Chapter 13
RAFE
I have never felt happier or more at ease in my life. However, the exact opposite is also true. I have never felt so uncomfortable and stiff before.
I groan under my breath as Juniper laughs along to the movie she’s watching. She probably thinks I’m watching as well, but I have not been able to concentrate on anything—not with her lying there next to me, smelling so good, feeling so warm.
I want to rip her panties off. I want to slide on top of her. I want to make her mine, but I know I can’t, no matter how much I want to. No matter how much she wants me as well.
She bursts out laughing again, and then I watch as she pauses the TV and looks back at me.
“Oh, what is it?” I ask her softly.
“You didn’t laugh. Don’t you think it’s funny?”
“It’s plenty funny,” I say quickly.
Her eyes narrow. “What do you mean, it’s plenty funny? Why haven’t I heard you laugh once?”
“Maybe because I haven’t been able to concentrate.”
“Why haven’t you been able to concentrate?”
“Why do you think?” I say.
She licks her lips slowly and rolls over onto her side so that she’s facing me now. I try not to look down at her breasts, but I can’t. They’re beautiful, supple, and soft to the touch. I want to lean over and suck on a nipple, but I know I can’t.
“You have to admit, this is a very interesting position we’ve found ourselves in, Juniper.”
“Is it?” She grins.
I watch as she plays with her dark hair, running her fingers through her tresses idly, like she doesn’t have a care in the world.
“I mean, if you’re okay with just lying here like this, then so am I.”
“I’m fine,” she says, biting down on her lower lip.
I reach forward and grab her chin and hold her face. She stares at me, blinking, looking so sweet, so innocent, so tender.
“What are you doing, Mr. Bishop?”
“Not what I want to be doing,” I say as I lean closer to her.
I grab her around the waist to pull her into me. She sighs slightly as her body presses into mine. I run my fingers down her arm and then down her waist, then down the side of her hip. She murmurs as her eyes flutter. The sound is like magic to my ears and turns me on even more.
I’m about to press my lips against hers when her phone rings.
“I should take that,” she says.
I let out a low sigh. “It’s a bit late. Do you really want to answer your phone?”
“It could be Mia,” she says, “or someone else. I need to check.”
“Fine.”
I groan as she reaches behind her and grabs it. She looks at the screen and looks over at me in surprise.
“Oh, it’s Jackie.”
“Who?” I say, blinking.
“The lady from the reality show that I gave my number to.”
I want to tell her not to answer. I want to tell her to block the number, but I know I can’t.
“Hello?” she says, answering the phone, and I just lie there and watch her.
“Oh, no, it’s fine. It’s not even that late. I wasn’t even sleeping.”
I give her a look, and she shrugs.
I try to listen to the call, but I can’t hear what the other lady is saying. I want to know what’s going on. I want her to tell Jackie she’s not interested in being on the show. I want her to tell Jackie she’s in bed with another man.
“Oh, you want me to start recording tomorrow? But I’m not even ready. Oh, I see. I guess so.”
She looks at me with wide eyes.
“I do have a dress I can wear.”
“I don’t have a pen and paper, but I can remember.”
She pauses.
“Okay, so you want me to list the sort of man I’m looking for? Okay. And my perfect dates? Okay. I guess I’ll have to think.”
She giggles, and I growl.
“Oh, I don’t know,” she says.
I can just feel myself becoming more and more infuriated as the conversation goes on.
I reach over and grab her panties, and she stills suddenly.
I press my lips against her neck. She lies back, and I reach down and run my fingers between the valley of her breasts.
I watch as she quickly presses Mute on her phone and then turns to me.
“What are you doing? I’m on the phone.”
“Yeah. You’re not on a video call though. Are you scared you’re going to do something you shouldn’t do?”
“Why would I be?”
“I don’t know,” I say.
As my thumb grazes her nipple, she gasps, and I lean over and suck on her right nipple as my hand plays with her other breast.
She moans and shakes her head.
“Oh my gosh. Shit,” she says quickly, then unmutes the phone. “Yeah, sorry. I was here. I accidentally pressed Mute by mistake.”
She closes her eyes, and I continue to suck on her breast. She reaches down, and for a moment, I think she’s going to push my head away, but she doesn’t. Instead, she runs her fingers through my hair.
“I knew you liked it,” I say.
Her eyes flutter open, and she just stares at me.
“I don’t know if I can do that.”
For a moment, I’m not sure if she’s talking to me or on the phone, but then I soon realize she’s still talking to Jackie.
“Yeah, I can be available for three weeks, and I guess I can go to the mainland. I just have to make sure my best friend and business partner can look after the store when I’m away. Oh,” she says, pausing, her eyes widening.
I glance up at her.
“I didn’t realize that. Sure, I suppose.”
“How soon do the results come back?”
“Results for what?” I ask her.
She blushes, and I frown.
“Juniper?”
“Hold on,” she whispers. “Sorry, not you, Jackie. I was just clearing my throat.”
I stare at her and shake my head, and because I’m growing madder and madder, I kiss down her stomach, lick her belly button, and then grab her panties with my teeth.
