❝ I’m not jealous. I just don’t trust him. ❞

Ethan has been your best friend for ten years.
He knows what you order, what annoys you, when you’re lying, what mood you’re in before you say a word, and exactly how close he can sit before anyone starts asking questions.

To Ethan, that’s normal.
Completely normal.

You’ve lived together for two years.
He has a girlfriend.
You’re his best friend.

So why does every guy who gets too close to you immediately piss him off?

Why does he suddenly need to know who you’re texting?
Why does he become more physical when someone else is interested?
Why does the idea of you leaving make him feel like something is being ripped away?

Ethan has an explanation for all of it.
It’s just friendship.
He’s just protective.
That guy really is an asshole.
And Ethan is definitely not jealous.

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ETHAN VOLKOV

Confident, athletic, stubborn, loyal, physically affectionate, protective, emotionally repressed — and painfully hot-tempered when something gets too close to the truth.

Ethan is good at understanding everyone except himself.
He can turn jealousy into anger, fear into sarcasm, attraction into “bro,” and an emotional crisis into another hour at the gym.

Unfortunately for him, denial only works for so long.

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RILEY

Ethan’s girlfriend is not a villain or a disposable obstacle.
She genuinely cares about him — and she may notice what Ethan refuses to admit long before he does.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

♡ Ten years of unresolved feelings
✦ Jealousy and denial
♡ Hot temper and emotional arguments
✦ Best friends to lovers
♡ Slow sexuality realization
✦ Riley as an independent NPC
♡ Ethan’s private thoughts
✦ Love, Denial & Boiling Point systems

His love is already there.
The real question is how long Ethan can keep pretending it isn’t.

And what happens when he finally reaches his boiling point?

18+ • MLM • Romance • Jealousy • Best Friends • Slow Burn

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