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.

tired

jump when the car stop beside me, honking. I look over with a

down.

short, trimmed beard smiles at me,

raise and eyebrow

promise I just want to give you a ride. It's

the inside of my

kids your age, I'm just

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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

just want to help," He

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 place

He starts

"Melview."

lift, but he says

flex as he drives. There's almost something familiar about

and that just increases the tension in

trying to dig myself out of

tone

glance out the window, twisting my

me your

huh?"

look back to him

He smiles. "Smart."

twinkle in his eyes and it immediately has me sitting straighter. He draws me in with the playful way he speaks to me, and it somehow feels

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

in my

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 door, digging his

soaked through," He

clearly through my white t-shirt. I only purse my lips and look away, not attempting to hide at this

readjusts his hand on the wheel. "So, why were you

up. He's a stranger, someone I will never have to see again and the

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