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.

through our work

to spend nearly every waking hour

I had a sex aversion, so he stopped forcing me into any sort

having his sexual appetite satisfied elsewhere, so he didn’t feel the need

I occasionally wondered what he was doing, but thoughts of him quickly left my

in the lab slowed when we hit a bottleneck in our research. We were

and our next progress deadline

pile of empty test tubes on my lab bench. I had performed a dozen tests and every one had failed. I just couldn’t see

me. “With all that scratching, your hair looks like a

like a raccoon.” I pointed to

you!” He

phone suddenly rang: Vincent

are you free

busy with my experiments. What’s

wanna see it with you.” Vincent paused, then added thoughtfully, “But since

anything else for that matter. Most of all, I was too lazy to deal with Vincent. Maybe it was because I wasn’t in love with him anymore, but all his voice did was

seconds, the phone rang again. I frowned and picked up before

you I’m busy! Leave me

person on the other end was quiet for a moment, but before I

my darling

eyes widened and I looked

It was Aaron.

I read his name. “Sorry, I thought you were Vincent… My last batch of samples failed

yourself up over it.” His gentle smile was audible. “Just wait

a chance to object before he hung

the screen darkened, I looked

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

you