Chapter Nineteen

The day had turned into night and slowly I had come to the realisation that I hadn't looked at my phone for a least 3 hours due to the hyper-focus on the tasks that I had created for myself.

As it dawned on me that I had been working for quite a long time my stomach decided to start making itself known that I hadn't eaten anything for quite a few hours, food was definitely something that I had to think about it.

I went to stand up and head for the door to get some freeze air and food when I was greeted at the entrance by a handsome man holding a bag that looked to be takeaway and had a small smile painted on his face as he hand his hand on the handle of the door.

"Mason? how did you get up here?" I asked as I smiled and opened the door for him to enter through, "well seen as I am Charlotte's client I know where she works and how to get in, we are friends as well so you know" h stated as we did an awkward kind of side hug and we walked over to my desk and set up the takeaway.

"How did you know I was here?" I asked as I had never told anyone where I was going after the match or even during the match so wasn't sure how the hell he knew I would be here of all places.

"When my match ended you were nowhere to be found and Jasmine said that you weren't feeling well so I offered to drive Thor home and we both saw that you weren't home and Thor suggested that the only place you would be was work, as it would ease your mind if something was on it...which I wanna know what's on your mind and I thought you maybe hungry so here I am" he explained as I nodded, Thor knew me very well.

"Thor was right about me being at work, Jas was right about me not feeling the greatest, today is just not my day so I just let it be that way and hope tomorrow is different you know" I stated as he grabbed a chicken wing and started eating it nodding along to what I was saying.

"I am sure it isn't your day but I am sure you would have said to someone that it was to do with that, I just have a gut feeling it's something different," he said as he wiped his mouth and stared into my soul with his beautifully distracting eyes.

I took a deep breath, looking down at my chicken wing and sighing, "I don't want to keep going over the same topic here, it's me and you, it's the secrets we have to hold between us, I am just worried that we may get caught sneaking and then it'll come regardless" I expressed as Mason scooted closer to me and grabbed my chair pulling it closer to him looking into my eyes with a sympathetic look.

"I like you Staffie! I don't care what everyone else has to say about it, I just want to make sure you are 100% ready for this kind of life, I don't want to give you trauma that you don't need and I don't want you thinking you are any less then you are because people can do that" he said as I nodded "I know" I whispered.

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After the slight meltdown that got worse as we spoke about it, we decided to finish up the dinner and just start talking about the weirdest topics ever from aliens to why mason thinks he should be the next spiderman, which I could kind of see but seen as I know how bad he is at lying I don't think acting is in his cards.

"Do you want me to pick you up on Monday and I can drop you off at the shoot on my way to work?" he asked as I resumed back to my computer typing away my to-do list for Monday as that was unfortunately shoot day. Got to love an early weekday all-day shoot.

"As nice as that sounds, we really do need to keep a low profile on us two, we can't have people putting two and two together not when neither of us are ready for what the public has to say," I said as he nodded understanding where I was coming from, I mean come on, we wanted to stay lowkey and out of the way so people didn't cotton on and here he was asking to drop me off at the crack of dawn, would a friend do that? nope so what would people think and ask me?

I noticed mason's face slowly become gloomy and sad, I rolled my eyes and shook my head "doesn't mean you can't come to mine after, you just have to one be quiet as you can because of Thor and two drive there yourself as I am not getting in your car" his smile reappeared and he kissed me on the cheek.

"Now can we get outta here, I don't want you working through your Sunday off, it's the only Sunday I have off," he said as he pulled out my chair pushing it away from my desk and locking my computer "also I am bored and could use some entertaining from my girlfriend" he added as I got up from the chair to turn around and grab my stuff only to have mason grab hold of it.

"Chop chop, I am growing impatient" he playfully said as I turned around to walk to the door earning a slap on the ass on the way out, I snapped my head back towards him and he gave me a cheeky little wink. You could tell he was so proud of himself.

"You know you look good when you are angry you should wear it more often" he added as we reach outside, I turned to face him taking the coat out of his hands and putting it on, "keep doing what your doing and It will stay like this until tomorrow then we will see who gets a good night sleep," I said as his eyes widened.

"Are you inviting me to a sleepover Mrs Howard?" He smiled cheekily as I ran over to the passenger door and he hopped into the driver side, "is that what you want to hear Mr Mount?" I said as we buckled up "don't mind if I do" he said as I rolled my eyes and signalled with my finger for him to lean over closer to me planting a kiss on his lips then placing to hands on his shoulders and pushing him back over his side "let's get home".