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Not mine...but we all knew that.
We spent the rest of our time adventuring in the town or just being with each other, but soon enough, it was time to return back to Trenton.
"Babe, what are you doing?" Ranger asked me as I was standing in the closet.
"I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get all of these clothes home."
He chuckled. "Planning not to come back?"
I turned to look at him. "Of course I want to come back!" Sheesh, did he think I never wanted to come back to his home? It was so wonderful here.
"Leave the clothes."
"But then I won't have enough."
"We can always get you more. You have a credit card, remember?"
Boy did I remember. I had a small orgasm thinking about that card.
However, I didn't know how I was going to pay for the card.
"Don't worry about it, Babe. It's all taken care of."
"Ranger," I said. "That card must be costing you a fortune."
He just shrugged. "Anything for you."
"You don't need to. I'm a simple girl."
"And that's what I love about you." He smiled and kissed my forehead. "Ready to go?"
"No, hold on." I sprinted to the dresser and grabbed all of the panty sets and lingerie I could.
"Babe, what are you doing?"
I looked at him. "A girl can never have too many cute outfits to show off."
He grinned at me. "I have a few ideas for some of those outfits."
"Ouch."
Ranger went from wolf to concern in six seconds flat. "What's wrong?"
"I think I won't be able to walk after some of those ideas." I smiled at him.
"Smartass." He said with a grin on his face. "Do you mind going to Haywood first? I have something there for you.
"Okay," I said shrugging. What was I going to do? Say no? Sheesh, guys sometimes.
We collected our things and headed back. I didn't want to go back just yet, but it just seemed inevitable anyway. I sighed sadly and Ranger, slipping out of his zone for a moment, grabbed my hand, kissed my knuckles and placed our joined hands on his thigh before turning back to the road.
We received a warm welcome back at Haywood. All the guys were standing there, clapping.
"You guys suck!" I said in fake anger. They all laughed at me.
"What fun would that have been if we had told you, Beautiful." Lester said, slinging an arm around my shoulders.
"What did I tell you Santos? Hands off." Ranger growled.
"Sorry Bossman."
"Wait a second. That was all you? The texts that he got and looked like he was about to piss his pants was you?"
Ranger looked smug about that fact and nodded.
"Sheesh, do you have to scare everyone?"
He tugged me into his embrace. "Not everyone."
"Who don't you scare?"
"Well, there's his mother, his father…" Lester started, ticking off the people on his fingers.
"Santos." Ranger barked.
He didn't listen. "There's your grandma…"
"Santos!"
"Oh and you. Oh wait, he's scared of you." After that, the withering stare Ranger was giving him made him shut up.
"You're scared of me?" I asked when all the guys went back to work.
"Scared of what you make me feel and terrified that you didn't feel that way. But I'm not scared anymore."
"I should hope not. Otherwise we need to make sure that you need to be reminded how much I love you."
He smiled and caressed my cheek. "I got to check my office really quickly. Why don't you go catch up with the guys?"
"Why can't I go to seven? I can take the key and leave you the fob."
"Babe, can't it be a secret?"
I sighed. "One more couldn't hurt."
He kissed me lightly. "Thank you, Babe. It's well worth the wait."
"Uh huh. Let's go, Batman."
We went upstairs and I visited with the guys. I caught up on all the latest gossip from the Burg, the office, even around the office. Apparently all the guys knew about Ranger's plan.
"We were so glad that he was finally going after you, otherwise we'd all take our turns kicking his ass." Hal said.
"Yeah, Bombshell, that man really loves you." Cal said. "I'm glad that you two are together finally."
I knew that. Over the past few days, Ranger has shown me a softer side of himself that I really enjoyed seeing.
I also enjoyed the harder side of himself too…
I was pulled from my reverie by Lester. "Ever since you came into his life, life around here has been more bearable."
I raised my eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
"Ranger has been less testy than usual."
I was surprised. He could be more of a hardass than the Ranger I've seen? I didn't believe that, but from the nods around the table, I couldn't deny it
"He used to be even more scary?"
"Yeah, there wasn't any sugar allowed. Now if he doesn't see it, he doesn't care."
I snorted. I knew that already, but I seriously couldn't work here without sugar. All the sexy men walking around and me off sugar just smells like disaster. So Ranger let it slide for me, otherwise I would've jumped him a lot earlier.
A few minutes later, Ranger stuck his head in.
"Ready, Babe?"
I nodded. "Let's go see that surprise, Batman."
The guys all whistled and cat called.
"Oh shut up. It's not like that!" I yelled as I gave them the finger. They all just laughed at me.
"Holy crap, did you get robbed?" I asked Ranger when we got up to seven. I walked around the entire apartment and saw that everything that wasn't bolted down was gone.
Ranger chuckled. "No babe, I was hoping…"
I turned to look at him. "What, Carlos?"
"You'd help me decorate. Make it our place, not my place."
"What?"
"Babe, would you move in with me?"
