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 just

through our

again started to spend nearly every waking hour on my

aversion, so he stopped forcing me into any sort

sexual appetite satisfied elsewhere,

occasionally wondered what he was doing, but thoughts of him

hit a bottleneck in our research. We were

our next progress deadline was

the pile of empty test tubes on my lab bench. I had performed a dozen tests and

out loud next to me. “With all that scratching, your hair looks like a

like a raccoon.” I pointed

do you!”

rang: Vincent

are

busy with my experiments.

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

I sighed and hung up. I wasn’t in the mood for watching a movie. Or anything else for that matter. Most of all, I was too lazy to deal with Vincent. Maybe

again. I frowned and picked up before even reading

I’m busy! Leave me

person on the other end was quiet for a moment,

my darling

eyes widened and I looked down at

It was Aaron.

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

up over it.” His gentle smile was audible. “Just wait there when you’re off.

me a chance to object before

darkened, I looked

cup of coffee? If I don’t get more caffeine

can get you