Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 48

Sick

I'm going to be sick.

I cover my mouth with my hand and run out of the living room and into the

bathroom. Aiden catches the door before I can close and he sneaks inside with me, his hands at my sides as I lean over the sick.

My stomach rolls and I groan.

Aiden grabs my hair, tucking it behind my ear as he whispers. "You're taking this a bit harder than I thought you would."

I close my eyes, ignoring the saliva that fills my mouth. Tears prick the back of my eyes and I shake my head. "It's different."

He rubs his hand on my back. "What do you mean?"

My eyes hurt as I open them and look at him through the reflection of the mirror. "My father died a year ago. I wasn't expecting her to move on so soon."

That's partly true.

Aiden's face falls, and he reaches for the sink, turning the knobs until lukewarm water splashes against the porcelain. He cups his hand and brings some of the water to the back of my neck. It makes my skin prickle and a shiver runs down my spine.

I hold onto his wrist. "How are you feeling about this?"

He frowns, swallowing. "It's weird."

I nod.

"And your mom's a bitch."

I snort, but then my stomach rolls again and I bend down lower to rest my

forehead on my hands. "Are we- are we going to live together?”

He tenses. "Shit. I didn't even think about that."

"What are people going to say?" I groan.

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He chuckles. "You care about that?"

and lift my eyes to his reflection.

grips my arms and turns me around, lifting me onto the counter as he

I nod. "Terrible."

with a smile.

not enough to calm the storm in my

against his chest.

purpose? Becuase she's my

the jealous ache in my

want to get

squeeze his biceps, still not lifting my head. "So

down my spine. "It's when

all

they made us

eyes widening. "I'm literally

He cringes. "I'm sorry."

way to the dining room where Jake and mom are already waiting for

fucking awkward thing to ever

clinking silverware is the only thing to fill the space and I am on the verge of suffocating. I can't even look at my mother. She's smiling to herself but all

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Sick

is the fact that she's betraying

me started

to even consider eating. My stomach twists with nausea, and the bile rises in

wedding.

wedding. I'm happy with just having it in the backyard. Something simple, you know? It's both of our's second wedding, so reason to go all out," my mother chirps, her

throat, his voice indifferent. "Whatever

lift my eyes from the plate, but I can feel him watching me.

the top of my

thigh, offering silent comfort, but it's not enough to keep the disgust from settling deep inside me. The idea of my mother marrying

I am so excited to move in together," she continues,

be nice to have all of us under one roof.

A real family.

air like a bitter joke. I squeeze my fork tighter, the metal biting into my palm, as

Alina?" Jake's

to find his gaze locked on me, his dark eyes narrowing as if he's trying to pull

to see if

with me. But even with him next to me,

usually this guarded, I'm sorry Jake,” mother apologizes to

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