Chapter Thirty nine.
Elena's Pov.
I laughed aloud, after giving Lorenzo a hard time, I was definitely satisfied, he had been so irked to see me with Harry, but that did not stop me from doing what was on my mind,
"Here is your phone, you left it at the house" He tossed the device at me and I caught it.
"Hmm" was the curt reply he got from me.
I had not paid him any attention after that, and that was a very hard task, owing to his intoxicating scent that was assaulting my nostrils and maybe his extra ordinary handsomeness, but my willpower was as strong as ever and my naturally stubborn nature did not bow to any one or any thing, so I succeeded in ignoring him all the way to the house, I kept busy with my phone, he looked like he wanted to say something, but the frown on my face probably shut him up, I did not know him to be someone that would be easily intimidated, but here he was, unable to say what was on his mind, because of the frown on my face, I scoffed, he swallowed, maybe he was feeling guilty about the picture, I decided to taunt him more, and what better way to do it other than putting the picture in question as my lock screen and home screen wallpaper, he happened not to notice it and I did not want to give him the peace of mind that he wanted, so I pretended as if the phone slipped from my hand, he turned and looked at it on impulse and immediately saw the wall paper, letting out a breath, he focused on the road once again, definitely not noticing my triumphant smirk.
As if on cue, Harry phoned and I let out a little giggle, just for his benefit and it worked well, with the way he clenched his jaw, I picked up the call and said in a sickly sweet voice, "Hello"
"Oh hi, I just wanted to check on you to know if you are home yet." He asked, I could picture him rubbing the back of his neck while saying this.
"Well, no, I am not yet at home, but it is so sweet of you to check up on me, thanks" that earned a little glare from Lorenzo, but was I paying him any attention? answer,no.
" Yeaaah thanks, I was just bored and wanted to talk, but since you are not at home, I guess I will hang up now. " He said reluctantly.
" Oh no, I do not have to be at home before we can chat, I am not the one driving anyways, so I am free, to be honest, I am bored too so talking to you would be a huge relief." I responded with that same sweet voice.
"That is cool, I feel relieved too" He confessed and we talked about many things, with me laughing hysterically at his jokes and this time, I was not faking it, Harry had a great sense of humor, we had many things on common and he was a jolly good fellow, so it was easy talking to him and laughing at what he said, though this earned me the famous glare from Lorenzo, I could tell that he regretted even giving me back my phone, but that was his mistake not mine.
"Okay,we are near my house, I will call you back when I am inside and have had my proper rest." I told him as I caught sight of the apartment complex.
"Okay, I will be waiting for your call, do not forget to call me, I will hang up now." He said.
" Yes sire"I laughed and he hanged up the call, I let out a happy sigh, forgetting all about my earlier problems with Lorenzo.
" You seem to be happy." He stated.
"Of course I am happy, it has been so long since I had a guy friend to talk to, I now have one and he is such a loveable person." I sighed again.
"Loveable huh?" He asked.
" Think what you will, but he is loveable as heck." I emphasized, just to get on his nerves.
"Yeah whatever, he must be so loveable." He scoffed.
I was loving this game, I was getting back at him in the best way possible, he had Camille Richfield, I had Harry, the only difference was that mine and Harry's was a platonic friendship, while theirs was a friendship that came with benefits.
We both remaining silent as the car pulled over in the garage and I immediately jumped out of the car as if staying there one more minute will kill me. I hurried into the house and went straight to my room, he went straight to his, changing up, I went for a little cold shower, it helped calm my nerves, I was no longer angry at the picture, guess I got something good at the end.
Coming out of the shower, I changed into a new pair of oversized sweater and extra large trousers, we bumped into each other in the living room,and I looked up at him, he also seemed to have changed into a tight fitting vest and large joggers which left his not so little leg swinging left, right and center. I slapped myself to rid my mind if the dirty thoughts, but my eyes immediately went to his chest and well toned stomach which was clearly outlined due to the tightness of the vest, oh gosh, he was divine my intestines intertwined and my stomach started doing the tap dance or was it ballet.
He smirked, knowing fully we that I was doing what I do best, checking him out, but this time, I was not going to feed his ego, so I immediately sighed, still staring at blankly him and muttered, "Ah, Harry".His facial expression changed immediately I said this, he switched from over confident to shocked and confused in a nano second. It was my turn to smirk. I did a hair flip in my mind, seriously proud of myself, he caught himself in time and changed his expression to the signature blank look that I was familiar with, I searched for my phone to at least give Harry a brief call as promised but I did not see it anywhere.
"Have you by chance seen my phone?" I asked him after a long round of searching all over my room for it.
"Why would you ask me, why would I want your phone, I am not the one you want to call so I do not have any business with your phone." He responded hotly, leaning at the door frame, he had followed me from the living room to my room, which was currently turned upside down.
I was sure that by his response, he knew the whereabouts of my phone.
"Give. me. my. phone." I said unsmiling, it was not humanly possible to smile right now after having turned my room into a jungle, the worst part, I had to make it look nice again.
"And if I do not?" He asked, probably not in the mood to play dumb.
"You will not like what I will do to you" I said, I had completely forgotten about my qualms about Camille Richfield and the earlier disappointment of the date at the botanic garden, I only cared to find my phone and then clean up the room to make it look decent again.
"And what exactly would you do?" He looked down at me as I had gotten closer to him threateningly, I was sure it did not look threatening to him, but at least I tried.
Since he was so confident, I attacked his ribs in a bid to tickle him, but no, I was just making a fool of myself as the man stood there like a pole not shaking or moving or showing any emotion on his face.
"You thought that I would be ticklish? keep dreaming, you should have known better though. " He smirked, again.
