Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 9

Secrets of Us: A Forbidden Love Romance

Chapter 9

My heart hammers in my chest, that tinging in my ear increasing unil I swear I can't hear.

"I haven't done anything," I whisper.

She scoffs, "I saw you with him this morning. You let someone with girlfriend get that close to you?"

"Shouldn't you be more worried about the fact that he was so close to kissing me?" I can't help the way I scoff at her.

She stomps her foot and yells. "Bitch! He's mine!"

"You should be telling him that, not me."

That only angers her more and I don't move in time, partly from the fact that I am not expecting it at all. She slaps me. Hard.

My cheek stings and that crazy look in her eyes, in her pointed nose and arched eyebrows, intensifies. Her face turns red and her

nostrils flare.

"Stay away from him."

I hold my hand on my cheek and stand up straight. "Did you just slap me?"

She crosses her arms over her chest and lifts her chin. "Yes. And we'll do so much more than that."

We?

She looks over her shoulder. "Will!"

The door opens and a big dude walks in. He's tall, not muscular, but he for sure has not skipped a meal ever in his entire life. His shoe size looks like the two of mine combined.

end of the bargain?" She sneers. "Of course. Now, do it. I'm not

shouldn't have

my head.

"Do not

he go after you when he has me?" She wags her finger in my face and then gives Will a pointed look before spinning on her heel and

to Will and shake my head, backing up from him.

I don't want to, but I don't necessarily

fist flying toward me. I move fast enough to dodge it, but it makes me miss his other hand that grabs the

sink with the side of my face and I cry, shocked when blood gushes down from my nose. I wipe at it, relief flooding me when it doesnt hurt like it's

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around my neck and lifts me

Whatever she's paying you, I'll

my body and he lifts

face contorts in

body massive and he covers my entire line

scream.

he turn to look over his shoulder, his head is snapped back toward me from a punch

gasp for breath and look up to find Will on

stands at the

stop!" Will cries, his arms flying to cover his

hand to my nose, checking if the

chest

last time in the gut before

cries, sniffling through his tears as he forces himself up, one of his eyes already

tension returns when Zaid's attention goes directly to me. His dark eyes take me in, his nostrils flaring even more and his knuckles cracking

me, gasping when he wraps his arms around me

his fingers dance across the skin

"Zaid, stop."

He looks me over, lifting my shirt to look at my torso, I push his hands away, pulling the hem down. He moves his attention to my face, tilting my

grunt, twisting my face away from