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Lauren is drawn to Caleb’s presence during brief encounters on the stairs and entryway, while Mason continues his routine and creative work at home. Tension builds through exchanged glances, subtle shifts in closeness, and private moments that blur boundaries between everyday living and escalating attraction.","THE M AN WHO SLEPT DIRECTLY OVER THEM  \nTaken Erotica JJ Vale  \nPMI  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2026 JJ Vale  \nAll rights reserved  \nThe characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written  \npermission of the publisher.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThe walls and floors were thin enough to hear footsteps. That was the  \nfirst thing Mason noticed when they moved in to their new apartment. The upstairs tenant, whoever he was, ran every morning, showered with music on, and and watched a lot of football. Mason didn ’t complain. Noise was part of the charm of century-old apartment buildings, he told Lauren. Real hardwood floors, old doors, windows with iron frames. Lauren smiled and unpacked the mugs.  \nThey kept a soft and quiet life. Mason worked from home, always in sweatpants and a hoodie, fingers constantly moving across his laptop keys, sometimes muttering dialogue to himself. Lauren worked part-time at a boutique two blocks over, liked walking back with a smoothie in hand, her phone in the other, still in her work flats and tan skirt, her hair bouncing. She never spoke until she ’d kissed his cheek and dropped her bag on the counter. They had a rhythm and it was a simple one they both settle into and liked well enough.  \nBut he came into it like bad weather. One morning Lauren passed him on the stairs, then again, the next morning, stepping aside to let is large frame pass. She didn ’t remember seeing him before. He was tall, wideshouldered, darker-skinned, and always seemed mid-laugh, even without smiling.  \nSomething about him fascinated her. She liked to think she was worldly and cosmopolitan, but she ’d never known someone like him, not up close. The first time she met his eyes, she looked away before hers fully widening. The second time, she returned his disarming smile. She told Mason there was a new guy upstairs. Mason asked if he was loud. Lauren  \nshrugged.“He’s just around.”“He watches football I bet.”  \n“Probably. Looks the type, for sure.”  \nShe told herself she wasn ’t thinking about him when she wore her loose white tank with the thin straps and the high-cut jean shorts. It was hot out,  \nafter all. Mason was upstairs typing. She passed the man in the entry again, said hi like she always did, having learned his typical time for coming home. He turned from the mailbox, lifted his brows, and held the door for her. She stepped through and felt her shoulder brush his chest. She looked up, said,“Thanks” with a voice that failed, and didn ’t say anything else. But she smiled too long before walking on.  \nThe next time, he spoke this time. His voice was lower than she expected, not booming but firm, and it made her pause at the base of the stairs before answering. Something about the way he looked down at her from above, the angle of it, the heat that seemed to rise off him, she answered slower than she would, her hand on the rail behind her. He asked if she lived downstairs, if her boyfriend was the guy always home on his laptop. She nodded and told him Mason was a writer. He laughed.“I figured. And you?”  \n“I work nearby,” she said, holding her cards close. She asked his name.“Caleb,” he said.  \nWhen she gave him hers,“Lauren,” he repeated it, not correcting or teasing it, just saying it like he was already knew he ’d be using it later. She smiled again and looked down as she stepped past him. He moved aside but far enough. She could feel him still facing her as she climbed the stairs away from him.  \nIn the apartment, Mason was reading what he ’d just written, head down, tapping his fingers at the screen like checking it for a pulse. 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