Cheat With My Boyfriend Best Friend

Quarrel

David followed me out as well.

“You?” Aaron ‘shook his head. He glanced at me in disbelief for a few seconds, then sneered. “Really?”

His voice was h*ar*e and frigid, and his single-worded question hung in the air before David spoke up again.

“Aaron… Listen…”

“Really?” Aaron asked again. His wide eyes continued staring into me. “I want you to say it, Olive.”

“Just leave her alone-”

“I told you to shut the f*ck up.” Aaron growled without so much as glancing at David.

It was then that I fully realized just how badly I’d messed up. Earlier, I thought that as long as I explained that I’d made an honest mistake, Aaron would laugh it off like he always does. This whole party was just a charity event at the end of the night, so did it really matter who bid on who? No one really had the power to force Aaron to do something he didn’t want

to.

But I’d overlooked one thing.

Aaron’s feelings.

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He was more serious than I thought he’d be, and it terrified me. I didn’t know how to respond. I didn’t want to respond. I wanted to run away and finally end this relationship that

never should’ve begun, but I couldn’t. My guilt would never let me.

“Aaron,” I whispered. “I’m sorry-”

“Enough.”

He raised his head to look at me, and my hand grew cold as he pulled away. My fingers moved to take hold of his once more, but I never raised my hand the rest of the way. I

couldn’t.

you liked your professor so much, you should’ve just told

words carved a hollow

this is about us. It has

think your dear professor is priceless, but you have no idea what he really

Just stop for

Because I’m right? You’ve always liked him, haven’t

especially for him. I refused

in this state.

pushed him away and turned to leave. He’d been out

time I returned to the main hall, the

been moved aside to make way for the next event: a ball. That was the real social

men received red

David were both showered with invitations as soon as the

white rose tightly in my hand and found a place to sit on the sidelines. My feet were aching from standing all night in these high heels. Occasionally, a few men would

rose tucked safely into his breast pocket. Eventually the woman in blue-who bid against me for David earlier-made her way to Aaron. I watched the two of them lean in to speak intimately, and she held up her white rose while pointing to the red one on his chest

a tilt of his head, Aaron made eye contact with me from across the dance

to her. For a moment, I watched her hand snake up his chest toward his rose, but I

Did I really think he would save his rose for me?

put

thought to

the room

the good-looking men were already

I heard a husky

still have your rose after all this

David.

me as soon as

my third-anniversary dinner with Vincent, but he abandoned me. I

not who you were hoping I was.” He gingerly took my white rose from me

still flattered. With a somber smile,

the sake of discussing my research. Tonight had already gone wrong in every possible way, so I figured I

his foot for the fourth

I just have

I