My cock throbbed between us, impatient for the wet warmth that await us. I wanted so badly to spread her wide and sink into her but she deserved so much more. I started my journey down again, kissing down her stomach and across to each hip. Her hands released my back only to grab my hair, as if to guide me where she wanted me.
I slid my hands down her body till I reached her thighs and then I spread her wide. I didn’t hesitate as my tongue snaked out and I licked from back to front, getting my first taste of her cream. My groans and her moans the only sounds in the room until I pushed my tongue through her folds, causing her back to arch as she dug her nails in my scalp.
“Ranger!” she screamed when I hit the barbell at her clit. I circled the nub with the tip of my tongue and then sucked the piercing in my mouth while I pushed a finger in her pussy. I felt the tremble of her thighs against my cheek. “More, please. I need more.”
I added a finger into her depths and pumped in and out. When I used my teeth to bite down gently on her clit, her body shook as the orgasm hit her. My fingers helped her ride out the tremors and when her body went lax, I began moving back up her body. I reached her lips and she opened, allowing me to share her taste with her.
One arm held my weight as I reached down with the hand of the other to grasp my aching hardening cock. I ran it through her cream, and when the head of my cock rested against her entrance and I could feel her heat, it hit me that in my rush to get to her, I hadn’t grabbed any condoms. I groaned and laid my forehead on her chest and her hands moved to run over my hair.
“What’s the matter?” Maria asked as her hands continued the move down until they rested on the back of my neck.
“I forgot goddamn condoms.”
“I’m on the pill, Ranger.” In that moment those became my most favorite words. I lifted to my elbows so I could watch her face as I moved my hips forward, the head of my cock breaching her entrance. In one hard thrust I seated myself until I filled her fully.
“Christ, your pussy is so tight, I don’t know how long I’ll last,” I said as I pulled back and pushed back in. Her hips lifted to meet my downward thrusts until we set a pace that had us both on the brink. I felt my ball draw up and knew I wouldn’t last much longer so I moved a hand between us, pressed down on her pierced clit as I slammed in one last time to send us both over the edge. We rode out the trembling of our bodies together. When our bodies and breathing settled I pulled out and fell to her side, pulling her into my arms.
We laid quietly in each other’s arms. I knew the minute she’d fallen asleep when her breathing change. I kissed her forehead and closed my eyes, falling asleep, feeling whole for the first time in over a year.
Chapter Twelve
Maria
I woke up with a smile on my face and rolled over. Ranger was laying there staring at me, which let’s just say was awesome.
“Morning,” he whispered.
I turned to my side and said, “Morning.”
“So what are the plans for today?” Ranger asked and touched my face gently, then leaned over and kissed me. “I know what I would like to do.”
“I wish I could,” I said and then kissed him softly. “I need to go into the office. We are going to get a plan together for all those assholes. My boss wants to make sure we have enough evidence to support everything we want to charge them with.”
Ranger sighed and said, “Well, I guess I will survive. I will go into the gym, maybe work off some of this energy I have going on.”
I smiled and rolled my eyes. “Please, get over yourself. I am gonna take a shower.”
Ranger grabbed me as I went to stand up and pulled me over to his side of the bed and kissed me passionately, then whispered against my lips, “How about this, I join you in the shower, and then you can go to work, and I will go to the gym and see what’s going on there. Then I will grab Rucker and meet you back here for dinner, which I will amaze you with my culinary talents.”
I raised an eyebrow and said, “You cook? Wow.”
He chuckled. “No, my finger is awesome when it punches in the numbers on the cellphone to order pizza, you should see it, absolutely amazing.”
“I know what your fingers can do already,” I whispered and kissed him. “Amazing already.”
Ranger grinned and then stood and held out his hand to pull me to the bathroom behind him.
The water in the shower was turned on and while we waited for it warm up, Ranger warmed me up by kissing my neck and shoulder then across my back to do the same to the other side as he held me against him. I felt his desire for me pressed against the small of my back since Ranger towered over me. By the time steam rose in the shower, he had me wet and panting.
Ranger opened the door and walked us in, the easy kisses from his lips gone as he lifted my arms and had me place my hands against the shower wall. His hands ran down my arms, and I shivered as they continued down my sides until they reached my hips, holding me in place.
His knee pushed between my legs and he moved it from side to side until he had me spread wide. Not being able to touch him sucked until his cock slid between my legs, sliding through my folds to hit my clit every time he pushed through.
I could have orgasmed from the friction alone.
“Stop teasing me, Ranger.” He slid his hands from my hips up and around, my breasts filled his hands then he tweaked my nipples.
“Gonna get these pierced for me next?” he asked, squeezing each breast and then going back to pinching and twisting my nipples.
“You gonna get your cock pierced for me?” I asked and he leaned over till his lips were at my ear.
“You really want Petal touching my dick?” he whispered.
Yeah, hadn’t thought that through at all before I said it.
“No!”
“Didn’t think so,” he said and chuckled. I was going to call him a cocky bastard but instead of words coming out of my mouth a moan filled the bathroom as he pulled my hips out and slammed his cock in, the position bringing him deeper, if that was possible.
