Filed To Story: Cheating with My Boyfriend's Best Friend Novel Read Online (Olive & Aaron)
I said, snatching Cinder’s phone and finding Aaron’s number from the blocked list. I dialed his number, but at the moment of connecting, the phone was snatched back by Cinder.
“I will have someone figure out the losses causedby you and send you the bill. You’ll have to compensate double, or we’ll see you in court,”Cinder flew into a rage.
But on the other end of the call, I still faintly heard Aaron’s voice.
“Where is Olive?”
“You’ll never see her again! And by the way, I’vealready contacted Jeff. I can tell your parents about you, just like you did!”
“Shit!”
Even without putting the phone on speaker, I could hear Aaron’s angry curse.
Cinder hung up the phone and sat back on the sofa with a thud.
“Who is Jeff?”Tracy’s question broke the tenseatmosphere in the room. Cinder was too busy searching her contacts and didn’t answer, so I explained,”He is my ex-boyfriend’s father.”
Then I looked at Cinder and asked,”Did you contact his dad?”
“Of course,” Cinder answered without looking up.”He broke the rules first. He used my dad to forceme to meet him. How could I still obediently follow the rules?”
She sneered,”His dad is scarier than mine. I guess Aaron will stop the madness for a while now.”
“Who is Aaron?”Tracy quietly asked Vivia n besideher.
“My ex,” I answered on behalf of Vivian.
Less than three minutes later, Cinder’s phone rang again.
“Is the system back up?” She reclined on the sofa,crossed her legs arrogantly, and looked like a queen.”Record all the losses incurred, and hand it to the office of the president of Morris Group. Let
Aaron personally get the bill from his old man.”
After hanging up the phone, Cinder took a deep breath, and her expression quickly changed from murderous to joyful.
“Feeling better now?”I had gotten used to hermood swings.
“No one in this world can mess with and get awaywith it! I will make them pay a painful price!”Cinder proudly exclaimed, like a peacock flaunting its plumage.
Then she turned to me and said, “And no one can mess with you either.”
“Why did the music stop? Keep it going! Now thatthe trash has been cleared let’s party!” Cinder got up and restarted the music. The energetic melody once again filled the spacious room.
I poured myself another cup of cocoa, and Mike prepared a medium steak and brought it to me.
“You should open a restaurant!” I took a bite, andmy mouth was instantly filled with meat juices.
The tantalizing arom a of rosemary mixed with the buttery scent continuously stimulated the saliva in my mouth.
“Really?” Mike laughed heartily, “My dad is a chef. Ilearned all this from him.”
“Tell me the name of the restaurant. Once my legsare better, I will go there to taste it myself.
Seriously, your steak is more delicious than the ones I’ve had at Michelin-starred restaurants.” I couldn’t remember the last time I had such a good appetite. This young man’s cooking skills were truly remarkable.
I turned and winked at Tracy, “How I envy you. You get to enjoy master-level delicacies every day.”
“He doesn’t cook for me every day!” Tracy growledlike an irritated cat.
Everyone burst into laughter again.
“Is it that good?” Cinder, still skeptical, came overand tried a piece. Then, she gave a thumbs-up and nodded repeatedly. Her mouth was full, and she couldn’t even say a word.
After swallowing the steak, she finally exclaimed dramatically.
“What’s your major?”
“Information technology.”
“You should go to an international culinaryschool. You can become the next Wolfgang Puck!”
I was shocked. Cinder was famous for being picky about food. If even she could praise Mike’s steak so much, it must be incredibly delicious!
“Really? I can get a part-time job during thesecond half of the year.” Mike seemed unfazed, working on the skewers at the barbecue grill happily. It seemed like he hadn’t taken Cinder’s words too seriously.
However, they didn’t know Cinder well enough, perhaps thinking she was exaggerating and showing support.
Just as I was about to explain, Vivia n eagerly brought a piece of lamb chop grilled by Eden and placed it in front of Cinder.
“My boyfriend Eden made it. Would you like to trysome?”
