The Billionaire's Tail

chapter seven

MADISON

It was Saturday morning and I opened my eyes to find myself laying on a warm chest. It was Alan's warm chest. I can't believe I slept in his bed, and on him! That's so embarrassing. What of I drooled on him? I felt my face for dried saliva but found none. Thank goodness!

Even though this wasn't meant to happen I might as well take advantage of the situation. His heavy arm was curled around my waist and his chest heaved slowly up and down. He looked like an angel. His hair had fallen to his forehead, his eyelashes were long and his lips were closed and they looked so soft.

I climbed up his body and leaned my face down right above his, careful not to breathe with my mouth and wake him with my morning breath.

He was so peaceful. I nuzzled my nose into his cheek and my lips touched like a whisper at the corner of his mouth. He smelt so good. Like he bathed in petals and strawberries.

I breathed him in, I brushed the tip of my nose against the tip of his own. And when my lips were atoms away from his I drew back. This was wrong. I was taking advantage of his unconsciousness. I couldn't imagine the guilt I would feel if I saw him after this and I'd known that I kissed him when he wasn't awake. I might be falling in love with him but he couldn't have been falling in love with me. I was just helping him pass time and cure his boredom. I removed his arm from my waist, got up from his chest and left his bedroom with a bittersweet feeling in my heart.

No matter how much I wanted him, I couldn't be the one.

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ALAN

I had woken up to see Madison sleeping on my chest. Her warm form was snuggled against mine and my arm was wrapped around her waist.
I wanted to stay like that for a little longer so I closed my eyes and cherished her warmth for as long as it would last.

I felt her stirr in my arm and rise . I bet she had shock on her face but I pretended to sleep to see what she'd do. She stayed risen for a little while before she fell back onto my chest which surprised me. What surprised me even more was that she started edging her body higher up my torso.
I felt her breath fan on my face. She nuzzled her nose into my cheek. She smelt so good and the cold tip of her nose was smooth. Her lips touched almost near the corner of my own.

I hope she didn't notice my breath quicken and feel my heart pounding against her chest.

She brushed her nose on mine. Her lips radiated heat and I felt them come closer and closer to mine. I can't explain how badly I wanted her to kiss me at that moment. I wanted to lift my head and meet her lips like I'd been kept away from them my whole life. Which I felt I had been.

Her lips barely brushed mine and she pulled away. She removed my arm from around her waist and she left. Just like that.

Did she think it was a bad idea? Was it my breath? As soon as she closed the door behind her my eyes snapped open in anger and I got out of bed.

We were so close to kissing and she backs out last minute?

If she even considered kissing me, nuzzled my face and lay on my chest, that had to mean something didn't it? That she had any kind of interest in me...

Maybe she just didn't want our first kiss to be with me asleep I thought as I made my way into my bathroom. I squirted a glob of toothpaste into my toothbrush and furiously stared at my reflection as I brushed my teeh. I filled my cup with water, sipped it through a straw then spat white foam into the sink.

I mean I didn't look too bad did I. My hair was messy but it wasn't too messy was it?

I filled my bath with water, dropped in some bath bombs and switched on the jets then climbed in and waited for my legs to turn into a tail.

So I stayed like that for an hour till I thought of a risky plan. That might damage both the work and personal lives that we have together. She might even demand to leave the island for good.
She will always be worth any risk even if it was her on the line.

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I looked at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a grey t-shirt and black sweatpants. Comfort equals confidence.
I tried to brush my hair but it looks better when it was just brushed with my fingers and slightly messy. I don't know how many times I brushed my teeth but it was enough times that my tongue was stained with the taste of mint.

My plan had to work or I'd be very sorry.

I walked down the hallway to Madison's bedroom. Now or never. I knocked.

"Come in." Her sweet voice sounded.

I twisted the door handle and made my way inside.

"I have something to tell you." I said walking closer to her bed. My face was stone cold. She was wearing neon green cotton shorts and a white graphic t-shirt.
Her long creamy legs were exposed once again.
"I have something to tell you too." She said. "About last night. I'm sorry I fell asleep in your bed. I wasnt thinking." I sat down beside her. I wasn't expecting her to say that but I knew what I wanted to do.

"Listen Madison, I forgive you but I don't want that happening again." I barked. "I know what you did."

She averted her eyes from mine.
"What did I do?" Her voice quivered.

I placed my hand on her jaw and lifted her face for her to look into my eyes. Her eyes were large with nervous anticipation.

"You did this," I leaned into her and nuzzled my face in her cheek. "And you did this." I rubbed the tip of my nose against her's and then brushed her lips against mine. "But you didn't do this."

I tilted my head and my lips met hers in a slow passionate kiss. She kissed me back.

When our lips finally seperated I looked into her shocked eyes. "And I never got to do this." I kissed her cheeks, her nose, her forehead and down her neck to the dip of her collar bone.

Then I kissed her lips again and wrapped my arms hard around her small body, hoping she wouldn't crumble in my fingers like she hadn't been there in the first place.

"Alan." She whispered on my lips. She leant her forehead on mine.

"I think I'm falling in love with you Madison. You're all I think about, dream about and hope for." I said tenderly. "I care about you in ways I haven't ever felt before. You're special to me."

"You're special to me too Alan. But you're my boss and things aren't supposed to be like that. What If we get together and we break up? What will that do to our work lives?" She spoke softly and she played with strands of my hair.

"What if we get together and we don't break up. If we put a line between us now and don't venture into what this could be It would truly be one of my greatest regrets even If it doesn't work out."

"We barely know each other. It's been two months for goodness sake." A tear fell from her eye as she stared down at her lap. I wiped it away.

"I know lots of things about you. You love m&ms, you have a gorgeous smile, you're independent, smart, you love swimming, you don't know how beautiful you really are and you love reading. I could name thousands more but we don't need to know everything about each other. We can learn more about each other everyday. Good or bad, I'll learn to love every part or side of you if you give me the chance."

"Learn to love. I like that. I want to try this with you but you have to promise you can't break my heart." Her eyes were bloodshot when she looked up at me.

"I'd never hurt you on purpose. I promise." I kissed her forehead.
She sniffled.

"Want to cuddle for the rest of the morning?" I proposed.

She nodded with a watery smile that I knew was genuine.

I helped her inside of her duvet and climbed in beside her. We lay facing each other with my arm around her waist and her arm around my neck for hours. Talking about the most random things that interested us. I kept giving her cheeky pecks on the face and she'd scrunch up her nose all cute.

She was perfect and she was mine I couldn't want anything more.