They are not mine but I wish they were. WARNING SMUT AT THE END.

Chapter 8

Carlos' POV

When Craig said the something about a wedding ring I felt a ping of regret hit me hard. I loved Stephanie and would do anything to keep her. When she said she didn't want anyone other than me I knew what she was saying. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. Some may think we are jumping in too early but I say that's nonsense. I have had a relationship with Steph for years without fully realizing it and I feel it is our time to be together. When she started to fondle me in the car I almost pulled over and took her on the side of the road.

I wanted us to make love the right way, without a deal and all about love. I haven't had sex in three years. I refused to be with anyone after my babe. She ultimately ruined me for all other women. I know Steph was with Morelli and they had sex but it was my own fault. I pushed her right to him and I got what I deserved. I got a load of jealousy and anger for what I gave up. Once I had sex with Stephanie I found out I was giving up a very special person.

When we arrived at the house I picked Stephanie up in my arms and had full intentions on showing her how much I love her. We shared a very passionate kiss into the house and it worried me that the door was unlocked. I locked it before I left. I pushed Stephanie against the wall and ground my groin into hers before I heard throat clearing. I pushed Stephanie behind me and got into my fighting stance.

What I saw shocked me. My mother, father, brother and three sisters were all staring at me.

"Ricardo Carlos Manoso III why are we just now hearing you have yourself a girlfriend?" My mother asked with her hands on her hips.

Stephanie came from behind me and snuggled into my side. She looked up at me and smiled. I knew she was thinking that she wasn't the only one with a nosey mother. All of my siblings are married with children and although I had Julie and was divorced, they wanted me to have a wife and 2.5 children too. That's another thing I always understood about my babe, her need to spread her wings and get away from it all.

What they didn't know and didn't need to know, until later, was that I planned to do just that with my babe. Marry her and have a family I can come home to. Now that I'm not property of the US government I planned to take what I wanted for a change and not just except that I can't be happy. I deserve to be happy too.

I looked over the faces of my family and sighed. "Well, it's a long story so let's go sit in the living room." I said leading them. Every member of my family had access to my Miami home so this is not their first time here.

Once everyone was situated I pulled Stephanie to me and whispered in her ear. "Why don't you go change into something comfortable, but leave the lingerie on, I have something special planned." She smiled at me and nodded. We shared a kiss and she walked upstairs.

My mother and father, my sisters Celia, Alicia, and Andrea plus my brother Raphael were all staring at me like I had ten heads.

"Where did you hear that I had a girlfriend?" I asked not anyone in particular but wanted to know who leaked the information besides Lula and Connie.

"Lester heard from his new girlfriend Connie, and when Tia (Aunt) called him earlier he said he was escorting your girlfriend to the ball." Lester and Connie are together? I didn't know about that. "Tia called Mama and from there she called us and we decided to fly down here. We would like to get to know Stephanie. From what Mama told us she was beautiful and cared a whole lot about you." Celia said speaking for everyone. She was always the peace keeper. As the oldest she thought it was her job.

"I remember her from the hospital when she helped you get Julie back from Scrog. She sat by your bed side for days and wouldn't even eat without being reminded to do so." My Mama got up from her seat next to my father and came to sit next to me. She took my hands into her own and looked into my eyes. "I just want my Carlitos to be happy."

I brought my mother's hands to my lips and kissed them. "Stephanie is my world and she makes me more than happy, she completes me." I looked into my mother's eyes and saw tears threatening to fall.

"I'm glad to hear that." I heard Steph say behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw her leaning over the couch and her sweet lips near mine. She changed into one of my t-shirts and a pair of my sweat pants. She must have taken a shower too because her hair was damp and smelled of strawberries and vanilla. I loved it when she wore my clothes. It said to everyone that she was mine.

I gave her a quick kiss and turned back to the Cuban inquisition.

"So little brother, why haven't we seen this girl around since the Scrog incident?" Raphael asked smirking.

"I didn't want to subject her to the Cuban inquisition. She already has the Chambersburg gossip mill after her for juicy details on our new found relationship and we just needed some time to ourselves." I took Steph's hand to center me.

"I thought you two have been together for years. What is this nonsense about a new found relationship?" Celia asked sitting forward in her chair.

Steph came around the couch and sat on the floor between my legs. "I was with another man up until recently. We had had a terrible on and off relationship and he did something I had feared would happen." She looked up into my eyes and continued. "Carlos has saved me time and again and I love him with all I am. I'm sorry it took so long to realize that I only love you."

I took her hand and stroked it. "It's ok babe, I have you now and don't intend to let you go, ever."

She leaned her head against my leg and I heard all the ladies sighed.

"I thought I would never see the day our little brother would fall in love but I was sadly mistaken." My sister Andrea said smiling at me.

