Chapter 152 – Cheating with My Boyfriend’s Best Friend Novel by Jane E L (Olive & Aaron)

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“You’re drunk.” Cinder set the wine glass down on the table and grabbed my flailing arm. “I’m taking you back to your room to rest.”

Back to my room? Oh, no.

I yanked my arm out of Cinder’s grip. “I’m not going, I don’t want to see…”

Before I could finish my sentence, I suddenly heard a deep voice from behind me. “How much has she had to drink?”

“Oh, good, you’re here, Aaron.” Cinder looked relieved as she pushed my unsteady frame into Aaron’s arms. She pointed toward the empty bottles of wine on the table. “Those are all Olive’s work.”

I dragged my heavy eyelids open with difficulty and, to my surprise, saw that Cinder was still smiling. She waved her hand at Aaron. “I’ll leave this drunk to you. Make sure you take good care of her.”

I was wr*pped up in a pair of strong, powerful arms. Feeling Aaron’ s breath on my neck, my instincts told me to run away.

In the next second, my whole body was lifted off the ground. Aaron picked me up in a princess carry, gave Cinder a slight nod, and turned to head upstairs.

My head was spinning, and my mind told my arm to push Aaron away, but my hands subconsciously clutched at his sleeve.

His heart was racing, and he held me so tightly like he never wanted to separate from me. I felt a little sad, and I turned my head away uncomfortably, trying to hide my distress from Aaron.

Aaron didn’t speak, but he pursed his l*ps and carried me back to our room in silence.

When we got back to our room, I didn’t even feel like taking a shower. I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes. But I’d had too much wine, and I couldn’t fall asleep at all. My mouth was dry, and my head was pounding so hard, I felt like it was about to explode.

Suddenly I felt my body gently lifted into a sitting position. Before I could open my eyes, a firm hand brought a cool glass to my l*ps. “Here, have some milk.”

I wanted to say no, but I instinctively swallowed the milk as Aaron carefully tilted it into my mouth.

After I’d finished the water, Aaron held my shoulders and pulled me into his arms. “Olive, let’s talk, okay?”

I looked down at Aaron’s hands clasped around me and frowned, reluctant to answer. Just the thought of Aaron’s wavering smile when I turned down his proposal made my heart twist like a knife.

“Why are you upset? And why’d you drink so much?” Aaron didn’t let me off the h*ok after I tried to avoid his question. He gently held my face and looked into my eyes, his voice h*a*se. “Is it because of what happened today?”

I could feel the burning heat of his gaze on my face. I sq***zed my eyes shut and decided to play dead until he left me alone.

“Olive, everything that happened today was my fault. If you aren’t ready, I’ll give you some time and propose again later, when you’re ready to think about a future with me, okay?” There was a hint of desperation in his voice now, but I still couldn’t bring myself to respond.

Because I didn’t know how to answer his question. The problem was that Aaron wanted to take our relationship further, and I just wanted to stay where we were. These kinds of differences would make it impossible for us to last.

My eyelashes trembled slightly, but I still held tight to my resolve and kept my mouth shut. I didn’t know how to answer Aaron.

The time dragged past slowly until we’d been sitting there for what felt like hours.

Aaron smiled dejectedly. “Okay, I won’t p**ssure you anymore. Let’ s go to sleep.”

He k**sed my forehead, wiped my face and hands with a towel, and finally put his arms around me and fell asleep.

I lay quietly in Aaron’s embrace, almost overwhelmed by guilt and the messy, tangled knot of emotions in my ch*st.

As usual, Aaron gave me a good-morning k**s as soon as I woke up, then cooked me a delicious breakfast. But after everything that had happened bet**en us, I felt awkward around him for the first time in a long time.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that he might suddenly kneel down to propose to me again, and every time he reached into his pockets, I was afraid he was going to take out another ring.

“Olive, the weather is very nice today. Eliott said there’s going to be a kite festival in Parsons Park this afternoon. Do you want to go?” Aaron asked earnestly, handing me a glass of fresh-sq***zed orange juice.

I accepted the juice hesitantly. In the past two days, Aaron had suggested going out a few times, but I had turned him down. If I kept rejecting him again and again, Aaron would take the hint, right?

I took a sip of my juice and then nodded, pretending to be cheerful. “Sure, I haven’t flown a kite in a while. It sounds fun.”

For a moment, I thought Aaron seemed relieved, but after a closer look, I saw that his exp**ssion hadn’t changed. Then he smiled at me and said, “I’ll go get ready.”

He leaned over and k**sed me on the cheek before turning to head downstairs.

As Aaron turned to leave, I was struck by a sudden panic. I quickly gulped down the rest of my juice, put down the glass, and ran to catch up to Aaron. “Should I go with you?”

Aaron paused. He pursed his l*ps slightly and turned to look at me with a complicated exp**ssion. “Olive, you don’t need… Forget it, let’s just go.”

He took my hand, and we went to the garage together.

As we drove to the mall to pick out materials for kite building, I could sense that Aaron was in a bad mood. I knew I was the reason for his irritation, but I didn’t know how to comfort him.

I r*bbed the big, shiny pink diamond ring on my fi**ger, feeling very conflicted.

“Here we are.” Parking the car at the mall, Aaron seemed to be putting on a brave face. He opened the car door and got out, his exp**ssion no longer dejected. “What pattern of kite do you want?”

I didn’t care about making kites at all, but I didn’t want to disappoint Aaron, so I pointed to someone in a bear costume handing out flyers on the side of the road. “Let’s do a bear pattern.”

“Perfect.” Aaron seemed to have forgotten his earlier unhappiness, and his face relaxed into an easy smile as he said, “Our little bear kite will definitely win first place in the competition.”

He wr*pped his arms around my waist, and his pretty face approached mine with a wink. “Olive, how are you going to reward me if we win first place today?”

He smiled t**singly, but my heart pounded and I couldn’t even return his smile. I was too busy worrying about what Aaron wanted as a reward. Was he expecting me to say yes to his proposal?

D*mn, I couldn’t help but wonder if the kite festival was even real, or if it was just another one of Aaron’s elaborate plots. What if I went to Parsons Park and Aaron had another proposal set up?

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