I flung my other elbow back, but Cam caught that too. And then he squeezed me even harder.
‘By the way, you fight like someone who googled “How To Fight” five minutes ago,’ he said mockingly.
‘Really? And you fight like a man who’s forgotten how painful it is to be kicked in the shin.’ I swung my leg back, but Cam had already let me go and jumped out the way. I took the opportunity tofling myself onto the bed and scramble away. But as I reached the other side, I felt a hand around my ankle, and then a strong yank.
‘There’s nowhere to go, Lizzy. Accept it. I’ve caught you.’
‘Not a chance in hell,’ I said, and twisted my body all the way around. My ankle came free of Cam’s grip momentarily, and I fell backwards. I didn’t know if I was in a worse position now, though, because I found myself lying flat on my back. In one swift and sudden move, Cam dived on top of me, pinning me to the bed. Yup, definitely a worse position.
‘Right where I want you,’ he said, bringing his face close to mine. ‘Just admit it, I’ve won this round.’
‘Don’t be so sure about that,’ I spat back.
‘Just say it,’ he said, that smug smile curling across his lips.
‘Say what?’
‘Say you still want me. That you still love me.’
‘Bite me.’
‘If you really want me to . . .’ He lowered his mouth to mine and pulled my bottom lip between his teeth. And yes, I moaned. I moaned because Ididwant him.
‘See, you want me.’ He pulled away and looked down at me smugly.
‘I don’t.’ I tried to make it sound convincing, but I knew it didn’t. Especially because the way he was looking at me was making me weak at the knees and I knew it was showing on my face.
‘You do. And you know why I know that?’
‘Why?’ I asked.
‘Because you could have kneed me in the dick ages ago, but you didn’t, which tells me you have other plans for it.’
And with that, I kneed him. Making sure to miss that area and instead aiming higher. He grunted and momentarily let me go. I twisted, then flipped us around and pinned Cam to the bed in my place.
He just smiled up at me. ‘How about we do this properly?’
‘What?’
‘Push the couch against the wall, fight for real.’
I laughed. ‘You want to fight me in my lounge?’
‘Don’t you?’ He raised a brow at me. ‘But there has to be a prize for the winner.’
‘What’s the prize?’
‘If I win, you give us a real shot.’
‘And ifIwin?’
He smirked. ‘You won’t.’
I jerked backwards. ‘What the fu— Challenge accepted.’
I climbed off him and was just about to move to the lounge when a leg shot through mine and I came crashing down. Only I didn’t, because Cam caught me.
‘Actually, on second thoughts, why do it in the lounge when we have a perfectly good bed right here?’ He flipped me now and my face connected with the bed. He climbed on top of me and I felt his lips by my ear again. ‘And by the way, I can’t believe you fell for that.’
