Playing for Keeps

Summary

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My boyfriend, Julian, kissed his childhood best friend at my birthday party.

He turned to me, Chloe’s lipstick smeared at the corner of his mouth, his expression annoyed. "Can you not be like this?" "It's just a game. Why do you always have to be such a buzzkill?"

Everyone was staring. I was frozen, the humiliation washing over me. Julian always got weird whenever Chloe was around. But normally, he wouldn't even say a harsh word to me.

I tugged on his sleeve, trying to pull him aside. His friend, Chloe, just rolled her eyes. "This is so lame. I shouldn't have even come."