Chapter 14

**CHAPTER 14**

**Hades didn’t know what to feel or do,** his mind was fully blank upon seeing the pregnancy tester had two red lines. He knew what those lines meant; his quivering lips turned into a thin line, knowing Allison's pregnant with his child would surely render him completely dazed and surprised, but he knows she wasn’t. He still remembered that he used protection after the night they made love. He shook his head as he picked up the pregnancy tester from the stinky trash bin and stiffened when a thought crossed his mind, the sacrament of matrimony.

The chauffeur opened the car's door let him in and was directed to drive him back to the office, the former nodded in response and started the car's ignition. Hades stared intently at the pregnancy tester in his enormous hand, asking himself why he picked it up, what he was planning to do with it. He thought of it for moments before enclosing the thing within his fingers.

'I guess I should keep this for a while.'

"Hey." Brent greeted when Allison arrived while sitting comfortably on the couch, watching TV, eating cheesy lava pizza, and drinking pineapple juice to his heart's content.

'He seems to be in a good mood,' she thought before greeting back. "Hey," with a smile, placing her bags down and taking her heels off. 'Grocery could've been way better if I wore flats,' she thought while undoing the straps, her feet have been aching ever since.

"What took you so long?" She heard her best friend's voice ask curiously. She looked at him and noticed that his eyebrows were wiggling funnily. "Don't tell me, you went on a date?" He continued.

She rolled her eyes in anticipation with a grimace on her face. "Impossible." 'Because I just found Rebecca and guess what? I learned that she's pregnant with your baby,' she added internally. She couldn’t believe that Brent was about to be a father, without knowing it.

"You've never been out for such a long time like this, hun," he defied. Losing herself to Dane was once and losing her virginity to Hades was already enough for Allison to call herself a fool. She started to get scared of dating after what her ex had done to her. She thought of that man ill- fully, she couldn’t define Hades like how she deemed Dane since he only took her to bed because they were both drunk, not to mention, he took good care of her, cooked her breakfast, bought her comfy clothes and brought her home. She couldn't deny that she missed the beast that rendered her sleepless for nights.

"You and your silly assumptions, Dawson." She laughed as she placed the heels on the shoe rack. Their life had gone peaceful and normal days after that night. It was awkward for a few days as they were both moping over the same thing but it soon went back to normal. Rebecca's absence made a hole in their hearts, but there was always Johnsy who could fill the hole but only for a temporary time. Rebecca's presence was rather... different.

Allison placed the bags full of Christmas decorations and groceries on the coffee table then ruffled Jojo's fur that was already dead to the world on the carpet. 'What am I going to do now?' she asked herself. She was planning to put the decorations tomorrow but her excitement was pushing her self-control to the limit. She stared at Brent in disbelief who was enjoying himself watching TV while eating pizza and drinking pineapple juice.

"What?" he asked with his eyes still focused on the TV when he noticed his red head's intense gaze from his peripheral vision.

"Nothing." She shrugged and ambled to sit beside him on the couch. Brent placed an arm around her shoulders and she snuggled herself closer into his chest, almost groaning when she felt the warmth of his body embracing her.

"Pizza?" he offered a slice from the box and she gladly took it.

"Thanks," she said before taking a bite. The scrumptious taste of mozzarella and ham invaded her tongue, making her moan in delight. She heard him chuckle and she smacked his arm that was coiled around her shoulders. "What?"

"Nothing," answered Brent between his chortles. "It's just that, you sound like a woman that is being fu—" before he could finish his sentence, she shut his mouth by covering his lips with her palm.

"Stop," she warned while glaring at him, her voice menacing but she was flushed. A few chortles slipped away from his lips before he raised his arms in surrender and mumbled that he's stopping. Allison gave him one last glare before turning her sight back to the TV and they both watched in silence. She looked at him and scrutinized his handsome features, his wonderfully shaped nose, deep blue eyes that could define the ocean. Smooth, fair skin that could be compared to the snow and his soft, rich brown hair that was as russet as a bark of a tree. 'No wonder Rebecca fell in love with him,' she thought. He was such a looker.

Brent turned his face to look at her in the eye. "Is there something wrong, hun?"

"Nothing," she answered as she leaned her head down to his shoulder. He didn't answer back, his eyes were back on the TV as well. The show was grabbing his attention from her. Silence reigned for seconds and minutes, Allison began to wonder if she should tell Brent about Rebecca.

"I just miss Rebecca," she blurted out, hesitating to take it back. But she's too late now because she caught his full attention. He stared at her for moments before looking away with a short response, "Yeah."

She stared up at him and held his shoulder, her hand caressing his shoulder with full care. "Do you miss her too, Dawson?"

Brent groaned before answering, "That's not an easy question, Allison." Allison. He called her by her first name, the conversation was getting serious. She almost shuddered because of the coldness of his voice.

"Do you?" she repeated her question, snuggling closer into her best friend's arm. He remained stiff for moments, his eyes seemed to be looking far away before he answered her with a shrug. Looks like Rebecca is still a sore topic for him. She wanted to stop herself from asking her next question but her curiosity is forcing her to.

'He's getting mad.'