" Look, I am not in the mood to play games with you, bring my phone to me now, I have an important call to make." The call was not really that important but who cares, after going through that search session, I was no longer interested in calling anybody.
" All the more reason for me to withhold your phone, you will not make that call, not under my watch." He said bluntly.
" But whyyyyy" I yelped, this annoying man.
" Because you are going to call that man, he is not even that handsome, and you are going to laugh hysterically as if what he is saying means the whole world to you, so on that note, you will not make that call while I am here." Was his reply.
" hold on a minute, are you feeling insecure?" I poked his chest, really close to his nipple and then blushed lightly.
"What exactly could make me, Lorenzo Cole, insecure. Now you tell me." He turned the question to me but I ignored it.
"Then are you jealous?" I asked again and he slanted his neck to look at me.
"What is there to be jealous about Elena, you are hanging out and calling your not so handsome new friend, that is not enough to make me jealous." He did not make eye contact and I wondered if he truly was jealous.
"Then, give me the phone, I have to talk to him, he is taking me to a club later tonight" I whined, I was lying, of course, we were not going to the club today, or anytime soon, but I just wanted to see Lorenzo's reaction, and it was to die for.
He looked alarmed, " He is taking you to the club? tonight? why? how long have you even known him? has this happened before? no, I would have known about it." He placed his hands in my shoulders and shook me lightly.
" Hey private detective, there is no crime here so you can stop with the incessant questioning, of course I would not go tonight, while you know about it, and by the way, are you keeping tabs on me? how would you have known if I went to the club with someone?" it was my time to do the questioning.
" Of course I would want to know some places you go so that I could keep you safe. It does not really mean I am keeping tabs in you, that only happens mostly in spy movies." He said, removing his hands from my shoulders, " That does not mean that I will not know if you sneak out to go to the club." He added, using his index and middle finger to gesture to his eyes and then using them to also point at my eyes to signify that he would be watching my every move, I scoffed.
"Do whatever you want, I will probably still do it one day, if I resolve to do so" I stuck out my tongue at him.
I turned away from him to be faced with the mess that I made, falling on the ground I closed my eyes and hit my fist repeatedly on the floor in frustration. When I opened my eyes, he was still standing where he had been a minute ago but I on the other hand, lying on the floor, had a very clean view of his little brother and what can I say, it was huge, like deadly huge, I shook my head to rid my mind of the impure thoughts but then looking at him standing there looking all sculpted, I could not help but gulp, I refuse to fall into temptation. I immediately jumped up from my position on the floor, that he looked taken aback for a moment.
"I hate you, you know that." I was beyond frustrated.
"you could try tearing at your hair, it might help calm you down. There will be no Harry for you today, so you can as well forget about your new friend." He said with veiled sarcasm.
" Ughhh, okay, I promise not to call Harry, can you please give me my phone now?"
" Nope" He answered popping the 'p'. I wanted to pinch those lips, but decided against it, I would not want to destroy it, I might have to kiss it one day, the thought made my neck and cheeks erupt in flames.
"Well, since you are just standing there, unwilling to give me my property, you can as well, I would very much like to give this room a good clean up, without you distracting me." I told him, he waited for a second then turned to leave. I saw something swinging in his back pocket, could that be.... oh yes, my phone. Thinking if what to do, I decided that I would use the only weapon I had for the moment, charm.
I immediately went and hugged him from the back, caressing his rock hard abs, he was surprised, I did not need to see his face to know that, we stayed like that for about forty seconds and then he said,
"Where his your Harry now."
"At the back of my mind" I replied and he let out a low chuckle, happy with my answer.
"Your abs are so hard, I feel like they were sculpted by some gid or something, in fact, your whole body was made by a god, I cannot be convinced otherwise." I flattered.
"Really, then I guess you should feel it from the front." With that he held my hands and swung me around, making me face him from the front. He was not done, with a sudden swoop, he scooped me from the ground and held me in his arms, then he plastered his lips yo mine and my breath was suddenly knocked out of my body.
I was floating, no, I was flying, was I? I did not know, the feeling was just extraordinary, I felt like I was underwater but did not need air, I was drowning, in what? kisses. He nibbled at my lower lip,bit lightly, then swiped his tongue on the spot he bit, his lips were soft, yet firm, and he worked around my mouth, squeezing my butt lightly, I was surprised so I gasped, giving him access to the inside if my mouth, he explored, though not too long, because I and my very weak body needed to breathe.
He released me, placing me back on my feet, I held onto him for support, my head was swimming. What was that feeling, I guess he was the only one that could evoke such feelings from me, for a second I thought I was in heaven and had seen an angel, but then I realized,
THAT WAS MY FIRST KISS WITH LORENZO SHANE COLE.
I was now hugging him, with my arms secured at his back. The swimming in my head had worn off, but my lips were still sensitive. Then slowly, very stealthily my hand snaked into his pocket and I grasped the object, removing it with caution.
I disentangled from him and waved the phone in his face, he suppressed a smile.
"I got it, I got it" I gamboled.
"Are you sure that device belongs to you?" He asked.
"of course, what do you mean" I looked carefully at the phone, of course it was not mine, he now smirked at me and I looked crestfallen.
"Give it back." He instructed.
"You suck" I stamped my feet, but still gave him back his device.
"Yeah and you swallow." He replied and walked away with swag.
I also turned away, to face the jungle,my bedroom.
Author's Note;
Hey guys😁😁 another Elena's Pov has been delivered, hope you enjoy this one, plus the kiss scene was not supposed to come now, but I guess I cannot control my hormones 🤭🤭, so here you go, I will write a more romantic one. Goodbye for now❣️❣️.
Also, what do you think about Harry, should I develop more on his character, Amelie is sidelined, for now, and she will be coming back real soon, with Katie and Valerie in tow.