I had some extra time, so I got this chapter out a little early. I know a lot of people were awaiting the baby/pregnancy drama, so let it begin!

It's not mine.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and messaged me. A special thanks to Margaret who suggested that the Merry Men set off a glitter bomb and celebrate when Stephanie and Ranger come out of the office. LOL! Thanks for the encouraging reviews!

*Smut and cupcake warnings apply!

At the sound of his name being screamed from my lips, Carlos let out a roar. His face got a frenzied look, and he thrust in and out of me almost urgently. I gasped and moaned as he did wonderful things to my body.

Soon his hands grabbed my hips just a little bit tighter, and his thrusts became harder and faster. I knew he was close. So was I. We both exploded at the same time; me shrieking "Carlos!" while he roared "MINE!"

He collapsed onto the couch, holding most of his weight off of me. I gasped and panted, trying to get my heart rate and breathing under control. When I finally had, I brushed my fingers through his hair and whispered, "Carlos, please tell me that your office is soundproof."

At that, I got the 1,000 watt smile. "Nope. Sorry, Babe!"

I groaned and buried my head in my hands.

Chapter 4 – Things Best Left Unsaid

Ranger chuckled and pulled me against him. "At least now all of my men know who you belong to."

"They already knew." I said, lightly punching his chest.

Ranger's cell phone rang from the floor, buried in the tangle of our pants. He reached down and grabbed it. "Yo!"

He listened for a minute and then growled, "Tell them to get back to work!" before ending the call and tossing the phone back on the floor.

He smirked down at me. "Tank had to break up the mob that was crowded outside the door. He threatened them all with mat time if they didn't get back to work."

"Oh my God!" I moaned, blushing furiously. "Please tell me that you have a secret passageway somewhere in this room that will take me directly to the 7th floor!"

I felt Ranger's chest shake as he silently laughed. He bent down and kissed my shoulder, nipping it gently. I moaned as his lips moved from my shoulder up my neck. "Stop." I whispered softly, but it didn't sound convincing even to my ears.

"You really want me to stop, Babe?" Ranger murmured as he nibbled on my earlobe.

I felt him grow hard in me as I whispered back, "God, no!"

He smirked and had just leaned down to claim my lips when someone started banging on his office door.

Lester called through the door in a high pitched, feminine voice "Housekeeping! You want fresh towels? Candy for pillow? Condoms?"

"I am going to kill him." Ranger snarled. I was horrified and trying not to laugh all at the same time.

Ranger pulled out of me, still hard and at attention. I groaned and licked my lips as he stood in front of me, naked. He leaned down and brushed my lips with a quick kiss. "Want to have lunch together on 7?" he asked, lips twitching. I bit my lip and nodded which only made him groan as he pulled on his cargos. "You're a bad influence on me, Babe! All I want to do is cancel all of my meetings for today and take you upstairs."

I blushed and pulled my pants on. I walked into the little bathroom that was attached to Ranger's office and checked out my reflection. Hmmm… swollen, red lips that wouldn't quit smiling, bright eyes, a healthy glow, and tousled hair. Yep, added to the bright red hickeys, I looked thoroughly fucked.

Ranger walked into the bathroom and stood behind me, pulling me against him. "You look beautiful, Babe" he whispered, kissing me behind my ear.

I turned around and grinned. "Thanks, but I'd better get to work. My boss is a real hard ass." I grabbed his ass with both hands, pulling him towards me. Ranger growled and leaned down to kiss me possessively. Just as things were starting to get interesting, he pulled away and kissed my forehead.

I grabbed his hand and tugged him to the office door. He stopped right behind the closed door and looked at me questioningly. "Babe?'

"Oh no. You don't get to sit in here and hide behind your desk and a closed door! If I have to walk out there and face all of the Merry Men after having sex in their boss's office, so do you! You can walk me to my cubicle!"

Ranger smirked but nodded and opened the door, ushering me through.

I walked out on the control room floor to the sounds of applause and wolf whistles. There were grins on the face of every Merry Man. However, when Ranger followed me through the door, most of the guys were smart enough to turn their head or look down, blank expressions taking over. Several became fascinated with their computer screens or shoes. Lester, of course, was the exception.

Ranger had walked me to my cubicle and was giving me a "goodbye and have a good day" kiss that was the epitome of inappropriate office behavior when Lester strolled over. He was holding a gift bag and grinning like a Cheshire cat. Ranger gave him a warning glare and raised an eyebrow.

"Beautiful, Boss Man," Lester nodded at us. "I thought that maybe you two crazy kids have been a little too busy to get to the store. Didn't want you to run out of any necessary supplies, so I scrounged around my apartment and came up with a goodie bag for you. An assortment, if you will." At this, he wagged his eyebrows up and down and handed me the bag.

