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.

Sadie. "You'll keep your end of the bargain?" She sneers. "Of course. Now, do it. I'm not

bitch. You shouldn't have

my head.

"Do not

this on him! Why would he go after you when he has me?" She wags her finger in my face and then gives Will a pointed look before

up from him. "You're not

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

move fast enough to dodge it, but it makes me miss his other hand that grabs 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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hand around my neck

Whatever she's paying you,

down my body and he lifts

contorts in disgust.

won't double her payment. His body massive and he

scream.

and Will moves too slowly. By the time he turn to look over his shoulder, his head is snapped back toward

ground, where I gasp for breath and look up to find Will on the floor and Zaid standing over him, raining punches

stands at the

stop!" Will cries, his arms

my hand to my nose, checking if the bleeding

Zaid freezes, his chest

before

through his tears as he forces himself up, one of

goes directly to me. His dark eyes take me in, his nostrils

a long stride toward me, gasping when he wraps his arms around

fingers dance across the skin of my arms, my

"Zaid, stop."

hands away, pulling

I grunt, twisting my face away from his