Oh, she knew it!
He was up to one of his tricks again!
Gaël was caught off guard when Juliette suddenly started blushing and shaking her head.
"Oh my God, Gaël," his ward whispered. "Stop it. Not here, please."
He blinked. "Stop what?"
"You're teasing me again," Juliette accused him under her breath. "You've figured out that I can't play those games—-"
Since she was still whispering, and he still had no idea why that was, Gaël decided to play along as he lowered his head and whispered back, "What games?"
Juliette looked at him, aghast. Was he really going to make her say it here? Didn't he notice the other students and even faculty members staring at them?
"Well?"
Oh God.
He was really going to make her say the words then.
With her cheeks turning red, Juliette squirmed as she whispered, "Kinky games. You realized that I just can't do it and call you daddy, and that's why you've been asking these questions. I'm right, aren't I?"
Gaël's lips pressed together in a straight line. Juliette had obviously misunderstood him, but by doing so, she had also given him the answer he needed. His ward definitely did not think of him as her father, and as for Juliette's other worry...
Juliette started squirming again when she saw the contemplative look in her guardian's eyes.
"Are you sure you can't call me daddy?"
Juliette gave him a horrified look. Yes, she was absolutely sure she didn't have it in her to call him...that.
"But...what if I say it would terribly disappoint me that you can't?" Gaël knew he shouldn't be teasing his ward like this, but how the fuck could he resist doing so when she was being so adorable with the way she was now fidgeting in front of him?
Juliette gnawed on her lip. She hated the thought of disappointing her guardian, but...
"Are you sure you won't change your mind?"
Oh God.
When his tone was husky like that, she wanted to give him everything, but...
"Can't you please choose something else?" she begged. "I'll call you anything else...except that."
"Then...how about you choose what to call me," Gaël said solemnly, "and I'll let you know what I think?"
His ward went back to her lip gnawing, and it was all he could do not to gnaw on her lip himself. A few more moments passed, and just as he was about to take pity on her and say he was only teasing, Juliette suddenly raised herself on her toes and whispered her choice straight into his ear.
Fuck.
He was instantly hard, and without another word, he grabbed her hand and made a terse call to his driver.
Juliette's heart was beating hard as Toby came back to pick them up. Once inside the limo, Gaël didn't waste time getting the privacy window behind his driver slide up, and before she could ask him what he had in mind—-
Oh my God.
He already had her legs wide open, Gaël was on his knees between them, and Juliette's senses swirled.
"Remember what you're supposed to call me," her guardian purred.