Mason's POV
Alexis didn't come up for breakfast like she usually does every weekend so instead I pack up a plate for her and take it downstairs. I just hope I didn't make things super weird because of the conversation last night.
Her apartment door is open. Well ajar, it's closed but also unlocked. I take note to talk to her about closing her door all the time. It's a safe neighbourhood and there's also security in the building but you can never be too safe.
Her bedroom door is open, but I knock anyway. "Come in," she says, and when I open the door all the way, I'm not ready to take this test. No fucking way can I pass it.
"Did you need a towel to go with the dishtowel you're using?" I ask, because humor production is the only way I can deal with the fact that she has the world's tiniest towel clinched around her tits.
"Oh," she says, glancing down as she tugs upward on the material. "Hilda forgot to put the towels in the bathroom. The only towel left was this one. I think it might be a hand towel." She explains.
Hilda is the house keeper, she comes three times a week to clean the apartment.
That also explains why the door was open, Hilda is somewhere around cleaning.
"Safe bet," I say, as she tries to adjust the small material covering her prized possessions and hitting her upper thigh on the other end. As she does, she kills all my good work of the last few days trying not to think about her naked because she winds up revealing even more of that perfect, creamy flesh. The swell of her breasts is unveiled. My mouth waters. I drool.
"I brought you breakfast, you didn't come up." I say as I turn away because I needed to stop looking at her before it got weird.
"Thanks, woke up late and I'm going shopping with Beth, Angie and Fiona." She explains as she goes into her closet.
"The breakfast will be in the kitchen, so Uhnmm I'll see you later." I say before I leave. I need some time away from her because I'm acting crazy and having sexual thoughts I shouldn't be having about my friend.
~~~~~~
It's a Saturday but I go into the office barely work on a few things, then I end up spending the whole day with Nick and Luke which takes my mind off Alexis only for a few hours and now I'm back at my apartment and I'm back to thinking about her. I debated on whether to stop by her place to check up on her but I decide against it and just go up to my place.
Opening the door to my apartment I find Alexis waiting for me, sitting on the couch talking on her cellphone.
"You're here?" I ask walking in and sitting beside her. We both had keys to each other's place so it wasn't a surprise she was here.
"Bye, Jess I'll call you later." She says ending the call.
"Yeah just got up here about 10 minutes ago, thought you were back." She explains.
"So how was your day?" She asks.
"Just watched a game at Nick's place, I'm so tired." I say groaning.
"You want a massage, I've been told I have magic fingers." Alexis says as she playfully wiggles her fingers in my face.
"Go on," I say shifting in a way she can easily massage my shoulders.
"Your shoulders are tight," she says, her breath soft, tickling my neck.
"Yeah." I whisper savoring her fingers on me.
But when her thumbs dig into my muscles, I don't think anymore. I shut off my mind and give in to the extraordinary feeling of her hands on me. I moan and murmur, "Feels so good."
I can sense her shifting behind me. Moving her face closer. Her lips are near my hair. "Good. Let me make you feel better."
She makes me feel worlds better, even though I didn't really feel bad. But I feel spectacular as she works my shoulders. It's better than good. It's good everywhere.
It's arousing.
It's a turn-on.
With my eyes closed and her hands massaging me, my mind floats away, picturing her sliding her hands down my chest, reaching for the bottom of my T-shirt, tugging it over my head.
My dick hardens more as I imagine her return route—those soft hands playing across my abs, traveling up my stomach to my pecs, exploring me.
I let out a breath. It sounds like a turned-on groan. Because I don't stop the fantasy there. As she touches me, I imagine her hands gliding into my hair, her lips brushing across my neck, her scent everywhere.
And then I imagine myself doing the next logical thing.
The only thing. Flipping around, sliding her under me, pinning her wrists above her head.
And fucking her.
Even though I'm only her friend, even though I'm keeping it on the level, all signs in my head and body point to a different agenda.
Alexis Crawford turns me on, and that's a big fucking problem.
Thank God, her cellphone rings pulling me away from my thoughts before I did what I was imagining doing.
She pulls her hand away from my shoulder, and suddenly everything feels empty.
"It's Fiona calling to update me on her date, I'll go downstairs to my apartment." She says getting and answering the call.
Okay this is too much, maybe I should start dating. I honestly don't want to ruin our friendship because Alexis means so much to me to ruin us by giving into my sexual thoughts.
