Chapter 155: 'I'm your wife, goddamn it.'

[Juliette’s POV]

BANG!

Explosion burst my ear. Earthquake shook me. And then freeze. I’m hit! I’m going to die!

‘ARGH!!!’ A bellow of rage and pain tore my ear drums.

Then—.

‘I said NO ONE MOVE!’ And the rain of footsteps halted. ‘HANDS UP WHERE I SEE THEM!’

‘MY HAND! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF—-!’

BANG!

‘ARGH!!! ARGH!!!’

I covered my ears, my body trembling with raw fear and pain. Where’s the pain? I should feel it. On my back. He was behind me. I felt a gun pointing at my back—.

‘Juliette.’ A deep voice and then heavy breathing. ‘Juliette. It’s alright. Look at me.’

Ralph!

I jerked up and pain shot to my eyes. ‘Urgh….’ A groan slipped through. Then, I realised that even my lips were quivering. My hand was already on the back of my head. ‘He shot me….’

‘No, he didn’t.’ Ralph reassured me in a calm voice—but I could detect intense worry beneath it.

‘Pain.’ I winced again.

And he reached to the back of my head. ‘Jesus… you hit him hard. You whack him in the face, remember?’

Oh—