I pushed back to get him to speed up the pace and when I thought he was going to continue to torture me, he used his hands at my hips to spin us around until I faced the opposite wall with the bench.
“Palms on the bench, baby, and I’ll try not bang your head on the tile.”
He pulled out and slammed back in as he held on to one side of my hips and ran his other hand up and down my back. Ranger pounded into me and I loved it. My orgasm was building, I felt it grow every time he bottomed out in my pussy. I felt my walls tighten around him.
“Can’t get enough!” he yelled. I was on the edge of bliss when his hand moved down my back, his palm splayed and rested on my ass. He sent me over screaming his name when his thumb circled my back hole and he pushed it in.
Ranger thrusted a few more times and then he too followed over the edge.
We caught our breaths and began to wash each other before getting out and toweling dry for our day. I could so get used to starting them out that way.
I walked into my office with a little bounce on my step, I knew it, and I did not give one fuck. I had amazing sex last night, this morning, and I knew it was coming tonight as well. Ranger told me as much when he said he was going to make sure Rucker went to bed on time tonight. Yay.
“Maria?” I heard Alan yell and I turned and looked at him waving at me from down the hall. “Come down here please, I have things set up in the conference room.”
I nodded, waved, and still went into my office, put down my bags then took off my suit jacket, rolled up the sleeves, and walked back out of my office and into the conference room. There were five boards set up, and stacks of files on the table. I looked at Alan in surprise and he said.
“We have decisions to make,” Alan said smoothly.
I nodded and muttered, “First we find out who is the weak link, because then we will be able to get them to roll over. To do that, we need to know who we are dealing with. The bust is solid, but who did the cri
me, not so much. So right now, we don’t have a leg to stand on for the murder, let’s build the case.”
Alan chuckled and said, “I have three clerks coming in to help sort out this mess, we make our best guess and then tomorrow, we lay it on him and see what shakes loose.”
“I figure plenty will.”
“Maybe, maybe not, but regardless, we will make sure whatever we get sticks. The FBI is gonna help, so Briggs will be down here soon with the reports from ballistics and prints. So get started and I will make sure you have coffee sent in regularly,” Alan said. I shook my head then moved to the table and grabbed the first folder and began to read.
Chapter Thirteen
Ranger
I couldn’t remember the last day off I had in the middle of the week since Noel died. I had immersed myself in my work and now I needed to get back to normal, although with Maria, there would be no normal. She was anything but, and I was going to take everything she gave and even shit she didn’t.
I walked across the street and opened the door to the gym and I grinned, yeah, this was what I needed. Fin and Tony were standing in the office looking at something when I walked through. They both looked at me in surprise and Tony said.
“What are you doing here? I figured you would be down at the station with Maria getting information out of those assholes.”
I nodded and then said, “Yeah, me too. But we aren’t allowed in the official interrogation. Apparently being the husband of a victim could taint the case, and I am not fucking around with that. I will get my time, don’t worry. Until then it seems I am at loose ends, I figure I can help you all out on this whole fighting thing.”
“And Maria?” Fin said with a smile. “How is she this morning?”
“Dude, that is my sister,” Tony argued and his friend shrugged.
“Sorry, brother, but when our man here walks into this place with a smile on his face that would rival the smile on Brook’s face when we left her this morning, I gotta give him shit no matter who he is getting it from.”
Tony glared at him, shook his head, and pointed at me. “Stop, no details, and for the love of God, please tell our parents. That way, we get out of the hot seat with the whole wedding thing. I mean, Brooklyn is all over that, but they are helping her, and I figure soon they will be inviting the Queen to our nuptials, and honestly, I don’t think we can find a place big enough for that.”
I shrugged and said, “Not up to me, Maria will tell them if she wants. She is gonna watch and text me when there is news. Other than that, I got nothing.”
“Thank God,” Tony muttered.
Fin said soberly, “Yeah, well if you find who killed Noel, it will be worth it.”
“Those fuckers need to go down,” Tony snarled and I nodded.
“Well, while you are here you can help me out a little bit,” Fin said, and then held out a piece of paper. “Our official certificate showing we are now a certified MMA training gym.”
“Hey congrats!” I said as I looked at the paper. “What do you need me to do?”
“Well, I officially need to get a set of sparring partners that have been trained and ready to go. I figured you must be here looking for an outlet, so, help me sort these guys out,” Fin said and I smiled.
“Perfect,” I said because it was, I would get my frustration out, while waiting. At least I wasn’t going to need to sit around and wait, after this long, it would probably drive me nuts.
Tony laughed and said, “Well, as much as I would love to help you out, I need to go and see where we are with Jet and Reed’s fight. They still haven’t announced when or where, but we are hoping with all the shit swirling around, they will feel like it is safe since the cops are distracted with the sweep.”
“Make sure you let me know when it’s going down, I want to make sure we have backup ready to roll,” I said and Tony nodded.
“Kinda hoping it’s soon, the guys are getting restless. We have jobs waiting for us and we are beginning to run a little thin on bodies. May need to scratch up a few.”
I nodded. “I can’t be on the public side, but I can help any other way,” I growled and both men nodded.
