My Best Friend’s Sister Ran Up Beside Me… Then Grinned, “You Always Make Girls Chase You?”
Chapter 6
Their relationship grew quietly.
Ryan remained protective.
But he began accepting them.
He invited Ethan to dinner.
Then invited Olivia and Ethan together.
Eventually, the three of them laughed about the old warning.
“Stay away from my sister.”
Ryan repeated it one night.
Ethan laughed.
“You failed.”
“You cheated.”
Olivia rolled her eyes.
“You’re both ridiculous.”
But under the jokes, the relationship had become serious.
Olivia met Ethan’s parents.
Ethan met her extended family.
They spent weekends together.
They learned each other’s habits.
Olivia discovered Ethan hated grocery shopping.
Ethan discovered Olivia bought too many notebooks.
“You don’t need another.”
“Yes, I do.”
“You have twelve.”
“Different purposes.”
He laughed.
She kissed him.
Their life felt easy.
Then Olivia got a job offer in New York.
It was a major opportunity.
She would become event director for a national company.
Ethan was proud.
But he was scared.
“What do you want?”
She looked at him.
“I want the job.”
“Then take it.”
She smiled.
“You’d really let me go?”
“I don’t own you.”
She leaned closer.
“Good.”
The move created distance.
They tried long-distance.
It wasn’t easy.
Calls at night.
Missed weekends.
Different schedules.
Sometimes they fought.
Once, Olivia missed his birthday.
She apologized.
Ethan was hurt.
They argued.
Then talked.
They learned that love wasn’t avoiding conflict.
It was repairing it.
Three months later, Ethan surprised her.
He arrived in New York after a six-hour drive.
She opened the door.
“What are you doing here?”
“I missed you.”
She smiled.
“You could have called.”
“Wouldn’t be as good.”
She kissed him.
They spent the weekend together.
Then came a harder conversation.
Olivia asked:
“What if I get another opportunity?”
“I hope you take it.”
“And if it takes me somewhere else?”
“We’ll figure it out.”
She looked at him.
“You really mean that?”
“Yes.”
She smiled.
That’s when Olivia knew.
Ethan wasn’t trying to keep her.
He wanted to see her grow.
The same week, Ryan called Ethan.
“You still alive?”
“Yes.”
“Good.”
“Why?”
“My sister says she’s happy.”
Ethan smiled.
“She is.”
“Then I’m happy.”
It was the first time Ryan had said it.
Ethan realized the friendship had survived.
More importantly, the relationship was becoming something stronger.
But distance also revealed something else.
Ethan wanted a future.
Not just dates.
Not just weekends.
A home.
A family.
Olivia felt it too.
At Christmas, she returned home.
The whole family gathered.
After dinner, she and Ethan walked outside.
Snow fell lightly.
She took his hand.
“I don’t want to spend years traveling between airports.”
He smiled.
“Neither do I.”
“What do we do?”
“We decide.”
She looked at him.
“Together?”
“Always.”
She smiled.
For the first time, they started talking about marriage.
Not as a fantasy.
As a plan.
But a new opportunity appeared.
This time, it was for Ethan.
A company offered him a senior position in San Francisco.
It was the biggest career opportunity of his life.
And suddenly, Olivia was the one who had to decide whether love meant following him…
Or letting him go.