Knowing Lester, it was something embarrassing and inappropriate. I was sure that he gave it to me because he knew that my reaction would be far more amusing than anything Ranger would do. I bit my lip and looked inside the bag. Condoms. It was filled with condoms. Colored, flavored, glow-in-the dark, ribbed. You name it; it was in there.

I gasped. Condoms! Shit! We still hadn't talked about protection! Damn it! We did it again! What was that? 3 times without any protection?

Lester looked at me wide eyed and choked on whatever brilliant comment he had been about to make.

Ranger raised both eyebrows, his eyes growing slightly larger. That would be the Ranger equivalent of Morelli waving his arms around and screaming "What the fuck, Cupcake?"

I blew out a shaky breath. "Out loud?" I squeaked.

"Yes." Ranger replied in an oddly strangled tone.

Lester still looked like he had seen a ghost. "Damn!" he whistled under his breath. "A kid that's half Bombshell Bounty Hunter and half Batman. I'm not sure Trenton's ready for that!" he backed away with a half dazed expression on his face and wandered to his office.

Ranger had his blank face on, and my heart crumbled. "I'm so sorry." I whispered. "It wasn't intentional. I just didn't think. I mean, at the time, it was the last thing on my mind. I just…." I shook my head, grabbed my purse, and ran out of my cubicle, tears threatening to spill over.

Ranger was frozen by my chair.

How can things go from practically perfect to horrible in the span of minutes?

I ran down the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevator, and got to the garage only to realize that I didn't have a car there. I grabbed a set of keys from the box on the wall and hit the unlock button on the fob, waiting to see which Explorer's lights would flash. Identifying the car, I climbed in and peeled out of the underground parking garage. I drove around for a while, not sure where I wanted to go. Not RangeMan. That was all I could think. Anywhere but RangeMan. I brushed the tears from my eyes and gunned the engine, the speedometer climbing higher and higher.

My cell phone rang with the Batman theme song, but I couldn't talk to Ranger right now. I didn't want to hear what a disappointment I was from the one person who had always supported me. I could hear my mother now, "Stephanie Michelle Plum! How many times in three years did I pray for Joe to get you pregnant? And nothing. But in two DAYS you manage to get knocked up by that thug? Why me? Marjorie Fiorini's daughter never got knocked up after two days of dating a street thug!"

Wait a minute! I wasn't sure that I was pregnant. I mean, it was possible that I wasn't, right? Some people tried and tried to get pregnant and never did. Maybe it wasn't even the right time in my cycle for that! My next period wasn't due for another couple of weeks. Then I'd know. Oh, who was I kidding? This was Batman we were talking about for crying out loud! If it wasn't the right time in my cycle, his batsperm would pitch a tent and set up surveillance until it was the right time! At the first sign of an egg, they'd move into takedown mode. It was practically a done deal. I just had to wait a few weeks to pee on the stick and make it official.

My cell phone rang again. "I'll be watching you… every move you make, every step you take…" Ah, the tune assigned to the control room. Appropriate, no? I ended the call, but that made me think. Trackers! Crap! There was a tracker on the car. (It was, after all, a RangeMan vehicle.) Plus, Lord only knew how many trackers I had in my purse. Sigh. It was going to be hard to run and hide from Batman, that was for sure!

The Batman tune rang out for the second time, and once more I ended the call. Immediately after, I heard "I'm sexy, and I know it!" I groaned as I checked the display. Lester had been playing with my phone again. When I ended his call, the phone rang again. "He's the one they call Dr. Feel Good! He's the one that makes you feel alright." Bobby. End call. "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" Tank. End call. Geesh! What were they doing? Standing around and taking turns calling me?

I should probably grow up and go back to RangeMan. I should probably have a grown up, adult talk with Ranger. I should at least answer my phone, right? No, not yet. I needed to collect my thoughts. I zoomed down the street and through the intersection just as the light turned red. I heard a siren and looked up to see a bubble light in my rearview mirror. Crap! Just what I didn't need right now!

I pulled over to the side of the road and looked in my rearview mirror again. Morelli was climbing out of his POS undercover police car and headed my way. Shit! I wonder what would happen if I just drove away? Would he call for backup? Probably. He was being a real prick yesterday. I wouldn't put it past him!

He rapped on the window, and I rolled it down. "License and registration." He said in a no nonsense cop voice. I dug in my purse for my license and pulled the other paperwork out of the glove box without a word.

"Ms. Plum, this vehicle is not registered to you. It is registered to a RangeMan LLC. Are you the owner of this business?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "Cut the crap, Joe. You know I work there. The car isn't stolen. Just give me my ticket for running the red light and let me go."

"Do you have any proof of employment? An ID card? A pay stub?"

"I'm wearing my fucking RangeMan uniform right now! How much more proof do you need?" I hissed.

