Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

I can't breathe, my eyes are shut and my entire body is trembling.

"Hey"

I hardly register his voice. I shake my head, trying to calm my breath when he

places a warm hand on my thigh. He traces circles into my skin.

"Hey."

I turn to face him, my eyes wide.

"It's just a flat tire," he whispers, his dark eyes etched with concern.

I let go of the door handle that I had been holding and flex my fingers. When I look out the windshield, I notice that we are on the shoulder, safe.

"Are you okay?"

I shake my head and the dam breaks. His eyes widen and he gets out of the car, rounding the front to come to my door. He opens it and kneels beside me.

"Hey."

I calm my crying and whisper to myself that I'm okay and that everything is okay. I feel him reach around me, feel him unbuckle my seatbelt. He grabs my waist with one hand a thigh with the other and turns me to face him, his hand cupping my cheek.

"Are you okay?"

I nod. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be."

was in an accident," I say, I don't know why, but I do, my voice trembling. "With

the terror I'm talking about, like he knows the pain I'm living through. It makes me feel so seen, so understood.

make me nervous,

sorry, I didn't

"You don't have

my waist. "I have to change the tire

go with a squeeze on my thigh. He opens

for the

he works, his neck straining as

exert more force. I inhale, shaking

be disgusted for checking out someone who looks twice

not, because he looks

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certainly looks experienced in many areas in life. I bet being loved by

going to die a virgin o the face that Alden has a girlfriend and I probably could

numb. It all makes me

me, smirking. I look away, my cheeks burning. He caught me practically devouring him with my eyes, but all he does is chuckle deep and

your story?" He grunts,

ground, the dam has been broken and I'm much more open than I'd be on a

with asking about my

here saw me literally panic

fell from

my

nose

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