"You taste as good as strawberry," Max naughtily told June after kissing her as they entered his house. " My! You are hotter than I thought."
"I'm flattered!" June responded, giggling. "You will prove that Sharon is just a mistake once we ride to sweet home together!" She added, nipping at his ear.
They had been drinking and dancing in one of Max's members-only clubs. In fact, it had been their routine for the past one week since Sharon had left for a seminar on behalf of his company. It was not clear who between them had started the seduction, but it was also clear that neither of them refrained from it.
June was Sharon's best friend, or the latter thought so. They had been since highschool despite coming from different social backgrounds. While June came from an effluent family, Sharon had nothing to boast of other than her unparalleled desire to change her status through diligent efforts.
What Sharon did not know was that June had been coveting her relationship with Max. She had always considered herself better suited for Max than her. As soon as Sharon had left for the seminar, she had set all her mind on causing a serious revolution that would turn things in her favour.
On his part, Max was enjoying the thrill of being chased by June. It was true that he loved Sharon, but her short absence made him more vulnerable to the scheming June. He needed someone to keep him company, the company which became more tempting each passing day.
"Just a one night-stand with June and that will be all," he rationalized. " After all, she is not due untill tomorrow. She won't discover, will she?" He questioned himself, his mind getting clouded by the champagne he had taken. It did not help that June was doing her best to heighten his lustful desire.
It would not be the first time that he had cheated on Sharon since he had made his lifelong promise to her, and yet she had not discovered anything. However, his flings had not involved any of her best friends. It was therefore the first. The fear and secrecy surrounding the escapade, made it even more appealing rather than dissuasive.
And so, on that night they decided to go all the way. The maid opened the door and stood aside to pave way for them as they were staggering and holding onto each other. His grandma was seated alone on the dinner table, seemingly waiting for him.
"Hi, Grandma!" He greeted her, tipsily. "Tonight, I'm not hungry for food. I, can't, join you!" He stuttered, his hand on June as he turned towards the stairs."
"What are you hungry for?" Grandma posed, scornfully. She did not like the fact that he was with a different girl other than the one she knew.
"Eh, it is just that I have already had my supper. That is all," he said timidly having been caught off guard. He knew that she wanted to scold him.
"Wait! Isn't that June, Sharon's friend?" She asked on seeing June trying to hide behind him.
"No. What is this, Grandma? Is it an inquisition?"
"You can ask that again! Be rest assured that I won't entertain any Casanova business. Your parents must be turning in their graves!"
"Don't forget that you are the one who told me that one has to kiss a lot of frogs before meeting his Miss Right!" He said, chuckling as he led June up the stairs.
"What an old fag she is!" June opined as soon as they entered his room. "She's so irritating!" She added, unbuttoning his shirt.
"Hey, say no more! She is my only Grandma, you know? She is just a sweet, old asshole," he said, carrying her onto the bed.
"Nooo! Not so fast," she said, giggling as he tried to climb beside her. "Let's make this a lifetime experience. Stand right there!" She added, tugging at his trouser's zip.
The trouser found its way to the floor. She then went down on her knees and did a blow job that blew Max's mind and soul to the high Heavens.
"Oh, my!" He moaned. "I'm bursting!"
"Mmmhh..! It is nothing yet," she whispered, pushing him roughly to fall back on the bed. "You gotta know the reason why you don't need that novice Sharon. Let me show you what love is!" She added, climbing on top of him.
Suddenly, the door burst open and Sharon stepped into the room with Christine following closely behind. She froze on her tracks as she saw the spectre before her. Words stuck in her throat, and true to Christine's earlier warning, she found herself staring at them with her open mouth.
Meanwhile, June slid off Max and grabbed the bedcover to cover her nudity. Max panicked, at the same time feeling irritated by the sudden interruption to his exquisite journey to Nirvana. He looked at Sharon with disbelieving eyes for a moment before finding his tongue.
"Shit! When did you come back?" He asked her as if that was the most obvious thing to say in the circumstances.
"When did I come back? Is that all you have to say?" She shot back, advancing towards the bed. "What the hell are you doing here?" She made to grab the bedcover off June.
Max caught her hand midair before she made contact with June. A struggle ensued between them. Meanwhile, Christine joined the melee by grabbing June's hair as she tried to dress up.
Suddenly, Sharon let go Max's hand and turned to where Christine and June were tugging at the latter's long hair.
"Christine, let go her!" She said, rather calmly.
"What? Are you kidding me?" Christine asked, taken aback by the unperturbed manner in which she had said it.
"No, I'm dead serious. Let go her hair." Christine did as asked, protestingly. "June, I want you to look me in the eye and tell me if this is what true friendship entails." Sharon posed, more controlled than she had been earlier.
June reverted her eyes to the ground and kept quiet.
"I have trusted you all my life and treated you like a sister," Sharon continued. "Is this how you repay my trust? Stabbing me in the back? Just a few days of my absence and you couldn't wait to shack up with my boyfriend? Why, June?"
"I'm sorry, honey," Max started sheepishly, trying to hold her.
"Don't you dare honey me!" She fumed, pushing him away.
"We drunk and got carried away," he continued. "I swear it wouldn't have happened were it not for the alcohol."
"It is unconscionable that you have the audacity to blame it all on alcohol! You want us to believe that it happened spontaneously? No, that happens to b*tches on heat! For how long has this been going on behind my back?"
"Believe you me, I don't know what got into me. I have never even dreamed of cheating on you. You know that you are the only I love."
"What a conceited love! Does the definition of love include this betrayal?"
"Well, I admit it is just a mistake. Don't you see that I'm really sorry?"
"You know what?" She posed, looking at June who was hastily dressing up. "I have to thank you for showing me the kind of a cheating bastard he is. You have just saved me a lot of heartache in future. You two have the same stinking characteristics. You share the same denominator of lying, cheating scumbags! You can have him," she added, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Wait! What about our promise?" Max interjected.
"You have broken it, and my heart! My time will come when I shall break yours into a thousand pieces! It is over between us. Tomorrow, I'm resigning from your damn Company!"
"Me, too!" Christine interposed. "I can't bear working with a traitor in the same space!"
"You can't do this to me!" Max started pleading.
"Yes, I can! Just watch me!" Sharon shouted, walking towards the door.
"Nobody can love you the way I do. You are just making one big mistake."
"So be it!"
"I won't allow it! Both of you will come begging me because I will make sure that you find no employment in this city. Don't say you haven't been warned!"
"You know what? I have just realized one thing about you. If you can't control your d*ck, what can you control? I'm looking forward to your challenge, Mr. Macho Man!" She shouted over her shoulders as she banged the door shut.