Alex's POVI haven't seen Mason this whole week only briefly for breakfast at his place but today he invited me to a company party, his Father is retiring and he is taking over the CEO title. Actually his mom also called and invited me, she had asked me to lunch but I was busy with work so I couldn't go but I'll be seeing her and his dad today at the party.I got off work early and went home to dress up, I wore a long cocktail red dress with spaghetti straps, did my makeup and hair and paired everything up with my favorite high heels.When I reached the venue, I texted Mason telling him I was outside and he came to walk in with me."You look gorgeous," he says staring at me taking me all in while I blushed under his gaze."Thank you, you look okay." I say smiling playfully.We walk in and we go to his parents first."Alexis! My darling." His mom Angie says bringing me in a tight hug."You look so beautiful honey." She adds smiling."Thank you auntie, you look fabulous too." I say to h
Alex's POV I wake up with Mason laying right beside me, it's a usual thing for us we always fall asleep on my bed watching tv. It looks like he has been up for a while because he just stares at me with his smothering gaze.Somehow in my sleep I must have cuddled next to him, my hand on his stomach.We stare at each other. My heart is pumping so hard that I can feel my pulse throughout my body. I dust the backs of my fingers through the hair on his lower stomach, and his eyes flicker shut as if he likes it.I open my mouth to say something."Don't," he cuts me off.Whatever's happening right now, he doesn't want to talk about it.He trails his finger down my clavicle, between my breasts, and then lower to my stomach. My entire body begins to thrum.He turns me away from him in a quick movement, and our gaze goes back to our reflection in the mirror. Him, in his white shirt unbuttoned and black dinner suit pants, and me in my white lacy nightgown. His hand goes to my stomach, and he pu
Alex's POV It's Wednesday Mason hasn't come over since Saturday, I wake up to breakfast everyday though. He comes over when I'm sleeping and drops a plate for me and leaves quietly.But also we have been texting so some things are still thesame. He texted me earlier to say he's coming over for movie night.I lie on the couch and hold the remote up to turn off the television. I glance at my phone. It's 12:40 am. I've been waiting up for Mason.He said he was working late but this is really late. I hope everything's okay.Nick's words from Saturday night keep coming back to me, Mason is dating again.Is he having sex with someone right now?Uneasiness fills me, and I frown at the notion. I climb from the couch and drag myself into the bathroom. I stare at my reflection as I clean my teeth.I'm rattled about what happened between us, trying to decipher if this is all in my head. I'm unusually clingy. I feel close to him, and yet, miles away. I hate that he's not here. I can't fall asle
Mason's POVMy mom calls me inviting Alexis and I to our house in Connecticut this weekend. At first I say no but she tells me she had already called Alexis and she had agreed to go, so I agree to go not wanting to be away from Alexis even if it's just for one weekend.During the drive over to my parents house in Connecticut, both Alexis and I sleep in the back seat till we get there and the driver wakes us up.She has had a busy week at the lab and my week has been pretty exhausting too. Handling the company when my father still tries to micro manage everything I do even though he is retired is nothing but exhausting.Both our parents greet us by the door, Alexis's parents were also there. They had come all the way from California just to surprise her.Alexis looks surprised and happy as she hugged her parents excitedly and chatted for a bit before I take her upstairs to where our rooms are, her room is right next to mine.After we settled in, we both take a shower and go downstairs
Alex's POV The rest of the weekend I avoid being alone with Mason, something is clearly going on between us but he doesn't want me so I give him what he wants and stay completely away from him.We're going back to New York and our parents are going back home to L.A. After we bid our parents goodbye, Mason and I leave together. In the car I read a book while he listens to something through his AirPods to avoid talking to me.When we reach home, he hugs me goodnight before going up to his penthouse. We were both acting different not our usual self but I wasn't going to bring up the topic, we'll just continue being friends. Just friends and nothing more.During the week I see Mason briefly everyday but he doesn't sleep over, we mostly just have dinner together.And finally it's Wednesday my date with Luke, I should be excited but I'm not. All I can think about is Mason."You should wear the blue dress and pair it with the black heels." Fiona says, she's helping me pick something to we
Alex's POV My week has been busy, I'm spending crazy hours at the lab. So I haven't seen much of Mason.I get a call from the front desk at work telling me I have a visitor, it's Mason so I ask someone to send him up to my lab."What are you doing here?" I ask giving him a hug immediately I see him, at this point me hugging him is a reflex thing."Wow!" He exclaims clutching his chest. "So you're not happy to see your best friend?" He adds shaking his head.I laugh at that as I walk him into my lab."Ofcourse I'm happy to see you, but you're always busy by this time of the day so I have to wonder." I say raising my eyebrows questionably at him."Took off work, my dad has been driving me crazy. He is retired but he keeps on calling and trying to micro manage me, today he called in a conference with the marketing team just to give his own ideas. I needed to get out of there." Mason explains frustratedly."He just needs time to get used to retirement." I say feeling a little bad for him
Alex POV I don't see or hear from Mason during the whole weekend and I also didn't look for him.But that didn't stop me from thinking about him or thinking about the way he made me feel.I'm still in shock of what we did. Like did he actually touch me??It was finally Monday, after work I found dinner in my apartment. Mason has made dinner and dropped me a plate before I was back from work.After eating I contemplated on whether to go upstairs and see him before finally deciding I should do it. We're friends and we shouldn't let one sexual encounter ruin that for us, if he doesn't want me I'm willing to accept it because the thought of not talking to him or seeing him everyday drives me insane.I go up to his penthouse but this time I don't use my key, I wait for him to let me in."Hey." I say immediately he opens the door and let's me in.He smiles softly as he watches me pace around nervously. "You okay?"I nod. "Yes. Probably a bit nervous." I admit with a shrug."Alexis, it's me
Mason's POVAfter our conversation with Alexis everything felt better, we were finally on the same page and I couldn't be more happier.But we still haven't slept with each other, today is going to be the day. We had made plans to hang out at my place, which I would like to think is code for sex. But Nick and Luke were holding me hostage in a bar I was forced to stop for drinks. "Why aren't you drinking again?" Nick asks."I told you, I have things to do so I can't drink today." I explain again for the tenth time."What things?" Nick asks."Just things." I say. "Work.""What's going on with Alexis?" Luke asks turning to me."What do you mean what's going on?" I ask."Just asking." Luke says."Seriously, man. I can't stop thinking about her. Is she okay doing on the whole dating scene?" Luke asks with a smile."I don't think so." I say standing up because I didn't want to have that conversation with Luke."I really have to go." I say checking my wrist watch.~~~~~~~~"Hey," Alexis sa