P.O.V Paige´s
As I say those words to him, I see the guilt in his eyes, which I honestly don't care about right now. The truth is I don't feel ml for having had a night of sex with a stranger, on the contrary, I feel great, liberated, de-stressed and now that I told Mason that I knew he was lying to me all the better.
I wait for him to say something, but he doesn't, he just keeps silent and watches me, that bothers me. I don't know what he expects just by looking at me, for me to say.
"It's okay that you reneged on the deal, is ok no problem."
I remain silent until he speaks first. I have nothing more to say. I made it clear to him that the friendship we could have had is no longer possible because of his lies.
"I truly am sorry. I didn't plan for it to happen like this," he begins to say.
"How long have you been with her?" I ask, seriousness in my tone.
I notice his expression change to one of guilt as he doesn't know how to answer. I shake my head and don't let him respond.
"You know what, I'd rather read. I don't want to continue talking to you," I say, taking my book to stop paying attention to him.
"I really didn't plan things like this. I didn't want this to happen. I don't want to lose your friendship; you're important to me," he says, trying to reach for my hand.
"You didn't think about that when you started lying to me, especially when we had an agreement not to do so. I think everything else in that contract is pointless now. We don't have to fulfill it if you've already broken the most important rule, at least for me," I mutter, taking my book to focus on it.
"Let me make it up to you. I can..." he begins to say.
"Make it up to me? Trust isn't regained with gestures; on the contrary, it's through actions, and you have a lot to prove," I reply.
Seeing that I'm closed off to the conversation and that any attempt to resolve it will be futile, he doesn't insist. He takes the tray and leaves the room. I try to read, but I can't. It may sound or, rather, read horrible on my part to think this way, considering I had a fantastic night of sex with a stranger. However, I don't think it's the same. There are no feelings involved with that person; it was just a release to relieve stress. I don't think I'm in the wrong.
P.O.V Mason:
My arrival home I thought it would be different. When I went to get Paige and Simba to go home, I imagined a quiet dinner, I didn't mind her seeing my computer, there's nothing wrong with that. Besides, I was the one who made the mistake of not confessing the truth to him from the start. I feel like a horrible husband, my parents didn't raise me this way and I really feel for Paige, I don't want our marriage to not work, she doesn't deserve this. I am betraying her, in a way, by having a parallel relationship with Peyton, as it is only with her, and she is the one I am in love with.
If my mother finds out what I'm doing, I'm sure she would stop being her son. She raised a man who always values and treats women well, which I am clearly not doing.
It's hard to be in my situation, I mean I fell in love without looking for it or expecting it, Peyton is the woman I want by my side for the rest of my life. Paige is a fantastic woman.
I have no doubt that she will find a man who will be very lucky to be with her for the rest of his life.