Alison Jacobs has always seemed to be second place in her best-friends life. Her best-friend Ke'Shawn Edwards being the big shot CEO he is does not have the time to just waste spending with Alison anymore; of course growing up they have always been close, maybe even to close for comfort, from the daily sleepovers to now being fully grown. Growing up Alison had to watch her only crush turn into the biggest womanizer; not being able to take it Alison moved away to study abroad but has now decided today is the day she returns. She was expecting the grand welcome but was greeted with an ultimatum..
Ke'Shawn Edwards seems to have it all figured out, that is until he found out that his only best-friend was returning home today and she did not even bother to tell him, he has many questions for her, one being why she left in the first place but he does not have the time for that. Today he needed to figure out how he can convince his father to give up his company to him fully, but his father just would not budge. His father request one thing of Ke'Shawn, and if he cannot fulfill his father's wishes then the company will be given to his younger brother Sebastian and he refuses to let that happen.
Layla lost her mother at a young age and was abused by her alcoholic father. Her best friend, Jasmine knew about this and so Layla spent majority of her time with Ashley and her family, basically growing up with them.
After highschool, Layla moved away to study. She decided to visit Jasmine and her family during summer break. One thing she didn't expect was to see her attractive brother, and her childhood crush, staying there too. Jasmine always knew about Layla's crush on her brother, Asher.
What Layla doesn't know is that her feelings aren't one sided. Everyone can see their chemistry and the attraction between them. Everyone except the two themselves.
If only one of them could risk their friendship for something even better. But it won't be easy for these two to find their happy ending.
**Contains mentions of alcohol, physical/verbal abuse and blood**