Saved by the Rancher - By Jennifer Ryan Page 0,112
she held tight.
“Jenna, honey, at least let him in the door,” Jack said with a smile.
Jenna stepped back from him, but kept her hands on his shoulders. “I’m so happy to see you.”
“I’m happy to see you, too, Rabbit. Finally. Are you okay?”
“I am now.”
“Then stop crying. It kills me when you cry.” He wiped the tears from her cheeks with a soft brush of his thumb.
“Jenna, let him come in,” Jack said again and put his hands on her shoulders.
“Oh, sorry. Come in. Let’s get you settled.”
Ben and Jack shook hands.
“You lucky SOB. I knew you’d take care of her if I sent her to you. I never thought you’d keep her.”
“Yeah, well, tough shit. You got to hug her, now keep your hands to yourself. She’s all mine.”
“Yeah, he’s already marked his territory,” Sam said and walked out of the office. “He put a ring on her finger and knocked her up with twins.” Sam grinned, the same cocky grin Jack had on his face.
“Sam!” Jenna scolded, outraged by his audacious comment.
“Well, it’s true. Hi, Ben, I’m Jack’s brother, Sam. Don’t let the resemblance fool you, we’re exactly alike.”
“We’ll get along just fine then. Did I hear you say something about twins?”
The two men shook hands while Jack put his arm around Jenna and pulled her to his side. “Yeah, she’s having identical twins. Imagine that.”
“See, he’s territorial, too.” Sam pointed to Jack and Jenna. “So does she really own controlling interest in Merrick International?” Sam asked bluntly. “I want to make sure everything is in place in order to carry out Jenna’s plan. I don’t want to walk into a hornet’s nest only to find out we don’t have what we need to take down David.”
“She does. Jenna, Mike finished the transactions. Between your personal assets and all the corporations both false and real, you now hold the majority share of Merrick.”
“Excellent. Did you contact Cameron Shaw and request a meeting?”
“The meeting is set. He’s very interested in what you have to say.”
“I’ll bet he is. I’m about to make his dreams come true.”
“You’ll fill us in on the whole plan? You have controlling interest, what are you going to do with it?” Sam asked.
“That’s a very good question. I’ll answer it after Ben and I do some business and we all have a nice family dinner together. I’ve asked Beth to prepare a lovely family meal of fried chicken and mashed potatoes with all the fixings.”
“That sounds much better than airline food,” Ben said, unable to take his eyes off her. Her injuries were more devastating to see in person, and Jenna hated to finally meet Ben, only to have him see her looking like this.
“Okay, where do you want to do this? You have about sixty companies to take back and put into your name. You’ll have carpel tunnel syndrome by the time you finish signing all these papers.”
“Fifty-eight companies. Let’s go into Jack’s office and get started. Jack and Sam, we’ll see you guys in a little while for dinner.”
“Come here, honey.” Jack pulled her into his arms and gently wrapped them around her. Looking down into her eyes, he asked, “Are you sure you want to do this? You’re poking at a sleeping lion. Poke too hard and he’ll bite.”
“I thought you wanted me to end this.”
“I do. I don’t want you to get hurt anymore. If you do this, he’ll come after you. I don’t want to lose you.”
“Trust me. We’ll work out a plan for what will happen after I go to the board meeting. We will end this. Together.”
She put her hands on either side of his face and brought him down to her for a kiss, gentle and loving, promising everything.
“Do they put you through this often, Sam?” Ben asked.
Sam smiled and grumbled, “Yeah. They’re in love. It’s really starting to get on my nerves.”
Chapter Fifty-Three
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THEY ENTERED THE office, cozy with an overabundance of books lining the walls, a leather sofa with soft suede pillows in blue, of course, and wood tables with crystal lamps. It invited you to sit and read, or simply enjoy the peaceful setting. She wanted to put all this business behind her, curl up on the sofa, read a good book by the light of a fire in the corner river-rock fireplace.
“Are you sure you want to do this now? We can keep the bodyguards and protect you around the clock until you’re feeling better. I don’t need to change the companies