Filed To Story: Cheating with My Boyfriend's Best Friend Novel Read Online (Olive & Aaron)
He looked at me affectionately and stroked my cheek gently.
But my heart sank.
Why?
I had put it all out there, yet he was still playing dumb!
At that moment, all the good feelings in-stantly lost their color. My world turned black and white once again. Anxiety, help-lessness, sadness, and depression… all sorts of emotions overwhelmed me.
“What’s wrong? Not satisfied with my an-swer?” Aaron leaned closer to my face and said dotingly.”Or are you feeling unwell?”
“No.”I resisted the urge to cry and avoidedhis gaze, “I want to go back and rest.”
“Got it, my queen.” Aaron didn’t notice itand wheeled me back to my war d with a smile.
Out of his sight, I bit my lip, not letting the emotion out.
Aaron, did you know what I disliked the most about you? You always treated me like a fool, making decisions according to your wishes! That was why we broke up!
In a fit of anger, I returned to the war d and kicked Aaron out of the room that night.
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Aaron’s POV:
Why? Had I done anything wrong?
I racked my brain, trying to figure out what went wrong.
Every word I said came from the bottom of my heart, but why did Olive suddenly get angry? The smiles that had finally ap-peared vanished. She even refused to go out with me again and her temp er became explosively fiery. It felt like I was being grouped with her parents and indiscrimi-nately excluded.
I turned to Colston for help once again, but this time, even he was clueless.
“Perhaps it’s still about her parents?” Col-ston hesitated in his tone. “What have they been doing lately? Has Olive been meeting them?”
“They met last night, and Olive sent meaway.”I seemed to have grasped a clue, “I’ll go talk to them.”
I immediately approached the Woods cou-ple.
“No offense, but I want to know what youguys talk about with Olive last night.” I did-n’t hide my concern, “She was in a better mood the past few days, but now she’s gloomy again. I’ve thought about it, and you’re the only variable.”
“Don’t blame it on us,” Chris respondedrudely. “When we saw her, she was already in a bad mood.
You were the only one with her before that.”
“That’s not possible. Everything was fineon our way back. She changed after we re-turned to the ward,” to be honest, I wasn’t particularly keen on dealing with Olive’s parents.
On one hand, they were Olive’s parents, her biggest emotional burden. I sincerely hoped that this burden could be completely lifted someday. But based on the current situation, I didn’t think there was any sign of resolution solely through their efforts.
On the other hand, I genuinely despised these selfish parents.
“Anyway, just tell me what you talkedabout. I’ll figure out the rest on my own,” I said impatiently.
“Mr. Morris, if I remember correctly, you’rejust our daughter’s ex-boyfriend, not her husband. Why should we tell you every-thing?” Kristy’s gaze toward me was filled with wariness and rejection.
This only worsened my impression of this couple.
“Don’t you see Olive and I are in love witheach other?”
“Sorry, but we don’t see it,” Kristy was stub-born. “If it’s really as you say, then why don’t you ask her instead of coming to ask us?”
Damn it! Shit! I was left speechless!
No wonder she was Olive’s biological mother; her skill in retorting was equally impressive.
After suffering a defeat, I had no choice but to seek out Olive again. I practically dragged her out, shamelessly insisting that she get some fresh air.
Olive was still in a bad mood.
“Baby, I’m begging you, can you tell mewho pissed you off?” I was on the verge of kneeling before her. “My princess, my queen, my everything! I finally managed to make you laugh for a few days.
Did your parents say something stupid again?”
“It has nothing to do with them.”
“Then who does it have to do with? Youhave to tell me so I can help you solve it.”
Olive glared at me angrily.”You.”
“What did I do?” I felt so wronged!
“You’re just too annoying! Does that reasoncount?” She spoke in frustration.
“So it’s still your parents’ fault,” I conclud-ed.
“I said it’s not. I don’t have any feelings leftfor them!”
“That’s the problem!” I caught somethingwrong. “You’re still avoiding them, rather than facing the hurt they caused you.”
“Aaron, you think you’re a psychologist?”Olive seemed even angrier. “Stop trying to interpret my feelings! It’s annoying.”
“And you’re still avoiding the issue.” Al-though saying this would temporarily make Olive dislike me even more, I believed I made the right judgment.
I crouched in front of her, holding her hands in mine. “Sweetheart, do you remember what happened on our first day at the snow mountain? You said, before you made that phone call a hundred times, you thought the wound didn’t exist, but in reali-ty, you were just avoiding it.”
I kept kissing her back and encouraged her in my gentles t tone.
“How about trying again? You are very brave.”
In my mind, the image of a lovely girl ap-peared.
“How about trying again? You are verybrave.” With an innocent and clear gaze, she looked at me.
When I snapped back to reality, I saw Olive giving me a peculiar look.
“What’s up?” I laughed. “Doesn’t sound likeme?”
“Yes. It’s like soothing a child,” Olive bluntlycommented.
I burst into laughter. “Yes, your intuition is right. It’s a line straight out of comforting a child. But it works, don’t you think?”
Olive’s gaze at me became even stranger.
“You’re so cute!” Unable to resist heradorable reaction, I swiftly leaned in and quickly planted a kiss before she could re-act.
“Aaron!” She blushed.
“Trust me, give it another try. Avoidancemay solve some problems, but, it doesn’t work for you,” I gently stroked Olive’s hair.
“Maybe they can be our tour guides.”
As soon as Olive heard that, she put on a pained expression. She was so adorable!
“We’ve seen a lot of natural scenery thesepast few days. You must be tired of it. Don’t they love penguins? Aren’t you curi-ou s about the charm of those bad guys who won your parents’ affection?”
“Don’t try to provoke me,” Olive always un-derstood my intentions immediately.
I smiled. “But it works, doesn’t it? It’s set-tled then.”
*
Olive’s POV:
What was wrong with Aaron?
I felt mentally exhausted. But with my legs broken, I had no right to refuse!
Who knows how these three people, who were at odds with each other just yesterday, managed to reach a superficial harmo-ny overnight? Aaron wheeled me, while Kristy and Chris excitedly walked ahead, passionately explaining the wonders of Antarctic marine life to me.
I was forced to listen all day about the habits of penguins.
“December to January is the best seasonto observe penguins.
That’s when the chicks start hatching. The long daylight hours provide ideal conditions for observa-tion.”
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