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."

looks away, releasing another stream

even

"Nothing."

seem

like I do. He's a fucking coward. Egotistical bitch.

him every chance

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 heel

parting to protest as he walks toward me. I expect him to stop when he's an

"Zaid."

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Chapter 21

fanning over me. I don't url away in disgust, because 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

to know why I'm

stiffly, the only

neck, bringing me to him as he pressed his lips to mine. I gasp in shock, in

He takes advantage.

He devours me.

his arm, his fingers

pushes into my mouth, our teeth clash, and I can't breathe. He presses into me, my stomach coiling when I feel his

drunk and his body uses mine for

keeps his body plastered to mine. His other hand move all around my body, gripping my hips then my waist. I push away at his chest again, but he

back hits the wall, drawing me out enough for me to

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

away from mine and

wall, his jaw clenching as he

lips burn from his kiss, they feel

For the first time, I wonder what he's capable of

kiss me again, no, instead