Chapter 7

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