"When will this lovely lady officially become a member of the family?" My father asked. "We could always use more Manoso boys in the family." I looked down at my babe and she was in deep thought with a blank face on. Way to be babe, just ignore them and maybe the topic will change.

"I would love some grandchildren from my Carlos." My mother said looking at Stephanie. "I never get to say that I spend time with my Carlos' children because he has none. Julie lives far away and doesn't visit often." When Stephanie looked into my mother's eyes she gasped and I knew what she saw. She saw the very thing that drew me to my babe, those piercing baby blue eyes. "Plus I wouldn't mind having grandbabies with beautiful blue eyes like their mother's."

Well if you hadn't stopped by unexpectedly your wish would have come true. I thought to myself.

"Thanks Mrs. Manoso." My babe said with a shy smile.

"Please call me Maria. Mrs. Manoso is too formal." My mother sat on the floor next to Steph and took her hands. "You're good for my Carlos and you make me feel like I have my son back."

"He had been distant up until we heard about a certain girl that he was helping as a bounty hunter. We started to see him more and he started smiling again. Ranger was slowly being left behind and Carlos was coming back to us." My father said coming to sit next to me on the couch, with my mother against his legs, like my babe and I were sitting. "Whenever he would get a phone call at dinner and it was about you, Stephanie, the color would drain from his face and he would leave without even saying goodbye. I knew then that he loved you. When you helped my granddaughter return to us safely and you kept a vigil at Carlos' bedside, I knew then, that you loved him. Even though you may not have known it yourself, all those around you two sure have."

My babe was close to tears. I pulled her up to me and stroked her cheek. "I love you." I whispered in her ear.

"We know all the stories about the great Bombshell Bounty Hunter but we don't really know the woman herself. So please tell us about yourself, we have been dying to meet you." Alicia said smiling.

I looked down at my babe and she looked stunned but brushed it off. "Well I grew up in a little piece of Trenton called Chambersburg where everything and everyone is the same. Boys learn how to fish, how to fix cars, how to sustain a family and about sports. Everything else is beyond their comfort level. Girls learn from a young age that they are meant to bare children and stay at home and tend for their husband. They learn how to cook, clean, sew, house chores, and even learn how to dance. If you can't keep a man happy then there is no point to life in the Burg." Steph shook her head and kept on going. "I failed at all that stuff and much more. I set the school Home Ec. room on fire, made more messes then my mother could manage to clean, poked my fingers sewing, never wanted to stay in the house to do chores, but enjoyed dance classes very much. I was married to a lawyer who I only married to shut up my mother and he cheated on me in our own home. My mother loved his high social status but when I made our divorce very public I ruined every chance of his to become DA. I then became a lingerie buyer and seller but the owner liked to dabble in things he shouldn't and we were shut down. I went a very long time without a job and heard that my cousin was looking for some help. I can't disclose the details but I blackmailed him into giving me a job. Connie gave me Carlos' number and we met at the diner and he helped me with a lot." I rubbed her back as she smiled up at me. "My first skip was a man named Joseph Morelli. I have known him my whole life since we lived in the same tight nit neighborhood. Nobody thought I could catch him since he is a cop and knows how to sneak around the system. Eventually with Carlos' help I gained the skills I needed and finally caught him. Carlos pushed me away and in turn I drifted towards Morelli. We had an on off relationship for a few years and I caught him cheating on me too. His father was known to be a drunk and abuser and Morelli tried to stay away from that but didn't accomplish it. He threw me down the stairs, Carlos saved me and here we are." I held her casted arm rubbed her exposed fingers.

My family looked at her wide eyed. With her life put like that no wonder she has little to no self-esteem. Her life was chosen for her before she was even born. Everyone feels the need to have input on her life and judge every single thing she does. This made me want to protect my babe even more. I want to show her that nobody's opinion matters.

"I'm not sure what happened after I pressed my panic button and was thrown over the railing. I just woke up in Carlos' bed with a cast and a wrapped torso. Turns out Morelli broke my wrist and I believe a rib or two." Steph said resting her head on my shoulder.

"You poor thing," My mother said patting my babes knee. "I hope my son taught him a lesson before taking you to his home safely. Plus the nonsense about this Burg, that is hardly a life at all. How did your parents expect you to learn about the world if you didn't make a few mistakes or go off on your own out of New Jersey?"

"That's the thing, they didn't, or should I say my mother didn't. I was supposed to stay in the Burg marry a man from the Burg and have children to repeat the cycle. When I started doing the job at Vinnie's my mother was very angry at me for not having a conventional job like every other girl from the Burg. She would have preferred me to stay home with a man anyway. Whenever I would blow up a car or get kidnapped my mom would turn it into a sob story about how terrible her life is because I get into sticky situations. She never once asks if I'm ok. I was glad when Carlos took me away from it all for a while." I kissed my babe on the cheek and held her close.

