Chapter 54: Next, Revealing My Weakness (Then, Something Unexpected)

[Juliette’s POV]

Ralph’s face jerked up and he stared deep into my eyes, as though searching for something.

Was it something I said? What did I say, I couldn’t remember. Ah well, it’s not important.

I reached up my fingers to stroke his jaw, ticking my fingertips with his stubble, and giggled. “Do you love it when I touch you, Ralph?”

He lowered his lips on me and kissed me, slow and tenderly, as though he had all the time in the world—as though he was making love to me with his mouth.

I yanked his shirt off his shoulders and kneaded his warm, hard flesh of his barreled chest, the way he liked it. Then, I slid my hands around his waist to his back and clutched him closer, so he nestled between my thighs.

He tore his lips away and stared at me. “I want to show you what I see when I’m inside you.”

My eyes widened in shock and then flared in embarrassment. “Wait, Ralph—!”

He pulled me off the table and turned me around to bend me over the wooden edge, so my breasts were crushed a