Chapter Twenty One

I can't believe he laughed when I was fucking serious....I love him so much and he laughed me off...does he want us to stay lovers forever then ??? Can I do that for love????"

Owen stormed into his apartment and Amelia wasn't in as she was in school now. He opened the fridge as he really craved something sweet. The only sweet stuff available was mint chico ice cream. He took one and ripped it open and bore with the taste that didn't suit well with him as his worries was greater than his taste buds. He finished it in seconds.

'He's not even gonna call after I left that way???'

Owen switched on the DND button on his phone. He entered his bathroom and prepared himself a warm bath. He drifted off in the bath as the shoot earlier had worn him down and the scent of the rose soap had lulled him to sleep.

When his sister came back she was shocked to see him asleep in the bath tub so she woke him up. The water had gotten cold now so Owen swiftly it out and wrapped himself in a towel and went into his room.

* * * * *

" I'm having a sleepover" Jules said as Jake opened the door when she rang the bell. She came by pretty late.

"Why did you change your door code" she asked entering the living room and crashing on the couch.

"Something came up"

"Ok...Are you drunk ? "

"I've been going through stuff "

"And you are not sharing stuff with me anymore Jake...why are you ghosting me?...you never call and when you pick my calls you're always busy with one thing or another...and now your door lock is changed and you're going through stuff you won't tell me about" Jules cried.

"Sorry Jules I really am...lots been going on in my mind"

"Are you drunk ?"

"I'm a bit tipsy !" Jake had finished an entire bottle of red wine. Red wine he bought to share with Owen for their planned dinner tonight.

"Okay tell me what's been up with you"

"Work...and Owen"

"Tell me about Owen"

"He's pissed about the fact that I'm not out and he asked about marriage to which I froze and instinctively brushed off...now he won't pick my calls".

"Oh he's fallen real hard for you Jake...he shouldn't rush you into coming out though...it should be done at your own pace"

"Yeah...and I'm not ready yet, whenever I think about it my dads face pops into my head and now Mrs Green 's too"

"What about Mrs Green ?"

"She resigned cause she figured out I was gay when she met Owen one morning "

"She had no right to make you feel that way Jake...You guys had an employee and employer relationship where in your personal life did not affect her in any way "

"She has her principles "

"Well she should shoo away with it "

"Yeah she's gone"

"But Owen is moving pretty fast with you and I'll advice...."

"I don't wanna hear it Jules please" Jake stopped her mid sentence.

"Is that why you'v been avoiding me cause you don't wanna hear the truth...you want me to lie to you Jake ?"

"I'm not asking anything from you Jules...just don't look at me that way when you know fully well why i am this way, why I'm acting like this ...you think I enjoy treating him this way ?"

"I know you don't but he'll get hurt too...I just don't want you being selfish...you're not a bad guy"

"I'll figure this out...I know I will"

"I'm sorry if you felt I have been judging..... as your friend I should not do that...I should support you in both good and bad times" she stated.

She pulled him in for a hug. " come here sweetie" she mumbled and comforted Jake.

"Your guy came by !" She revealed.

"Who ?"

"Josh... and can you believe a guy was hitting on him...a very smoking hot guy at that "she revealed.

"I knew that would happen, those wolves in your bar would wanna devour him...smoking hot Uhm and you're getting married soon"

"I told him it was a gay bar and he was like ' I realize that'..." she said demonstrating with air quotes.

"He's been stressed...you said a smoking hot guy ?"

"Yeah...really handsome"

"You're about getting married and you're fawning over smoking and hot looking men"

"Yeah...why shouldn't I....I might be tying the knot but there'll be millions of hot guys out there still"

"Okay...how's your wedding coming by ?"

"In three months !...by autumn"

"Okay...is everything stable now with Hamps ?"

"Yes and I can't wait to marry him" she declared.

"Good to hear...I'll get the guest room ready for you"

"Never mind I'll do it myself you go get some rest"

"Ok Good night Jules "

"Night sweet heart" she said and entered the guest room. Most times she slept over was for movie night but now was cause of the strain that was forming on their relationship.

"I should be a supportive friend to him...he deserves that !...he's always been there for me whenever I needed him and now I'll do same...it's heartbreaking that I'll support him at the cost of two hearts but we gotta be selfish for love at one point in our lives...maybe in the end no ones heart would get broken...who knows, Kiki might fall in love with a guy in the UK and get married over there, thereby breaking her engagement with Jake and Owen would never know a thing...with that secret out of the way the next problem would be Jake's coming out journey which won't really be a problem cause Owen would be there" Jules thought and fell asleep.

The next morning Jake comes by the room she's at.

"Hey Jules I'm heading out " he revealed, peering into the room after knocking.

"Okay where are you off to !"

"I wanna see Owen"

"Should I come along I haven't actually met him yet"

"Maybe another time...we have to figure out what we are going through now ...maybe he'll be calm by noon and we could do lunch"

"Okay I'm here all day then"

"Won't Hamps be worried ?"

"He has gone back to Amsterdam...family matters"

"Okay I made you some honey pancakes"

"Thanks sweetheart "

"Bye"

Jake drove to Owens house without bothering to call first.