“Come on,” Fin said, slapping me on the back and pulling me along with him as we walked into the main room. I knew Fin was excited about this, it was his dream, and even with all the crap going on, he had made it happen.
Mel walked into the gym through the doors and she was laughing with Brit who I hadn’t known was back. “Hey!” the blonde said, walking to Fin and smiling. “You almost ready for this, I got a few guys who are gonna need a place, and apparently they have all heard about you opening this up to training and they want in. Plus, I need to make sure these guys are happy, since they took the chance and came with me when I left my other job. If I open my own agency, then I will be able to pick my clients and right now, I want to do that.”
“Still bummed you lost that quarterback,” Fin muttered and Brit laughed and rolled her eyes. “Hey, Brit, if you are gonna open your own place, I still have a few offices upstairs with Tony if you are interested.”
“Ohhhhh,” Brit said and looked at him with wide eyes. “How much we talking, I only have two clients right now, but I am hoping once I get my name out there, it will help.”
I turned and saw Jet standing on the stairs listening, and I nodded to him when he looked at me. I needed to check with him to make sure everything was still good at the house with Rucker. I opened my mouth but Fin said.
“You are family; we can talk about it after you look at it. Besides, a sports agent office in my gym after I just got certified for MMA training, it could work well for us both,” Fin said and Brit grinned and then saw a large man walking out of the men’s changing room.
“Hey, Bruno, what do you think? My office here, would that be convenient?”
The large man grinned at her and said, “Awesome, Brit, looks like I made the right choice for my agent.”
I saw Jet’s jaw tighten and he walked down the stairs, then looked at Tony and said, “Hey, boss, I am taking my break, Sean is gonna finish my tat up, and then I will be back on, sound good?”
He waited only for Tony to lift his head and then he walked away, ignoring the look Brit was giving him.
“Someone’s grumpy today,” she muttered, she looked at Mel and said, “Come on, let’s go check out the offices before we go to the hospital.”
“Hey,” Tony said to Mel and she stopped. “Can you check on Angelica while you are there, I know she has been staying there, but her brother should be getting out soon. We are gonna place her in protective custody when he is released.”
Mel nodded and Brit smiled. “Hey, while you are at it, find somewhere for me to live as well. Sleeping on Zoey’s couch sucks.”
“Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!” Reilly yelled from the door and Anthony Sr. laughed at his friend as they entered the gym. “Finally! Now we can really see what talent we have here in the Bronx.”
Anthony smiled, then walked to me and said seriously, “You good? Rucker is with Sonia, Olivia, and Velma going to Southside Haven to pick up Maddie and they are going shopping. Apparently it is imperative for a young man to be spoiled so they are setting about to do that. And before you say anything, I am telling you to let this go, Sonia is gonna do what she does, and so are the rest of the women, so let them do it without drama or you will go nuts in a New York minute because they will argue.”
I nodded then looked at Reilly who was also staring at me and I said, “Really, I am fine, was pissed, worked it out, and now I am good. And uh, I need to talk to you about…”
“Maria, and I already know it, boy, we all know it, saw it the first time you two were together, we approve. Now, you are gonna get pissed again, this time, you need me, I am there, okay?” Anthony said and I nodded.
“I hear you, and I appreciate it,” I said then the older man patted me on the shoulder and looked at the others who were smiling and listening without caring. “What? Find someone to
fight my guy. Stop standing around gawking.”
Tony shook his head and looked at me. “Welcome to the family.”
I sparred and joked with all of the guys for the entire day. To say I had finally relaxed, got my head on completely straight with no worries, was an understatement. They had all treated me like a member of the family and for once I didn’t think of the family I lost, I thought about the family I had gained. Zoey walked into the gym and made her way over to me without even stopping to talk to her men who were both here, Reese upstairs and Michael in the shop. Which meant she had heard something and was coming to check out the facts. I knew my sister, she liked to gossip.
“So I got a call at work today,” she said as way of greeting me and I looked up at her and smiled.
“Really, how unusual, a social worker getting a call,” I teased.
She rolled her eyes. “Come on,” she whined. “Brooklyn called to tell me the scoop about my own brother.”
I looked at her protruding belly and smiled and then shook my head. “Figured you had enough on your plate with your men and all that is swirling around the office.”
Zoey sat down next to me and shrugged. “Lot going on. Busts yesterday made it so I needed to find placements for several children who were in the houses, besides that, apparently you have all stirred up a hornet’s nest at Southside. Ms. Maddie called late last night to ask the city for a little more security at night. They were worried some of the gang members were going to retaliate there.”
“Tony is taking care of that,” I said and she nodded.
“He is, but still, I have kids there too. Seems like finally you are gonna get some answers,” Zoey said and she looked at me a little hurt. “Why didn’t you come to me?”
I sighed, I knew this was coming and really, I wasn’t surprised. Yes, I had cut her out, but really it was because I didn’t want to stress her out. Her pregnancy had not been the best, and Reese and Michael were protective of her, so putting her in anyone’s line of sight, who was looking for me, wasn’t something I was gonna risk. I had called her, but this was the first time we connected face to face.
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