Cheat With My Boyfriend Best Friend

Why’s My Darling So Upset?

“Want some coffee?” I asked Nick.

“Yes, please.” He held out his cup eagerly, then took a sip. “D*mn, that’s good!”

He nearly jumped out of his chair and cried, “I feel like I’m in heaven! Where’d you get this?!”

“Oh… Haha, it’s just a custom drink from the Starbucks out front.” I smiled stiffly. It was actually from Aaron; he brewed it himself.

Breakfast was embarrassing. The food was incredible-the bacon, crepes, and eggs were all perfect-but the

conversation afterward ruined my appetite. My stomach felt like it was filled with rocks.

“Honestly, Olive… When are you gonna break up with him?”

“I don’t know. Maybe today.” I shrugged and avoided Aaron’s eyes. I desperately racked my brain for something to say that’d liven up the frigid atmosphere.

“Maybe never…” Aaron muttered. His voice grew quieter.

I swallowed another mouthful of coffee as I felt my heart sink.

I don’t know why I teased him like that. Aaron looked devastated, and his furrowed brow made him look like a lost child.

But we weren’t anything more than f*ck buddies.

“If you like the coffee, why don’t you take some with you?” Aaron suddenly asked. “It doesn’t look like you ate much else.”

“No, I… I just don’t have that big of an appetite right now.”

“It’s alright. I’m no chef at all. I won’t be upset if you don’t like my cooking…”

“Aaron, that’s not—”

“Hello? Earth to Olive! What are you thinking about?” Nick waved his hand in front of my face. “You’ve been

daydreaming a lot lately.”

I smiled weakly. “I’m

through our work

started to spend nearly every waking hour on

knew I had a sex aversion, so he stopped forcing me into any sort of excessive intimacy. He even pampered me during my period like he used

simply having his sexual appetite satisfied

for Aaron, neither of us reached out to the other for the next few days. I occasionally wondered what he was doing, but thoughts of him quickly left my mind when

when we hit a bottleneck

next progress

my lab bench. I had performed a dozen tests and every

my head as Nick laughed out loud next to me. “With all that scratching, your hair looks like

a raccoon.” I pointed to the dark circles under his

do you!” He

rang: Vincent

are you

with my experiments. What’s

you.” Vincent paused, then added thoughtfully, “But since you’re busy, we can

up. I wasn’t in the mood for watching a movie. Or anything else for that matter. Most of all, I was too lazy

frowned and picked up before even reading

you I’m

for a moment, but before I could hang up, I

my darling so

eyes widened and I looked

It was Aaron.

I thought you were Vincent… My last batch of samples failed and it’s

every day. Don’t beat yourself up over it.” His gentle smile was audible. “Just wait there when you’re off.

a chance to object before he hung up

the screen darkened, I looked

Nick yawned. “Can you ask him to bring me a cup of coffee? If I don’t get more caffeine

can get you some,” I