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.

making. I’d never seen this many people in the lab

feel like I just won

needed a dose of excitement to break up their

“Congratulations, Dr. Woods.”

my mentor, the 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,

“I’m so

my team, Olive.” He laughed. “I s*atched you up from a million other competitors. I’ve never been more sure of

and stuck out his tongue. “You’re not the only

was he

My heart sank.

him to shut up, but the drunken man ignored me. He clinked a test tube on the table as if he was ready to

his throat, satisfied once all eyes

to celebrate this woman, Dr. Olive Woods, for her incredible breakthrough. She’s solved a puzzle that our lab has

of my fellow researchers

didn’t come easily.

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

The cheers grew louder.

so different on the screen. The moment he got down on one knee, the small crowd

clapping like they were the ones who’d

like the surprise?” Nick was breathing heavily when he spoke to me. “Congratulations

through clenched teeth. With the