Filed To Story: Cheating with My Boyfriend's Best Friend Novel Read Online (Olive & Aaron)
Some say that when people reach the utmost sorrow, they become unusually quiet. They don’t cry or make a fuss. After their hearts die, they will leave silently. That was how I was feeling right now.
After a while, the satellite phone rang again.It was still Kristy.
I glanced at it casually and didn’t move.
As the ringtone repeated over and over again, I silently counted the number of times. While feeling a sense of revenge, my heart also felt empty, filled only with the wind.
Before dialing Kristy’s number, I had dialed at least 100 calls.
Almost two hours!
I just wanted to see if she had the patience to call me 100 times. It’s often said that parents always love their children, but I really couldn’t feel it at all. If she gave me 100 phone calls, it would have balanced things out a little in my heart.
And even as death approached, I could be certain that my parents shed genuine tears for me.
Time ticked away, minute by minute.The wind on the Hart Peninsula’s snowy mountains gradually subsided. Sunlight poured down on the distant peaks, sparkling with an unimaginable beauty.
I sat in the snow and took out my mobile phone from the bag.
In such an extreme environment, I held it in my hands for at least ten minutes to warm it up before turning it on. After it turned on, the battery was already more than halfway depleted. And, there was no signal.
I took some photos of the scenery and then, after thinking for a moment, I fl*pped the camera to face myself.
“Dear Cinder, if I had known we would partways like this, I would never have given you up to Eliott last Christmas,” I choked up as I began to speak.
But I tried to force a smile. “If I had the chance, I would like to spend an hour telling you all about everything that happened in the Dast few hours. Trust me, it’s the mostthrilling and dangerous thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. But the phone’s battery drains too quickly in this freezing environment, and I’m afraid I won’t get the chance to tell you in detail. So, I’ll just tell you the three most important things…”
“First, there’s an explorer named Sam Robinon the Explorer. He wanted to rape me on the way here, and after the avalanche, he took my backpack and the avalanche transceiver. I don’t know if he’s still alive, but if he is, give him a good lesson for me.”
“Second, although this Antarctic trip ended intragedy and regrets, I’ve come to accept the fact that my parents don’t love me. If they ever contact you to ask about me, there’s no need to tell them anything. I don’t want any connection with them anymore.”
“Third,” I fl*pped the camera back, aiming itat the distant golden snow-capped mountains, “Antarctica is really beautiful. I hope to sharethis final beauty with you. I hope you won’t feel so sad after seeing such a delightfulscene.”
I stopped recording.
There were many more things I wanted to say to Cinder. In the past, Cinder was always busy with her career, and although we were intimate, we were often apart. I wanted to have a phone call with her that lasted for hours.
But I gave up on that idea.
Who would write such a long farewell letter anyway? Besides, if I talked for that long, I was afraid I would start crying.
I didn’t want Cinder to see me in such a miserable and sorrowful state.
Moreover, I didn’t think my iPhone’s battery could support recording a one-hour video at the current rate of power loss.
After finishing Cinder’s final video, I started recording one for Nick.Only I knew how terrible my situation was at this moment. I probably couldn’t make it before the rescue team arrived.
I wanted to bi d farewell to everyone sincerely, including my parents.
And also, Aaron.
“Dear Nick, don’t cry for me. Life is a journeyof constant farewells…”
Nick and Cinder were my best friends, but the messages I left for them were completely different. Cinder was a decisive and ambitious career-oriented woman. Not only that, she was also the heir of the Swann family, with a prominent status. From what I knew about her, after learning about my death, she would not only be saddened but also filled with anger that had nowhere to be vented. That was why I told her about Sam Robin’s actions. Otherwise, she might take it out on Aaron. Although it was true that I came here to resolve my feelings for Aaron, so I could move on, I didn’t resent him at all. On the contrary, it seemed that I still loved him deeply. It was because I loved him that I longed for him to love me just as much. But love cannot be forced.
Anyway, since I was about to die now, we were destined to never be together. So, I had come to accept it. In any case, giving Cinder a target to focus on would at least prevent her from harboring too muchresentment toward Aaron. As for my parents, I had also come to terms with it, and I didn’t want Cinder to have too much contact with them… Although I was not sure if my parents would approach her just to know my experiences over the years. But just in case. As for Nick, I had to bid him farewell in a different way. Nick was a sensitive guy. Compared to Cinder, he worried me more.