Her mouth parts, and her eyes widen as she holds on to the phone while I pull her panties all the way down before grabbing them and pulling them off her ankles.
She stares at me with widened eyes as I lean on my elbow and touch the side of her face.
“I think I can do that. I don’t know if I have lingerie, and I don’t know if I would be comfortable being on camera in lingerie.”
“What the fuck?” I say.
She presses her finger to my lips, and I just shake my head.
“Is Jackie out of her mind?” I’m pissed and yet I can’t concentrate on anything but Juniper.
I stare at her for a couple of seconds, and then I grab her legs and lift them up and place them on my shoulders.
I bend down and lightly run my tongue along her slit.
She’s wet and moist, and her entire body shakes as I taste her.
She is like the sweetest fruit I’ve ever tasted.
I know if I were on a deserted island, I could survive on her and her alone.
“Oh my gosh,” she groans. “Rafe.”
I look up at her, and she’s biting down on her lower lip, her eyes closed.
“Sorry, Jackie. I am,” she murmurs into the phone, and I grin.
I lean back down and kiss her clit and suck on it. Her legs clench around my neck, and her entire body shakes.
“Oh,” she calls out, and I grin. “Can I? Oh my gosh. Sorry, Jackie. My battery’s about to die,” she says quickly, and she hangs up.
“What are you doing?” she says, glaring at me. “I was on the phone.”
“Exactly. You were on the phone, doing something you shouldn’t be doing.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re with me right now, Juniper. And when you’re with me, you concentrate on me, not some random dating show that you shouldn’t even be going on.”
“But you—”
“I what?” I say.
“You can’t just pull my panties off and—”
“And what?” I say as I lick my lips and then stare down at her.
Her eyes widen. “What are you going to do?”
“What do you want me to do?”
I pull her legs off my shoulders and roll back over onto my side.
She looks disappointed.
I grin at her. “It’s up to you. Do you want to be eaten tonight or not?”
She stares at me for a couple of seconds and murmurs something.
“I don’t know what that means.”
“I said I don’t care.”
“You don’t care. So, is that a yes or a no?”
“It’s whatever you want to do,” she says, blushing slightly.
I look at her and laugh.
I reach down and run my fingers across her clit and rub gently.
She closes her eyes and whimpers again. “Fuck,” she calls out.
“I’m guessing that’s a yes,” I say.
She looks at me for a couple of seconds and nods slowly, and I grin before lowering myself back down between her legs.
This is a moment I’ve been waiting for a long time, and I’m going to enjoy every second of it.
I guide her legs open again, and my tongue sucks on her clit.
She closes her eyes but spreads her legs wider.
I look up and see her breasts jiggling as her body moves back and forth.
I reach up and rub her nipples before licking her again.
When my tongue enters her, her entire body shakes, and I know this is going to be a moment that neither one of us forgets.
My cock feels hard, and I want to rip off my briefs and slide into her.
I want to thrust into her hard and fast and take her, but I’m not ready to go that far with her just yet.
I know if we were to make love, we’d cross a boundary I’m not sure either one of us is ready to cross.
This is already pedaling the line between mistake and excitement, and I am not ready to do that just yet, especially because it seems like she is still going on this dating show.
“What is the guy you meet tomorrow going to think, knowing that I gave you an orgasm tonight?” I look up into her eyes, and she just shakes her head.
“I’m not meeting any guy tomorrow. I’m just going to be recording.”
“Okay,” I say, smiling at her. “So, tomorrow night, you come over to my place.”
“What?”
“What?” I say before sinking my tongue back inside her.
She grips my shoulders, and I fuck her with my tongue hard and fast so that her body shakes.
When she finally explodes on my mouth, I lick her clean and then kiss my way up her stomach before kissing her.
She holds on to me tight. I feel her breasts crushed against my chest, and I never want to let go. I feel her fingers running down my back, squeezing.
“Can I?” I say.
She looks at me for a couple of seconds and nods. I pull my briefs off to let my cock escape, and she moans as she stares at the length of me. I lower myself back down on top of her, and I guide the tip of my cock to her clit.
I rub her clit with the head back and forth.
She’s so wet. Her eyes are wide. She stares up at me, open and willing.
I kiss her hard and fast, and I press the head against her entrance.
All I have to do is slide in, but instead, I shift to the side and groan.
She looks at me in surprise, and I just shake my head as I hold her to me.
“Not yet,” I say, grinning.
“What do you mean, not yet?” she whispers as she runs her fingers down the side of my body, her lips parted.
“I mean, now is not the right time.”
“There might not be another time,” she says.
“I think there’ll be another time.” I grin as I hold her to me and run my fingers down her back.
Her breasts press against my chest, and I can feel my cock rubbing against her stomach.
I want her so badly, but I want it to be special.
I need it to be special for both of us. Because as much as I want her, I need her to know that is about more than just the physical.
Though even I can see that the timing is off.
I don’t want to admit it, but the thought of Juniper with another man has caused me to take action, and I know that’s literally the worst reason possible to step forward and claim her as my own.