Page 55 of Claiming What's His

“Mav.” I sighed, falling deeper in love with him at his sentiment. “You are so perfect.”

Ruby sighed too as he watched us and I blushed again, feeling embarrassed by the open display of affection between Mav and I after so long without any sort of attachment to anyone in the world.

"I can have a matching band to you tomorrow.” Ruby said. “The size is perfect for her hand, and you’ll have a complete set.”

“Perfect.” Mav said, extending his hand to shake the older man’s as the sons started loading the diamonds away. “That was far easier than I thought it would be. Though I should have known you’d make this as easy as possible on me.”

“It’s what we do.” Ruby said, “I can’t wait to tell the world that the future Mrs. Maverick Jones wears the diamonds from Ruby and Sons!” He cheered fanatically. “It’s such an honor my dear.” He reached for my hand and kissed the back again, admiring the ring.

“I’ll appreciate you holding off on spreading the word to the world just yet Ruby.” Maverick said firmly. “You can cheer to the rafters that my fiancé is wearing your diamonds, but not a word more about who she is or about our past. There are plans in place that will be derailed if word got out about Cora’s return to my life.”

Ruby’s eyes widened and I watched both Mav and him closely through the exchange. “Oh of course!” The man agreed, “I love a good intrigue.” He mimed zipping his lips, “The identity of your Mrs. is safe with me Mr. Jones.”

“Good, because I plan on adorning my wife in diamonds and jewels for the rest of her life and will stay exclusively with Ruby and Sons to do so if this is handled correctly.”

Ruby nodded quickly again with an excited smile on his face and then he gathered up the rest of his cases and the three of them left the penthouse in a flourish of dollar signs floating in the air between them.

When the door closed behind him I slid from my stool and walked after Mav who stood in the center of the living room, having led them out. I wrapped my arms around his waist and laid my cheek on his back, breathing in the scent of him and kissed him through his tight black shirt. He laid his hands over mine on his stomach and lifted my left hand to twirl the rings on my finger.

“Promise me you’ll never take these off.” He said quietly and I felt the vulnerability in his voice as he asked for the reassurance that I wasn’t going anywhere.

“You’ll have to cut them off my cold dead fingers when I die if you want them back.” I said firmly and he chuckled, pulling my hand up to kiss my fingertips. “Will you tell me what you’re planning to do with my family. What are these big plans you talked about?”

He turned in my arms and placed his large warm hands on my hips, pulling my body flush to his as he looked down into my eyes. His blue eyes glowed against the dark features of his face, and I found myself mesmerized by his handsomeness even after all of this time. I could still see the carefree boy in his eyes, but that was the only place. The rest of him had grown and hardened into the powerful and dominating man standing before me now, and I couldn’t decide which version of him I loved more.

“Are you sure you want to know? You’ve wanted to separate yourself as far as possible so far.” He said gently, not judging me or avoiding the question, but making sure I wanted to really be a part of it before he divulged it to me.

I raised my diamond encrusted hand to him and pointed to the new rings. “For better or worse darling.” I said and he smiled before leaning in and kissing me deeply, tasting my lips and teasing my tongue.

“Till death do us part.” He whispered against me and then pulled me over to an oversized armchair near the fireplace. He hit a button on the remote next to the chair and the fire roared to life and the lights dimmed around us as he settled down in the chair and pulled me into his lap, covering my body with his hands as he ran them up my bare legs and arms. “To start with, your brother has been bothering me for months about a deal he wanted my help making in Manhattan. I took the meeting with him to find out what the project was exactly and turns out, it’s a very lucrative deal and if my gut is right, which it usually is in business, then something tells me heneedsthis deal more than he wants it.”

“What do you mean?” I asked, playing with the fabric of his shirt against his chest.

“Your brother married a woman a few years ago, who, for a lack of better terms, is a gold-digging bitch.” He said plainly and I snorted at his lack of tact.

“You don’t say?”

He smirked and continued. “She has been running him up one side of the East Coast and down the other, spending his money like a bleeding artery. I think he needs this deal to go through in order to save no only his marriage but also his livelihood.”

“Which is why he came to you.” I mused.

“Yes.” He agreed and then tilted my chin to look directly into his blue eyes as he continued. “Which is also going to be his fatal flaw, because I’m going to make this deal without him and steal his last grasp at saving himself from social suicide and bankruptcy.” I shuddered at the intensity of his promise. “It’s step one of my plan.”

“Do I dare ask what step two is?” I whispered.

He leaned forward and pressed his warm lips against mine, melting my fear and anxiety of dealing with my family again. “Step two is marrying you next weekend and announcing it to the world at Luke’s memorial fundraiser in front of your family, outing their despicable role in our demise in front of all of their colleagues and inner circle of friends. By then I should have a hand on every inflow of cash into the Valentine household and therefore have the ability to destroy them in one fell swoop. By the end of the fundraiser the message to all of the guests will be clear, align themselves with the Valentine Family anymore, and they will fall alongside of them. Cast them off like they did to you and remain in the good graces of the Jones family. Our family.”

“Our family.” I repeated tentatively.

“Ours.” He affirmed, resting his hand on my stomach, and rubbing his thumb over the supple skin there under my dress. “The name our children will bear and carry on long after you and I are gone.”

I groaned and leaned forward, kissing him deeply as his words turned me on wildly. He growled into my mouth and threaded his fingers into my hair and pulled my head towards his roughly as he ignited the passion between us.

“Mav.” I moaned when he wrapped his hand around my throat and pulled me over his body until I sat straddling his wide thighs.

“I’m going to fuck you in nothing but those diamonds until neither of us can remember our own names.” He growled and bit my lip with his hand still firmly holding my throat. I wrapped my hands around his wrist and rocked my hips forward, rubbing myself on his growing erection under his soft jeans. “Cora.” He moaned, letting his eyes flutter closed as I used his body shamelessly.

“Take me baby.” I begged.

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