“Nick, I want to see you find happiness, meet theright person, and get married. But we’re not seeing each other anymore. It’s all happening so fast. We even missed our last Christmas together.”
I sighed, and water vapor from my breath condensed into a white mist in the air. “After you hear about my death, remember, threedays of crying is enough. Don’t let it waste the opportunity I fought so hard for you to get into that research institute. Carry my academic spirit with you and pursue your passion!” “And, I love your sense of humor. If you miss me,come to my grave and tell me some dumb jokes. I will stay by your side in a different form.” After I finished recording, I lay down and gasped fora long time. I couldn’t feel my feet anymore. The pain throughout my body gradually faded away, and I couldn’t even feel the cold anymore. Yet, there was still no sign of the rescue team appearing below the mountain. After taking a short break, I regained some strength and resumed recording. After completing the recordings for Colston and my parents, my phone battery was running critically low. I didn’t have time to record a message for Aaron. I regretted it deeply. He was the first person I wanted to record a message for. But as I looked at the camera, I suddenly didn’t know what to say to him. So, his farewell message was postponed, just like our relationship. I placed the phone back into the Avalanche pack and picked up the satellite phone. After the tenth ring, Kristy stopped calling me. I wasn’t even surprised by this result. I didn’t feel any significant emotional fluctuations either.Suddenly, the satellite phone rang again. I froze and looked at the caller ID in surprise—it wasn’t Kristy. It was an unfamiliar phone number. I frowned suspiciously and looked around. There were only white snow-capped mountains and a blue sky. Not a single person was here. Could it be Chris? I answered the call, wanting to hear the voice on the other end. “Olive, is that you?” A familiar male voice indeedcame through the phone. But, it wasn’t Chris. It was Aaron!
“Aaron?” My heart skipped a beat. A strangechemical reaction quietly occurred within me. At that moment, I seemed to feel no pain or cold. My body gradually grew warm. But I wasn’t sure if it was a reaction before imminent death or a hallucination upon hearing Aaron’s voice. “Where are you?
Have you seen your parents?”Aaron’s voice sounded particularly hoarse, filled with deep concern and urgency. “What’s wrong with your voice? Has somethinghappened?” “Answer me first.” Aaron was unusually persistenttoday, leaving me a bit puzzled. He sounded incredibly worried. “Olive, please tell me you’re safe. I had a bad dream,and in my dream, you were caught in an avalanche.”Aaron sighed deeply. “I’ve been calling you, but your damn phone is out of service! I borrowed this satellite phone from someone in a rush, luckily I still remembered your number…
Olive? Why are you crying?” I touched my face and indeed felt the cold tears. I was crying. Why was I crying? “Say something, Olive. I don’t want to interrupt yourfamily reunion, but tell me you are safe so I can put my mind at ease, okay?” My vision became completely blurred by the tears. I couldn’t hold back any longer and sobbed in pain. I think I finally understood why I couldn’t let go ofI think I finally understood why I couldn’t let go of Aaron. Perhaps the love he gave me wasn’t his 100%. But even if it was just 60%, or even 10%, for me, it was already 100% of what I had longed for. No one else could make me feel the happiness of being loved as passionately as he did. As I desperately made those 100 phone calls, little did I know that there was someone else foolishly doing the same for me. He even dreamt about my current situation. If this was also a gift from God, then I believe there would be no regrets in life. “God gave us this final moment to say goodbye,” Isniffed forcefully, supp**ssing the surge of grievance. “But I don’t know what to say, Aaron.” “What do you mean?”
Aaron’s tone instantlychanged. “What happened? Tell me!” “I’m going to die soon.” I shared the news of myimpending death with the first person, even letting out a soft laugh. “What a coincidence!
