Sam cupped the nape of her neck and tilted her head back, his eyes full of a possessive heat that made her giddy. ‘Oh, my, yes? Or oh, my, no?’
‘Oh, my, yes,’ Ruby whispered on a laugh. ‘Oh, my, a thousand times yes.’
‘Thank God.’ Sam kissed her soundly and slid the ring onto her finger to a rousing applause from everyone around them. ‘Because we belong together. We always have.’
Embarrassed to realise that she’d been so lost in the moment nothing else had existed except Sam, Ruby buried her face against his neck.
‘I think I’d better get you home before I ravish you against an outdoor wall again,’ Sam murmured, tucking her in against his side.
‘Promise?’
He turned her in the circle of his arms and looked down at her. ‘Sweetheart, I hereby promise to ravish you and love you for the rest of your life, no matter where we are.’
Ruby grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck. ‘Then I promise to love you and ravish you right back.’
‘God, I hope so.’
Ruby laughed at the hungry desperation in his voice. ‘Do you think we should go inside and tell the others what’s going on?’
Sam glanced over her shoulder and Ruby turned to see their small party raising a toast to them through the pub window. ‘I think they’ve probably already guessed, love, and if I know Miller she’s already been on the phone booking us a wedding venue.’
‘I don’t mind,’ Ruby said. ‘Do you?’
‘Not a bit. You’re mine now.’ He drew her up onto her toes, his mouth hovering over hers. ‘And not just for weekends or clandestine meetings outside at posh parties.’
‘Okay.’
‘You’re mine for ever.’
‘Okay.’ Ruby entwined her arms around his neck and pulled his mouth down to hers. ‘Whatever you say, Sam.’
Sam groaned. ‘It feels like I’ve waited a long time to hear you say that and you’re not even naked.’
Ruby laughed, happiness bubbling over inside her. ‘Then what are you waiting for?’ she whispered.
‘Privacy,’ Sam growled, swinging her up into his arms and carrying her out of the pub.
Ruby clung to his shoulders. ‘I can’t wait,’ she said happily, knowing that she wasn’t just talking about the night ahead, but also the rest of their lives together.
* * *
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The Italian Demands His Heirs
by Lynne Graham
CHAPTER ONE
STAMBOULAS FOTAKIS WAS in a grim mood as he surveyed the dossier sited squarely in front of him on his desk. To the side of it sat the much thinner file containing an investigative report on his quarry, Raffaele di Mancini.