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.

bargain?" She sneers. "Of course. Now, do

shouldn't have made a move on

shake my head.

"Do not

would he go after you when he has me?" She wags her finger in

to Will and shake my head, backing up from him. "You're not actually going to hurt me,

to, but I don't necessarily

to dodge it, but it makes me miss his other

cry, shocked when blood gushes down from my nose. I

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my neck

Whatever she's paying you, I'll

he lifts an eyebrow. "She promised

face contorts

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

scream.

look over his shoulder, his head

down the wall to the ground, where I gasp for breath and look up to find Will on the floor and Zaid standing

at the door, his

Will cries, his arms flying to cover

my nose, checking if the bleeding has stopped and

chest heaving, his

before nodding his head toward Jace. "Leave. Now,

he forces himself up, one of his eyes already

exhale in relief the moment he steps outside, but all that tension returns when Zaid's attention goes directly to me. His dark eyes take me in, his nostrils flaring even more and his knuckles

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

fingers dance across the skin of my arms,

"Zaid, stop."

my torso, I push his hands away, pulling the hem down. He moves his attention to my face, tilting my head back as he looks

fine,” I grunt, twisting