Just as I was thinking about how to say goodbye to you, you called me.””Where are you?” Aaron almost roared on the otherend of the phone. I think I knew why his voice was so hoarse. “I’m on the mountain of Hut Point Peninsula.” Mynose was congested, making my voice sound more choked up. “I think my leg is broken, and someone stole the Avalanche transceiver from me. Aaron, I can’t feel the pain or the cold anymore.” “Where are your parents? Have you contactedthem?” “You sound like you’re going crazy,” I lay on theground, gazing at the sky, and chuckled. “I love how concerned you are about me.” “Aaron, I’m quite lucky to have met you in this shortlife.” Even though he had someone else in his heart, I didn’t care anymore. After all, I was going to die anyway.
“I want to tell you a secret. I never stopped lovingyou over these years. It’s just that I am too proud to be with you anymore.” As I laughed, tears streamed down from the corners of my eyes. “Aaron, the sky in Antarctica is so blue, just likeyour beautiful eyes.”your beautiful eyes.” “If there is an afterlife, can you love only me?”
I never thought that one day I would say such things to Aaron. It was totally out of character for me.
But strangely, at this moment, I just said it.
Tears kept streaming down my cheeks, and my vision gradually blurred. With every blink, I could feel the ice crystals forming on my eyelashes.
Aaron’s voice became fainter in my ears. But I knew it wasn’t his voice getting quieter; it was me dying.
I could hardly feel my own body. My soul felt light as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment.
“Olive!” Even though the voice grew moredistant, I could still sense the madness and desperation in Aaron’s tone.
Although it might sound selfish, I couldn’thelp but laugh.
In the final moments of my life, I could truly feel being loved. This kind of ending didn’t seem so bad.
“Aaron…” I didn’t know if my voice could beheard; maybe it only existed in my mind, “I don’t regret…
meeting you.”
That was my sincere confession.
I didn’t know what others might think, but at least for me, meeting Aaron and falling in love with him was something I never regretted.
For a woman who had been starved of love since childhood, his love was like heroin.
Once you touched it, you could never quit.
Aaron’s voice disappeared, leaving only the endless howling of the frigi d wind in my ears. Its mournful sound reverberated through the air as if the gods were weeping.
Gradually, even that last sound grew fainter.Gradually, even that last sound grew fainter. “I love you.” These were my final words,whispered in my heart, as I embraced death with a smile.
Chris’s POV:
“I see her! Over there! She’s there! She’sunconscious!” Rock suddenly exclaimed.
I almost jumped up with joy and rushed toward the direction Rock pointed.
Just one look and it broke my heart!
Olive, my daughter, lay beside an orange safety airbag, her eyes closed, with a faint smile on her l*ps! There were scattered clothes around her.
In the vast expanse of snow-covered mountains, she seemed so small.
I rushed over, disregarding everything, and lost my balance, falling into the snow. But I immediately got up, crawling and scramblingto Olive’s side.
“No!Baby, no…” I released my climbing poleand pulled her out of the snow with all my strength.
I took off my gloves and held Olive’s hand tightly. But her hand was as cold as ice, her body limps like a puppet, devoid of any strength.
I was going crazy!
I had to do something! But what could I do?
“Chris, go check her breathing andheartbeat!” Rock’s voice reminded me of time.
“Right! Breathing and heartbeat…” Iimmediately bent down and p**ssed my ear against Olive’s nostrils. At the same time, I placed my hand on her ch*st.
Please! Please! Please let there be a heartbeat and breath!
At this moment, I even hated my heartbeat for being so intense that I couldn’t sense any cimo of life in mv arme anymorelsigns of life in my arms anymore!
“Rock! Rock!” I screamed in despair, “I can’thear her heartbeat! You check!”
My whole body trembled uncontrollably. I couldn’t calm myself down.
Rock and Thomas had arrived. They were the most experienced adventurers here, with abundant wilderness rescue experience. Taking Olive from my hands, they swiftly laid a sleeping pad on the stretcher and carefully placed Olive on it.
Then, Thomas quickly unfolded a rescue blanket and covered Olive with it. He tore open a heat pack and swiftly applied it to her neck, armpits, groin, and other core areas for warming. Rock p**ssed his ear below Olive’s nostrils.
I forgot to breathe, just staring intently at his every move.
These few seconds felt like centuries!”She’s still breathing! But the heart rate isextremely low! She’s severely hypothermic!”
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