartment. He threw the keys onto the table as we went inside, then grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the couch and down onto his lap.

"We need to talk," Ranger said. I tensed up, not liking the sound of that.

"Relax, Babe. Just talking. Like grown ups." That earned him my best eye roll.

Ranger continued, "Would you please consider staying here until we know what happened at your apartment? That kind of destruction is usually pretty personal, Babe. It's not likely just some random vandalism."

I sighed. "You mean on 'lock-down' in the building? God, Ranger. You know how much I hate that!"

Ranger hugged me tighter. "Can you please try, for me? If we don't know anything in a couple of days, then I promise I'll get you out of here and take you somewhere else. And before you freak out, NOT a safe house. Okay?"

"Are you going to make it worth my while?" I waggled my eyebrows at him.

"I think we could figure something out," Ranger said. "What did you have in mind?"

I turned so that I was straddling Ranger's lap and wrapped my legs around his waist. I leaned in and gave him a smile and a kiss. "Remember how you said you would ruin me for all other men?" I kissed his ear.

"Mmm hmm," Ranger answered.

"Well, that big blond cop in my apartment was looking pretty good tonight. I don't think I'm completely ruined yet." I kissed and nipped at Ranger's neck. "Think you can handle finishing the job?" I ran my fingers through Ranger's silky hair.

"I'm the man for the job," Ranger answered.

In one swift movement Ranger jumped up from the couch and stalked off toward the bedroom, with me still wrapped around his waist. I found myself flying through the air and landed in the middle of the bed with a thud.

Ranger dove in on top of me, pinning me to the bed. "I never leave a job undone, Babe. You shouldn't pull the Tiger's tail."

"Be right back," I said as I jumped away from Ranger and into the bathroom. I used the facilities and washed up, stripped out of my clothes, and wrapped myself into Ranger's robe.

When I came back out, Ranger was naked, stretched out on the bed with his hands behind his head.

"Yum," I said.

"See something you like, Babe?"

"I can take it or leave it," I said with my best nonchalant face.

"Liar," Ranger smiled at me.

"You bet."

I climbed onto the bed, pulling my robe off, and sliding up next to Ranger.

"God, Babe. Do you have any idea how beautiful you are? I can't get enough of you. I don't think I'll ever get enough of you."

Ranger rolled over, pinning me to the bed, attacking my neck and shoulders with his mouth. Ranger's mouth is magic. I moaned and stretched as he nibbled down to my breasts, taking first one and then the other in his mouth, giving each equal time. He sucked and nipped at my nipples, causing shivers down my spine.

I arched my back and thrust my chest toward him. I wanted more. He began kneading one breast while keeping his mouth on the other. He twisted and pinched my nipple. I could feel my juices flowing and that ache building in my groin.

"Oh, God! Ranger. I want you inside me!"

"Not yet, Babe," Ranger growled into my chest. He began moving down my body with his mouth, while keeping up the assault on my breasts with his hands. Finally his hands moved down to my hips and held me still, while he started stroking my pussy with his tongue, through my wet folds and teasing my clit, circling and nibbling, but never touching it. I struggled to move my hips, trying to get the pressure that I was desperate for.

"Patience, Babe." Ranger chuckled into my pussy causing reverberations throughout my body.

"Oh, God, Ranger. I need to cum. Make me cum, please!"

Ranger cupped my ass with his hands, pulling me up so that he could gain better access, his tongue moving in and out, then sucking at my juices and pulling on my clit with his lips.

I was bucking uncontrollably. "Omigod, omigod, Ranger, omigod, Rangerrrrr. Don't stop, omigod I'm going to cum."

Ranger reached up and massaged one of my breasts, then simultaneously pinched my nipple and bit my clit, sending me crashing over the abyss.

"That's it, Babe, cum for me. I love to watch you come." The vibrations of Ranger's voice against my pussy sent another wave of orgasm crashing over me.

Ranger continued licking and sucking my folds, slowing down and trailing kisses on the inside of my thighs as I struggled to catch my breath and control my breathing.

He kissed his way back up my body, finally nuzzling into my neck and burying his head in the riot of curls around my head.

"I love you, Ranger." I said between breaths.

"I love you, Babe, more than you can imagine." I could feel Ranger smile against my neck.

"Can I ask a favor, then?"

"Anything, Babe."

"I want you inside me. I don't think I'm ruined yet."

I got a full on Ranger smile. God the man was sex on a stick!

We rolled onto our sides facing each other. Ranger raised my top leg and slid his leg between mine. We were hip to hip and face to face, lips just millimeters apart. Ranger slid his cock into my pussy, inch by agonizing inch, slowly bringing us together as one. He began slowing rocking, his hips, sliding against me, slowly, his eyes never leaving mine. There was something so sexy, so sensual, so completely intoxicating about the eye contact, the closeness of our lips, feeling his breath against my lips and mine against his as we breathed each other's air. Again, I could feel the ache building and I moved against him, letting him set the pace.

"I love you, Carlos."

Ranger's eyes widened with surprise. It was the first time I'd used his real name. He brought his lips to mine and kissed me gently, then more deeply, as we continued to move our bodies in perfect rhythm. The kiss deepened and became more demanding.

I found myself flipped onto my back, my legs over Ranger's shoulders. How does the man do it? We never lost contact as Ranger was on his knees, my legs on his shoulders, and he was pistoning into me, harder and faster, then more slowly and then faster again.

"Tell me what you want, Babe."

"Harder, Carlos. Faster. Please!" I was panting now and it was hard to speak.

Ranger adjusted the angle of my hips and all of a sudden he was deeper. The pressure building was excruciating and I thought I would lose my mind.

"I'm going to cum again."

Ranger started pumping faster and harder. "God, Babe. You make me lose control!"

I was on the brink and Ranger reached between us, rubbing my clit. I clutched at my breasts, pinching my nipples.

"Yes, Babe, yes. Let me see you play with yourself."

I arched my back, kneading and pinching my nipples. Ranger was pistoning in and out, faster and faster, and then with a flick of my clit, I came apart at the seams, calling his name as the most intense orgasm of my life swept over me. Ranger growled out my name and I could feel his hot cum spilling into me, as he called my name over and over again.

Ranger kept moving inside me as my walls clinched around his cock, milking him dry. My muscles had a mind of their own, clinching and releasing and clinching again as Ranger moaned and slowed his strokes. He lowered my legs, but stayed inside me, leaning down so that he was on top of me, but bearing most of his weight on his forearms. He was kissing my cheeks, my nose, my lips, my hair. Finally, he stilled, resting his forehead against mine, looking into my eyes.

"It's never been…, I mean, have you….?" Ranger was struggling to express himself. I could see the emotion in his eyes.

"God, no, Carlos. I've never, ever felt anything like that. It's so unreal. I didn't even know it could be like that." I answered him.

"You turned the tables on me, Steph."

I was confused. "What do you mean?"

"I'm completely ruined for all other women. There can't ever be anybody else now. Ruining was supposed to be my job, not yours."

I smiled and looked into his eyes. "It was a mutual ruining, definitely."

"Not interested in the blond cop any more?" He smiled as he spoke.

"What blond cop?"

"Good answer, Babe."

Ranger finally rolled off me, and I shivered as our bodies lost contact. I snuggled back into his side and he tucked my head against his chest, wrapping me in his arms. My eyes grew heavy and Ranger kissed the top of my head. "Sleep now, Babe."

"Mmmmm" was all I could manage to say, as the peace and warmth of being safe in Ranger's arms enveloped me. And I slept.