"What if he isn't home ?"

Jake rang the doorbell for a while before Owen sleepily opened the door. Owen was cleaning his eyes as he just woke up.

"Babe !" Jake said shakily 'what if he asks me to leave ?'.

"Hey..."

"I got you some pancakes....have you eaten ?"

"Nah...I just woke up"

"Can I come in ?"

" yeah...i called yesterday but you wouldn't pick "

"My phone was off... sorry about yesterday " Owen apologized. "I thought about it and we have been dating for a few months now....not long enough to start talks on marriage'

'Shit !! He's apologizing when it's my fault too ' Jake thought.

"No ....I'm sorry...I shouldn't have reacted that way to your question "

"Nah it was natural you hadn't thought about it and I understand "

"Okay babe " they hugged." Please don't run off when you're mad next time....let's talk it out then and there "

"Yeah...I'll go have a bath now"

"Okay..."

Owen came out minutes later with a towel draped around his waist and another used for drying his hair and Jake rushed over to assist him.

"When are you dying it" Jake asked collecting the towel and drying his hair. They walked over to Owens bed and Owen sat down while Jake towered drying his hair.

"Next week "

"Okay...let me give you head massage"

"I'd love that"

"Yeah....just so you know I'm a pro at massages"

"Good to know"

Jake massaged his scalp and Owen began moaning. Jake bent and kissed him and Owen hugged his waist rubbing his forehead on Jake's.....

"Calm down tiger...let's go eat"

"Yeah...thanks for bringing food over"

"It's fine babe "

They ate together then cuddled in parlor watching Tv. The show they were watching had them locked and Jake forgot the lunch plans with Jules. When he realized this he scheduled dinner and informed her. They were on their way out when Amelia came in from school.

"Hi Amelia" Jake said.

"Hey Jake "

"We're heading out now I might not come back tonight" Owen said to her.

"Okay whatever "

*****

They had dinner at Good Food and Jules and Owen got along really well.

" I'm sure Jake has told you but I wanna extend the invite... I'm getting married in three months"

"Congratulations...I'll be there"

"The food is really good " Jake said

"Not as good as yours " Owen whispered.

"You guys look good together" Jules complimented.

"Yeah..." Jake said eating his food. His phone began pinging. It was Kiki sending messages for him to call her and he kept ignoring her. He got tired and excused himself.

"Excuse me guys...I have to make a call...Janelle has been texting"

Owen nodded and stared at him as he walked away.

"Janelle is his secretary " Jules said.

"Oh I've heard about her I just forgot her name"

"Okay...it was real nice meeting you"

"Same here"

Jake got to the restroom and called Kiki's line.

"Kiki what's the problem why have u been messaging me non stop"

"Today is my birthday Jake and you couldn't even greet me on it...my birthday is even your door code so how could you forget about it"

"Shit!!! I'm really sorry...happy birthday Kiki...I'm sorry I forgot ...I've not been home for a while been on a couple of business trips and all that "

"Okay I miss you "

"Have a blast...I'll get you something "

"Wish you were here with me"

"I've gotta go now" Jake said and ended the call.

'I forgot her birthday again !!! Shit....I changed the door code to Owens birthday which is next month...I know I won't forget his....I think when you're in love your heart just stores stuff that your brain forgets"

Jake headed back to the dining table and rejoined them.

****

"Damn!! It was all a dream...the kiss...the cuddle....and now I have an erection courtesy of the wet dream." Josh thought.

Josh called Lisa to come over. She was his friend with benefit buddy. They called each other when they needed to bang. Lisa came by later in and they banged for a long time and later on she sucked but Josh couldn't cum and his erection was standing proud. She got pissed off and left his house.

"Damn!! What has happened to me ???is that gay bar possessed or something?? Before I got there women wrecked me...big tits and thick thighs to which Lisa was fully endowed with...now all I could think about was men! Men!!men!!!...I kept thinking about Monneteni and Trevor....I should have given Trevor my number when he asked...shit!!I hate this feeling I need to find release"

Josh called Monneteni's line and asked for him and to his greatest surprise, Monneteni's manager handed the phone to him.

"Hey Josh how you doing"

"I'm fine...how are your designs coming up" Hearing his voice slowly suited Josh's hard on.

"Pretty well my friend "

"Can I have your number ?" 'I wanna call you and hear your voice alone !!"

"My line is usually switched off but I'll ask my manager to send it for you"

"Okay thanks"

"How about Jake your friend ?"

"Oh he's good"

" okay...we will all meet next year then"

"Okay...I thought you were releasing this year December"

"No something happened and I made it next year...still winter January "

"Okay...have a nice night"

"You too... wait !"

"Are you coming to New York anytime soon?"

"Yeah!" Josh lied "what's up"

"Fashfest.....the one day upcoming designers display their designs scouting for companies to sign them"

"Whoa I never knew there was something like that in New York"

"There is !...will you attend it's next week Saturday"

"Yeah...I can't miss it"

"Okay when you get to New York let me know"

"I will...thanks for thinking about me and letting me know"

"It's no biggie.. bye "

"This means he thinks about me....yippee...when I get to New York I'll make him mine...'