Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

I walk through the whole house, catching his shadow as he walks to fast for me.

I follow him out through the front door, but the front lawn is empty and my chest deflates when I exhale in defeat. I tuck my hair behind my ear, deciding to got back inside and find Aiden.

"You got him wrapped around your little finger don't you?"

I turn, my heart rate spiking when I see Zaid sitting on the porch swing with a cigarette between his lips. I look around, noticing that we're alone and I walk toward him, rubbing my arms as I do.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Aiden, Alina. I'm talking about Aiden," He whispers, releasing a stream of smoke from his nostrils. It come out slow, billowing

around his face before disappearing into the air.

I shake my head.

He scowls at me. "Aiden's girlfriend had you beat, I saved you, and for some reason you're looking at him like he's the most perfect person to ever exist."

His words sting and I stutter. "That's not..."

He scoffs, taking another puff from his cigarette.

It makes me angry, and I step toward him. "You left me."

Those eyes focus on me.

"You left me there, Zaid. You might see yourself as the hero in this story, but you're not."

away, releasing another

even

"Nothing."

seem like

like I do. He's a fucking

him every chance

considering the fact that I followed him here and not Aiden. "Why do you care? I don't even know why that makes you so angry." Nikki's words echo in my head and I want to push him, to see what he admits. His nostrils flare and he throws the cigarette on the floor, stomping on it with the

toward me. I expect him to stop when he's an arm length away, but he

"Zaid."

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Chapter 21

I'm too focused on his eyes. The darkness in thein draws me in. Even as my body shudders in warning I lean closer, something about him telling me

to know why I'm

stiffly, the only movement I

bringing me to him as he pressed his lips to mine.

He takes advantage.

He devours me.

at his arm, his fingers

teeth clash, and I can't breathe. He presses into me, my stomach coiling when I feel his erection on my stomach. He doesn't

uses mine for support. He's

away, but he keeps his body plastered to mine. His other hand move all around my body, gripping my hips then

the wall, drawing me out enough for me to pull my

to the zipper on my shorts. I move faster and slap

forces his lips away from mine and

the wall, his jaw clenching as he blinks as if not believing that I just

his kiss, they feel raw and they pulse

anger simmering off of them. For the first time, I wonder what he's

doesn't try to kiss me again, no, instead he lays his palms on