Joe smirked at me. "Actually, we had a black Explorer earlier today that was involved in a crime. No license plate was given. This car matches the description."

I just stared at him in disbelief.

Joe glared at me. "Ms. Plum, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the vehicle. I'm afraid that I need to impound the car and take you in for questioning in conjunction with the earlier crime."

"What crime?"

"I can't give details on open police investigation, ma'am. Step out of the car."

I stared at Joe in shock. "You have got to be kidding me!"

"Step out of the car, ma'am." He growled.

"No. This is ridiculous." My first thought was to call Ranger, but I wasn't sure that he was speaking to me right now.

Joe opened the door and pulled me out of the car. He hadn't raised a hand to me or done anything except speak in a gruff low voice, but I was still afraid of this Joe. Instinctively, I covered my belly. Joe's eyes widened as he saw the protective gesture. He looked up at my face and broke into a wide grin.

"Cupcake! Are you…? Are we…?" He was so excited that he could barely get the words out.

I silently shook my head no.

"Then what…?" he looked confused for a second, and then his eyes became murderous. "Him? You let him touch you? You let him fuck you? Jesus Christ!" He turned around and punched the Explorer, leaving a dent in the rear driver's side door. "You're pregnant with Manoso's baby? Then you have been cheating on me! All the times I asked and you said you weren't! Damn it, Stephanie! That should be my baby!"

"Stop! Stop it right now!" I cried. "I never cheated on you, Joe! Never!"

"I'm not an idiot, Stephanie. And you're not a virgin. Don't try to tell me there's a star in the East. There's nothing miraculous about this. If you're pregnant with Manoso's baby, then you slept with him! And if you slept with him, then you cheated on me! What is so hard to get?"

"First of all, I don't know for sure that I am pregnant. But if I am, that's none of your business! We broke up four months ago! If I slept with Ranger after I broke up with you, that is not cheating!"

"Yes it is, damn it! Because we always get back together! You're meant to be mine, Stephanie! Everybody knows about our on again, off again relationship. And everybody knows that you're still mine, even during those off phases. If you slept with Manoso, you cheated on me. It doesn't matter whether we were on or off!"

I shook my head. "This is ridiculous. I am not having this conversation with you right now." I moved to get back in the car, and Joe grabbed my arm.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Let go of me!" I seethed. "I. Am. Leaving. You can mail me my ticket for running the red light. We both know that you're making up the story about a black Explorer as part of a crime. You have no grounds to impound this car or take me in."

"That's where you're wrong, Cupcake." He sneered. "There was a report of a drive by early this morning down on Stark Street. Black Explorer. No plate given. Do you have an alibi for 3 am?"

"Actually I do." I answered coolly. "I was in bed."

"Shame no one can verify that." He smirked.

I looked him right in the eye. "I never said I was alone." I answered in an even voice.

He roared and before I could react, he slapped me as hard as he could across the face. It stung, and tears pricked my eyes instantaneously. I saw red, and I reached into my purse to grab my stun gun. Looking back, that was not a smart thing to do. You know, the whole pulling a weapon on a cop thing. Even though the cop was being a giant monumental ASS! The law still frowns on assaulting an officer.

Joe had me handcuffed and in the back of his car before I actually got a chance to use the stun gun on him. A shame, really. He took great pleasure in parading me through the front of the police station, up and down every freakin' hall, before finally depositing me in an interview room. I laid my head down and started banging it on the table. Stupid, stupid, stupid! I sat there alone for a half hour before I heard the door open. I looked up, expecting to see Joe the Ass Morelli. I was pleasantly surprised to see my cousin Shirley's husband Eddie instead.

"Eddie! Thank God!" I sighed. "Get me out of here!"

Eddie looked uncomfortable. "Sorry, Steph. I can't do that. Joe is charging you with assaulting an officer, running a red light, and a drive by shooting from early this morning."

My jaw dropped. "Are you kidding me?" I squeaked out.

Eddie shook his head. "I'm just here to see if you've made your phone call yet."

I shook my head no.

Eddie nodded and helped me up. "Come with me." he instructed. Great. Who the hell was I going to call? Vinnie couldn't do anything unless I was actually arrested and had bail set. My mother would have an absolute conniption if I called. I needed a lawyer.

Eddie handed me the phone, and I dialed the only person who had a chance in hell of getting me out of here.

"Yo!"

"Ranger?" I squeaked out. I will not cry. I will not cry.

"Babe! Thank God! Where are you? Are you OK?" That was a mouthful for Batman! And he sounded so concerned.

I took a deep, shaky breath. "I'm at TPD. I think I'm about to be arrested. Can you please come and help me?"

TBC

Well, Stephanie, Ranger, and Joe know that a pregnancy is an option. They'll still have to wait a few weeks to find out whether or not she really is pregnant. What do you think? Should the future test be negative or positive?