I chased Julian Reid for three years. He stood me up, and then I stumbled across a post on Reddit.
“I’m dating the guy my best friend is in love with. Should I tell her?”
“My best friend has been chasing him for three years. His buddy has been chasing me for three years. But he and I got together.”
“You know what, I don’t think I’ll tell her. It’s kind of fun watching them fuss over us.”
The image link redirected to the poster’s Instagram—the side profiles of a beautiful couple. The girl smiled mischievously at the camera; the man gazed at her with unmistakable tenderness.
Clean-cut, handsome. Familiar.
My eyes stung, red before I could stop them. Then Ethan Beaumont came rushing over and pulled me aside.
He ground the words out through his teeth. “They’re playing us like this. Can you actually take it?”
“You’re gorgeous, I’m not bad myself. Let’s get together. Let’s smack them in the face so hard they’ll never forget it.”
Later, on the day the two of them made things public, giddy with their own little game, Ethan and I announced our engagement.
But the ever-cold Julian Reid blocked my path, his eyes red.
“You bitch! How could you stop loving me?!”
My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 11 I saw Sienna and Julian again three days later. Ethan had come to pick me up from work. We ran into them outside. Sienna’s eyes were red. She bit her lip, looking at Ethan. “I need to talk to you.” Ethan glanced at me. […]
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 10 Over the next few days, I chatted with Sienna the way I used to. “I’ve been cold with Julian because he stood me up.” “Honestly, I used to think he was great, but now I’m seeing some real flaws in his personality. Feels like
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 09 I’d been giving lukewarm responses to Sienna’s messages. Julian, meanwhile, had begun—rarely—asking me small-talk questions. What I’d eaten. If the weather was nice. When he ignored me, I’d found it fascinating. Now that he was chatting me up, I found it boring. What had
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 08 Before Ethan arrived the next day, my mother knocked on my door. I blinked. “Mom, what are you doing here?” She sighed, gave me a scolding look, and set down a large container of homemade chicken noodle soup on the table. “If Sienna hadn’t
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 07 Ethan looked stunned. When neither of them was watching, he shot me a discreet thumbs-up. The rest of the meal, Ethan was the only one having a good time. He laughed and chatted, teased me now and then, dropped little jabs at Julian and
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 06 A real best friend wouldn’t have done something this vile. If I’d seen through her sooner, I never would’ve been her friend. Sienna abandoned Julian and hurried over, tugging cautiously at my sleeve. That had been her favorite move back in high school. She
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 05 Sienna and Julian both froze. Ethan gave a slight jolt too. He hadn’t expected me to come out with it so bluntly. Weren’t we supposed to wait until they went public before hitting back? But Sienna only stalled for a beat before grabbing my
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 04 The next day at noon, I got ready and headed out. I texted Ethan I was leaving. He replied right away. “I’m downstairs. Come on down.” Ethan had parked in front of my building. When he saw me, he smiled. Fine sunlight scattered across
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 03 I pulled up the Reddit post again. It had gotten even more traction, but the image had been deleted. Only Sienna’s throwaway account remained, going back and forth with commenters. “How am I not considering her feelings? When we first got together, I was
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My Best Friend Stole Him. So I Stole Better. Chapter 02 My family had money. After college I bought myself an apartment in the West Village and landed an editorial job at a magazine under Condé Nast. Sienna hadn’t had it as easy. Her parents divorced when we were in high school. Her mother walked
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