Cinder glanced at the lamb chop with a dark charred rim, and her expression immediately changed.
I burst into laughter-the answer was already apparent.
“Eden, what’s your major?”
“Special Education.”
“Good thing you’re only dealing with thepsychological aspect of special children. Their digestive systems can’t handle your work.”
Everyone burst into laughter again.
The conversation shifted to their majors; Vivian and Tracy each mentioned theirs.
“Olive is in the biomedical field, so what aboutyou, Cinder?” Tracy asked enthusiastically.
“I have a dual degree master’s in landscapedesign and financial management.”
“She was a genius who achieved a perfect GPA inboth majors,” I proudly added.
As expected, everyone gasped in surprise.
“Why did you choose two completely unrelatedmajors? Was it out of passion for the former and family requirements for the latter?” Tracy continued to inquire.
“No, I’m passionate about both.” Cinderimmediately denied,”Given the status of my family, whether I study financial management or not doesn’t matter. My dad has already cultivated a group of experts in that field. Whether or not I inherited the family business, our wealth will continue growing.”
“Damn upper-class society,” I couldn’t help butscoff.
“Oh, sweetie, you’re also a part of the upper-classsociety now.
Don’t criticize yourself,” Cinder playfully lifted my chin with her finger. “In this world, other than you, who can make the heirs of the
Swann and Morris families fight each other, even going so far as to make a scene in front of their parents?”
I wanted to retort, but I couldn’t find the right words.
So, Cinder, with the air of a victor, once again danced to the music. After two glasses of red wine, she started to feel a bit tipsy.
“I am the winner!” She stood on the sofa, armswide open, shouting, “Aaron Morris, who do you think you are? Messing with me? Your dad is gonna teach you a good lesson!”
I quickly asked Mike and Eden to watch Cinder in case she suddenly lost her balance and fell.
Sitting beside me, Tracy chimed in, a little tipsy herself,”Why is Cinder so confident? Aaron doesn’t seem like the obedient type who would listen to his father.”
“To be honest, I’m not quite sure.”
My knowledge of Aaron’s father, Jeff Morris, was limited to his name and that he was an extremely tough and cold-blooded genius in the business world. Under his leadership, the Morris Group had grown to its current scale.
“How do you know what kind of person Aaron is?”Cinder jumped off the sofa and approached Tracy, scrutinizing her with a drunk gaze.
“I often see tabloid news about him online.” I wasthe only sober one, and Tracy’s response reminded me of a harsh truth.
Indeed, Aaron used to be someone frequently featured in tabloid news.
“You don’t understand,” Cinder said,”any heir of afamily like ours, no matter how rebellious they may be-for example, Aaron is a playboy, and I want to be a landscape designer- there’s one bottom line they must never cross:never engage in anything that tarnishes the family image.”
Due to the excessive drinking at the party, everyone stayed over that night.
As the protagonist of the party and the only one who hadn’t drunk alcohol, I lay in bed but couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.
I wasn’t sure of the reason.
Perhaps the moonlight outside was too bright, casting a silver y glow through the loosely drawn curtains. Or maybe it was the itching and swelling sensation of my fractured bones healing. Perhaps it was the sounds of passionate actions coming from the adjacent room. I remembered that Tracy and Mike slept in that room. They were indeed a dynamic and energetic young couple.
Similar scenes often brought back memories, which might also contribute to my insomnia.
It was almost dawn when I finally managed to drift off.
To my surprise, this disrupted sleep pattern gradually became my daily routine.
Cinder had Elliot’s private medical team conduct a week-long continuous examination for me.
Additionally, a nutritionist specializing in pregnancy cared for me, creatively providing various protein and vitamin-rich foods every day. Before school started, Vivian accompanied me to explore most areas of the estate, keeping me company and relieving my boredom. After a week, all my body parameters had returned to normal. At 18 weeks pregnant, the placenta in my uterus had fully developed, and every day, I could observe slight changes in the fetus. My belly had finally formed a noticeable outward curve.
It felt wonderful, and I liked it, but at the same time, I felt a bit anxious.