Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 11

Secrets of Us: A Forbidden Love Romance

Chapter 11

The rain is relentless, each drop fatter than the one before.

The water is at least warm, the smell of dirt wafting around me. No of that is comforting though as I walk down the mostly empty road. Only a few cars have zoomed past me, none of them paying many mind.

The diner is now behind me, having walked about 15 minutes but ill have a dreaded walk ahead of me to get home. I have had enough time to process my thoughts, but still I don't reach into my pocket to call an Uber.

Fucking Zaid.

It's my dumbass fault for trusting him.

He's not the good kind that you can sit with and open up to and expect him to have an appropriate emotional reaction.

My mind races with anger and frustration as I wrap my arms around my waist, my shirt now soaked through and my hair dripping

wet.

He left me! He just left me!

I don't know what I expected from him. The few sweet moments we did share were overpowered by the dumbass shit he always ended up doing.

I shake my head, biting down on my tongue.

I don't even know my way around here, and I'm going to end up on the news tomorrow morning.

Body found on the side of the road.

www

I scream, covering my face with my hands. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I'm so stupid.

The road stretches out before me and my nostrils flare with both panic and full on rage. There's not a single building in sight, just how far away am I from Melview?

My shoes begin to squelch with every step but the rain lightens up, the clouds shifting as the sun shines bright again.

Perfect. Wet and hot, that just feels lovely.

me, tired against

and I jump when the car stop

down.

and a short, trimmed beard smiles at me, concern flashing in his dark eyes. "Need a

raise and eyebrow and scoff.

jaw drops as if he's surprised with my response. "I promise I just want to

the inside of my

your age, I'm just watching out for

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car with a stranger, but something in his eyes tells me he's being honest, I am miles from home, I'm soaked, and the thought of walking the rest of the way has me wanting

help," He adds,

and walk around the front of his car. I hear the click of him unlocking the door and I slide into the passenger seat, not even looking at him. I snap my seatbelt into

He

"Melview."

but

my peripherals. For an older man, he's handsome. Dark eyes, tan skin, strong hands that flex as he drives. There's almost something

take note that he doesn't wear a ring and that just increases the tension in the air. I wonder if he

I whisper, trying to dig

he replies, his tone gentle.

the window, twisting

giving me

huh?"

him and shake my

He smiles. "Smart."

and it immediately has me sitting straighter. He draws me in with the playful way he speaks to me, and it somehow feels different to be looked at so

a few minutes, and the nerves get the best of me. I tremble, going over and over in my head what happened

miss the way Jake's eyes shift over to me from time to time, the way his eyes take in my legs, the way they focus on my thighs. When I turn my head to face him

look away

flicks them to my eyes for a second and he turns his attention back to the road. He leans further back into his seat and places his elbow on the

shirt is soaked through," He

clearly through my white t-shirt. I only purse

wheel. "So, why were you trying to walk all

He's a stranger, someone

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