Cheat With My Boyfriend Best Friend

You Will Regret it

Nick and I stared at the unresponsive liquid in the flask in front of me.

We’d been working on this experiment for almost half a year. All of my materials came directly from the lab’s budget, and I had just poured the reagent from my test tube into the wrong flask…

“Olive,” Nick swallowed. His voice was incredibly low. “You just poured the Z solvent into it, didn’t you?

“I did…” My mouth was dry, and I glanced at the tube in my hand labeled ‘Z! There was still some of the light blue liquid left inside.

“And it’s not reacting?” Nick’s voice grew even quieter like he was about to evaporate on the spot.

“It’s not…” I stared at the flask, expecting it to explode in the next second, but nothing happened. There were no bubbles, no discoloration, nothing. “It’s stable… It… Oh my g*d!”

“You did it!” Nick screamed, “You found it! You’re amazing! A literal angel!”

Nick’s mouth was overflowing with compliments, and I never realized there were so many positive words in the dictionary. Every bit of his praise was absorbed into my skin like fine wine.

I made it.

I found it.

Nick threw his arms around me and we both squealed like children.

I’d never seen

like I just won the Nobel Peace

of excitement

“Congratulations, Dr. Woods.”

head of the lab, was here to congratulate me. He was a jolly old man who was as kind as a teddy bear, but today, his smile

him. “I’m so glad

He laughed. “I s*atched you up from a

holding a can of beer, came over and stuck out his tongue. “You’re not the only one with a good eye, Julian!

What was he talking

My heart sank.

up, but the drunken man ignored me. He clinked

Nick cleared his throat, satisfied

gather to celebrate this woman, Dr. Olive Woods, for her incredible breakthrough.

fellow

my smile didn’t come easily. There was

personal life, she’s also reached a wonderful milestone. She just

The cheers grew louder.

my proposal. Vincent’s face looked so different on the screen. The moment he got down on one knee, the small

clapping like they were the ones who’d just

heavily when he spoke

surprise… How did you know?” I smiled through clenched teeth.