Love's Deception

Kapittel 5

Kapittel 5

Allison huffed, then slowly slid her key card to open her condo's twin doors. The moment they slid open, the first thing she spotted was Brent, lounging his large body comfortably on their large couch while watching television. Allison felt her nerves calm down and her heart beating normally when the familiar warmth of her home engulfed her. She bent down to take her shoes off before strolling towards Brent to give him a kiss on the cheek. He slightly turned his face to see her and leaned, aching for another of her gentle kiss.

"Drew, honey, you look like a mess," he commented, noticing her disheveled look through his peripheral vision before grabbing a handful of potato chips and munching them, his eyes completely focused back on the television. He never got his eyes off the television since he was a kid, which to his companions' abhor, especially that he easily gets distracted by each show that flashes on the screen. He swept his rich brown hair sideways with his enormous hands before fully turning his head to look at her.

She replied with a full sarcastic smile, "I take that as a compliment," before sitting beside him on the couch. Jojo, their pet husky, emerged from the kitchen and slowly trotted towards them. When the dog finally reached them, she placed her soft hands on Jojo's pitch-black and ethereal white fur. The sweet dog wagged his tail, very pleased because of how her hands felt, very unlike the past days, his mother's hands were very gelid as ice and wet with her tears. Now, they're soft and intensely warm. He wasn't used to feeling Allison's hands the way back then, that's why he savored the warmth of her hand by leaning closer. An invisible hand caressed Allison's heart when her fur baby did that.

"It's true, hon. You need to freshen up." Brent advised, now looking at her. She looked into his ocean blue eyes and saw the concern in them. She never dared to open up to him ever since forever. She didn't want to talk about it. She was afraid of the old pain to come back again, getting fresh like it only happened just a minute ago. Thankfully though, Brent understands how she felt that's why he never forced her to open up and kept their friends hushed about Dane.

Allison Drew and Brent Dawson had been friends since they were born. In other words, he was her so-called childhood friend and vice-versa. They grew up together since their parents were the best of friends. A day never ended without Allison hanging out with the Kanes or Brent without going to the Taylors. They were so close to each other that they sometimes slept together on one bed. They may have different interests but they only had one thing in common, which was to never lie, and it was enough for both to become the best of friends. He only told his predicaments to her, and so does she to him. She was even the first person to know that he was gay before his parents. If only their parents didn't know he was gay, they could've arranged for them both to marry.

Allison drew a heavy breath before answering, "Yeah, I guess I need to." She agreed to his suggestion. She went closer to him and snuggled on his chest. Brent put an arm around her back, knowing it was the only comfort he could give for now while Jojo jumped on the couch and laid himself down, making himself comfortable on the space left while Allison and Brent were hugging each other.

Probably bored of the current channel, Brent grabbed the remote from the coffee table and turned the channel to the next station that was advertising a certain brand of coffee. The picture of the delicious-looking white coffee made a lump on Allison's throat. It reminded her of Hades Ezekiel Friso de Vries, one of the wealthiest and domineering businessmen in the United States who could get what he wants with just a snap of his fingers. It's been days ever since her encounter with him, and she'd rather forget that fateful day rather than reminisce it. When she realized who he was, she was very embarrassed of herself; she made herself look stupid upon a man who has high regard. She even wished to never see him ever again. It'll just remind her of her stupidity. Surely, if her parents had heard what scandal their unica hija had done, they could've chided and inflicted her with distressing words by now.