"Yea baby brother," Celia said turning to me. "Where were you two coming from all dressed up?"

I laughed at her curiosity. "I took my babe to the annual Army birthday ball."

"Well I'm guessing it has been a long night for both of you and from the way you two entered the house I may have spoiled my own wish." My father helped my mother off the floor and I stood holding Steph close to me. "We'll get out of your hair and catch the next flight home. We just wanted to come see if the news was true that you both were together." I hugged my mother and sisters then gave my father and brother handshakes.

"You don't have to leave tonight its late and I don't feel comfortable making you leave the house at this time of night when we have plenty of room in our home." I said hoping Stephanie would catch on to the fact that I said our home. I thought of this, and every other property I owned, as hers also.

"Ok son," My father said patting me on the back. "It's not every day that our son asks us to stay in his home Maria, so I'm taking the offer."

My siblings laughed and hugged Stephanie goodnight too. This was going very well, like I thought it would, and I hoped Stephanie would see what a real family is like.

"Let me get my babe upstairs and then I will show you all to your rooms." I held hands with my babe as we walked to our bedroom. I pulled her to me when we walked through our bedroom door and kissed her passionately.

Her arms wrapped themselves around my neck and mine wrapped around her sexy waist. I nipped at her ear and kissed my way down her neck before I pulled off her shirt. I made a trail of kisses down her stomach and stripped her of her sweatpants also. She was before me in only the sexy lingerie I left for her and I was painfully hard. Before I could explore the rest of my babe I had to take care of my family. I led her to the bed and she laid down and I positioned myself over her.

"I have to show my family to their rooms before we can continue." I said and kissed her sweet lips one last time. "I'll be back in a few minutes. I love you."

I heard her say I love you back before I slipped out the bedroom door.

I went down stairs and showed my family the available rooms.

I helped them all get settled and gave them all extra clothes I kept in the linen closet and made my way back to my love, my life, my babe and hopefully soon to be wife.

Steph POV

Carlos' family were the nicest people I have talked to in a while besides my Merry Men. Dickie parents didn't like me very much but held it to themselves and they seemed so false in how they carried themselves. Morelli's mother and grandmother were very rude to me because I wasn't good enough for their Joey. Little did they know that little Joey was just like big Joey, God rest his soul.

I felt like I could spill my deepest darkest secrets when I talked to his siblings just by the trust I felt in them. It was nice to have people understand your sight of life, that it should be lived to the fullest not in a small town. I found my wings when I found Carlos. I couldn't fly when I jumped off the garage because I hadn't earned my wings yet. Carlos were those wings and was there to catch me if I fell.

I felt bad that Carlos and I didn't get to make love the way we planned to tonight. I love my Carlos but I didn't want to rush anything. I didn't have a very good track record with relationships.

When Carlos left to tend to his family I walked into the bathroom. I saw the duffle on the sink counter and found my birth control. I was onto my last one and didn't have a backup. My period was scheduled to come soon anyway so sex is out of the question during that time.

I walked back into the bedroom and laid on my stomach waiting for him to return I started to nod off and let sleep claim me.

Warning Smut_

I awoke when I felt a hot body creep over top of mine. His hands traveled up to my waist and grabbed my hips. I felt his hot breath on my neck and smiled as he nipped it gently. I felt him unclasp my bra and pull it from my body. I was so turned on.

He trailed kisses down my back and reached my garter belt. He undid it and removed my thigh highs along with it. He kissed his way from my feet up to my inner thighs. I moaned as he nipped and sucked on a spot on my inner left thigh. His teeth grabbed onto the scrap of material called a thong and slid them down ever so painfully slow. I just wanted him inside me now!

I tried to flip over and take control but he held me down and pulled my hips back so I was on my hands and knees. I don't do doggy style but I had to reconsider it with my Carlos. The position was all about trust and dominance, things I shared with him I never shared with another man.

I felt the tip of his cock tease my opening and I groaned. He ever so gently entered me from behind. We both moaned from the feeling of fullness. I was a little worried that my body wouldn't quiet adjust to his size since he was much larger than the men I have been with. After our one night together I found it very hard to walk in the morning I was so sore.

He kissed my back before moving slowly in and out of me. He hit my g-spot with every thrust. When my first orgasm took me I dropped onto my forearms and it changed the angle of his penetration and I came screaming his name.

Carlos used his cock as a pivot and flipped me onto my back. He laced our hands together and thrust into me so fiercely that the bed started to screech against the floor. I could feel my next orgasm coming and moaned at the building of it. "Come with me babe." Carlos whispered into my ear. His hand left mine and circled around my clit and I lost it. I screamed his names as he moaned mine and we shared a passionate kiss before he pulled me to him.

"I love you so much babe." He said kissing my forehead. "I never want to lose you."

I smiled. "I love you too Carlos. I plan on keeping you forever."

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