The Two of Us (Love in Isolation 1)

Smirking, I laugh as she walks around me, and Bruno follows her. Damn dog has already abandoned me for her. Not that I can blame him. She’s feisty and somehow even more pretty when she’s annoyed. It’s probably why I’ve always enjoyed pressing her buttons so much. Not to mention, it’s so easy to get a rise out of her.

Once I get the ladder back in the garage, I head to the kitchen to clean the mess from breakfast and realize she already did it. I see she even figured out the dishwasher.

Well, that’s progress.

I head to my room and take a shower, needing to check in with the office. My supervisor has been blowing up my phone all morning, but I’ve been ignoring him. Not that I ever thought it was possible, but he’s somehow been more annoying than usual. I’ve told him as such, too, which of course he didn’t appreciate, but he seriously needs to chill. People aren’t spending money unless it’s essential, so sales are down company-wide.

By the afternoon, I’m exhausted from staring at my laptop screen, and my stomach is grumbling from hunger, so I get up to go find something to eat. When I get downstairs, I see Bruno has betrayed me and is on the couch with Cami. I’m surprised she’s down here, considering how she was feeling this morning. I figured she’d be sleeping or attempting schoolwork.

She continues messing with her phone, so she either doesn’t hear me or she’s ignoring me. Tiptoeing closer, I look over the sofa and notice she’s on TikTok.

Leaning down until I’m in the camera frame, I smirk. “Whatcha doing?”

“Jesus, Eli!” She jumps and quickly spins around. “Stop doing that!”

“Are you making a video?” I ask with amusement. “Can I see it?”

“No, you can’t. Go away.”

“Oh, come on. I wanna see.”

“No!”

Reaching over, I try to grab it from her hand, but she moves away.

“Stop!” She laughs when I climb over the couch and land on top of her. She holds it up above her head, trying to keep it out of my reach.

“What’re you hiding? Why can’t I watch it?”

“Because it’s just a dumb skit, and you’ll laugh at me.”

“Now I definitely wanna see it.” I grin. She shuffles underneath me, and I hold myself up with one hand so I don’t crush her.

“Never gonna happen!”

I bring my fingers under her arm and tickle her side. “Oh my God!” She wiggles long enough for me to grab the phone from her grip, and she screams. “No!”

Laughing, I pull back until I get a better view of her screen. With one arm, I hold her back as she struggles to fight against me.

Cami sucker punches me in the gut, causing me to lean forward. She tries swiping it, but I’m faster and move it out of reach.

“Nice try,” I say. “You can’t hurt steel.”

She rolls her eyes at the reference to my abs. “So I should aim lower?”

“God, no. Don’t do that.” Especially since she’s underneath me and my mind is going fucking wild with ideas.

“Give it back and no one gets hurt.”

“Just let me see it. How bad can it be?”

She pushes herself up, trying once again to take it, but I pull back just far enough so she can’t. With my other hand, I grab her wrist and hold it above her head. Towering over her, I bring my face close to hers.

“The more you fight it, the more I want it.” My cock throbs in agreement.

There’s a fire behind her eyes as we stare at each other. She brings a hand around my neck and pulls me closer until our mouths connect. My body stiffens for a moment, but when she slides her tongue between my lips, I instantly relax. Cami’s legs wrap around my waist, and she arches her back, grinding her body against mine.

I drop the phone, sliding one hand to her face and squeezing her hip with the other.

“Fuck,” I growl when she pushes into me harder.

Her hand roams down my body, and I kiss down her jawline until my lips find her ear. “If you think this gets you out of showing me that video, you’re sadly mistaken.”

Trying to be sneaky, she stretches her arm and searches around the floor for it. Grabbing her elbow, I suck on her neck and stop her. “Nice try, princess.”

Pinning her to the couch, I squeeze my hand around her wrists. She attempts to shuffle out of my grip, but I’m too strong.

“You can’t distract me with your mouth.”

“Is that so?” She licks her lips and lowers her eyes to my noticeable erection. It doesn’t help that I’m wearing gym shorts.

I study her and notice the way her body reacts to me. With flushed cheeks, she gasps for air as her chest rapidly rises and falls. She might’ve used kissing me to get her phone, but she wants this as much as I do. Cami’s just as affected as I am but doesn’t want to admit it.