Page 25 of Seducing my Best Friend

“Just on the lips or-”

I shook my head. I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks.

Fiona gasped. “Did you guys hook up?”

I nodded.

“Oh my god I’m so jealous.”

I laughed. “What about Peter?”

“I adore Peter, but Aiden’s Aiden. His arms are like tree trunks.”

“All three of them,” I said.

“Fuck off.”

I sighed.

“I’m actually speechless,” she said. “I’ve been waiting for this day since- I don’t know- since you introduced me to him, and you’re being so nonchalant right now I could strangle you.”

I shrugged. “How should I be acting?”

“Excited? Happy? Over the fucking moon?”

“Well, I wish I could say I was those things, but-”

“But what?”

“I’m mostly just confused.”

Fiona shook her head. “Why can’t you just be happy about it? I mean, it’s a good thing, right? It’s what you’ve always wanted.”

“That’s the thing,” I said, pulling my knees to my chest. “I used to want it, but then I spent ten years convincing myself that I only wanted to be friends so I feel… totally messed up.”

“Wasn’t it good though? It had to be good. It’s fucking Aiden.”

“Yeah, of course it was good. He was incredible. Better than-”

“What?”

I didn’t want to say anyone ever. It sounded too ridiculous even in my head. “Just really good.”

“So what’s the problem?”

“What if it was just a rebound thing for him? I mean, he knows me well enough that it couldn’t have been hard to say the right things to win me over. Like what if it was just a joke?”

“It wasn’t.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Cause he’s your best friend.”

“So?”

“So he wouldn’t dick you around like that.”

“But he’s still a guy. Maybe he didn’t mean to, but he was just horny and-”

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