Zoey stood in the doorway looking at the two naked specimens occupying the bed. She smiled lovingly seeing Alex and Jake sprawled out on the crumpled sheets. She stood there remembering how much seducing Alex had changed her life, but what had happened between the three of them last night had altered her universe. She couldn't believe that what started out as a potential for disaster and exposure had become something beautiful and fulfilling.
Zoey and Alex had been living nearly the perfect life for twenty years. They have a love no one can touch, jobs they both adored, great friends, and a set of twin boys who are now in college. But they also had a secret. A secret that would reveal that Alex and Zoey were actually brother and sister, twins in fact. And that is what almost had happened the day an old friend re-entered their lives.
Alex started his day like every other, making love to his wife. Proceeded by a quick shower then breakfast. Alex could not get enough of this beautiful creature that he shared a womb with and now his life. Sitting across from Zoey during breakfast always gave him balance and inner peace. Alex always counted his blessings and tried to make a conscious effort not to take what he had in his life for granted.
Alex left the house and headed to Jackson Advertising and the executive suites. He parlayed his art and creative writing degree into a lucrative advertising career. He worked his way up from an entry level ad position to his current Assistant VP position. Alex sat at his desk and smiled because he thought to himself, "life is good with no worries." A thought that could foreseeable come back to haunt him in the next few days because his life was about to take an interesting turn.
As he sat with his eyes closed for a moment, his boss Mr. Jackson called him into his office. He informed Alex that he just hired a new advertising executive and as an Assistant VP it would be his job to train him. Alex asked about the particulars and thought it was odd because he was given everything he needed accept for the name of the new employee. When asked, Mr. Jackson's only response was, "don't worry Alex the who will be a pleasant surprise." Alex left Mr. Jackson's office with a sinking feeling that this new executive would somehow have a great impact on his life.
Alex approached the restaurant with great trepidation. He called Zoey to tell her about what had transpired at work and his anxiety. In usual Zoey fashion she told him not to worry and things would work out the they were supposed to. Alex smiled and told her he loved her, and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Zoey always had a calming effect on him even when they were kids.
Alex walked into the restaurant and towards the table with the confidence and coolness he was known for. He thought to himself he was worrying for nothing until the man sitting at the table stood and turned towards him. "Alex Hammond as I live and breath you haven't changed at all since high school," said an all to familiar voice. With the best game face he could muster, Alex held greeted his best friend from high school Jake Reynolds and replied, "Welcome to Jackson Advertising old buddy." Alex wanted to excuse himself and run out of the restaurant but managed to keep it together. "I can get through this," he kept reminding himself.
Alex and Jake fell into their old banter first talking about their high school escapades and then slowly moving into Jake's responsibilities at work. During the course of their conversation, Alex managed to find out that Jake went to college and obtained a degree in advertising and business and just stumbled onto the job opportunity with Jackson Advertising. At one point Jake asked about Zoey and Alex just smiled and replied, "She is doing well," and changed the subject.
Three hours had passed and Alex managed to make it through his business dinner with Jake without speaking to much about his personal life. Jake was the same enthusiastic out spoken individual he was in high school. Alex also realized he had good instincts when it came to business and advertising, and he would definitely be an asset to the company. Alex just had to figure out how to diffuse the potential danger his old acquaintance would have on his private life.
Alex managed to make it home without knowing how he got there. He walked into their bedroom and looked at his beautiful wife reading a book. "She truly is beautiful and she doesn't deserve any pain in her life," Alex thought. Zoey didn't even have to look up to know Alex was there because she always could feel when he entered a room. Zoey looked up from her book and asked him what was wrong.
Alex proceeded to tell here about the events of the evening and assured her that he would do everything in his power to protect her and their life. Zoey said she had always known this might happen one day and told Alex that everything would work out as it was supposed to. Alex asked her how she could be so sure and Zoey just smiled and replied, "Because our love will always protect us."
At work, over the next two weeks Alex managed to not let anything slip about his home life and Jake didn't think anything of it. He and Jake once again became an unbeatable team bringing in a few new clients and dazzling the current ones. On Wednesday Jake and Alex were called into Mr. Jackson's office.
