Under His Protection - Love Under Lockdown

“Weird. Had a couple of last minute cancellations,” he said. “Adams canceled. Can you believe it? That guy hounded me for a meeting for weeks and he just abruptly canceled.”

“That is weird. Did he reschedule?”

“Not yet. Also weird, right?”

“Well, who knows with clients?” I said, looking out towards the big office and noting Dixie. “Sometimes they look bad and sometimes they look… amazing. You coming back?”

“Yeah. I’m gonna grab some bagels on the way. You want anything?”

“A bagel sounds good. Get a party tray for the office with an assortment of cream cheeses,” I said. “Everyone’s been working hard.”

“You got it. See you in an hour.”

“Gives me time to hit the gym,” I said. “Work off that future carb blast.”

I hung up, but I was still staring at Dixie. She had dropped something behind a printer and was bending over to get it. She couldn’t quite reach, and her perfect apple-bottom ass was there in all its glory. God, I just wanted to run up to her and give it a little nibble!

But intracompany romances were complicated. It could get really bad, really fast if I wasn’t careful. There were plenty of young bucks on the floor, most closer to her age, too, that could make their move. I needed to think of something before someone else did.

Heading down to the gym to work off some excess energy, I got in a quick workout. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get her out of my mind. Even as I was doing push ups, I was wondering what she smelled like up close, or what she tasted like.

When I got a boner in the middle of the gym, I knew I had to stop. Fortunately, no one was paying attention to me. I went into one of the private showers. It was better to rub one out; no sense walking around with a loaded pistol.

I imagined Dixie there in the shower with me. She had snuck in to surprise me. I would take her into my arms, our warm bodies under the shower head. I imagined myself taking her from behind as she held herself against the wall of the shower, reaching in front to stimulate her clit with my fingers. As I imagined cumming inside her, I came in the shower, grunting in appreciation. It was a little loud, so I followed it up with a cough, hoping the sounds would throw off any potential listeners.

As I got dried in the locker room, I was surprised to see Sam rushing up to me.

“Hey,” I said. “What happened to the bagels?”

“Had to abort that. While I was in the bagel store, the governor announced that he’s closing the state!” Sam said.

“What? Is this about that virus out of China?”

“Yeah! It’s bad, Jules! They say the death rate is at three percent! That’s ninety million people in the United States!”

“Calm down, buddy. It can’t be that bad. Those numbers sound high.”

“That’s exactly why we have to close down. Send everyone home, right now! It’s really gonna hurt our financials.”

“Now, hold on,” I said, trying to settle him down. “We can do a lot of stuff online. We’re mostly an online business, anyway. Let’s try to give some final instructions on that before we send everyone home.”

“They say elderly people can die from this really easy, Jules!” said Sam, extremely worried. “My parents, man! They’re still talking about going on vacation!”

“Sam, you have to calm down. If they’re closing the whole state, then a plane ride is probably going to be out of the question,” I said. “They’re not going to let them fly. Not with this.”

“I knew this was going to happen. I knew it!” said Sam. “One of the interns came in with a face mask last week and I made a joke about it. What was I thinking?!”

Sam was really upset. I had never seen him so rattled.

“Don’t beat yourself up, okay?” I said, putting a hand on his shoulder. “We’re gonna get through this. Everything’s going to be fine. You’ll see.”

“It’s so bizarre,” said Sam, sounding lost. “How do they just… Shut down the world? What are people going to do?”

“There’s unemployment, and I don’t think the intention is to shut down things forever. Maybe just a few weeks? A month?”

“Jesus.” He gasped. “The revenue for this quarter will be total shit!”

“We’ll maintain. We have plenty of clients.”

“You don’t get it, Jules,” Sam said. “Our clients are being shut down. That’s why Adams canceled our meeting; he must’ve heard. He can’t renew advertising if he’s closed down!”

“Sure, he’s not going to buy ads during a lockdown or whatever this is… But again, it’s not forever.”

“The economy was humming along… You shut it down… The supply lines will crumble. Restaurants can’t survive in this! Who is going to eat there?! People can’t go to movies or concerts! I mean, you’re talking millions of workers out of work!”