Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 52

You'll Hate Me-2

"Is that were his scars are from?" I whisper.

Aiden frowns, eyes turning dark. "What?"

I exhale a dry breath, immediately regretting my words. This is a conversation we

cannot have now, especially when he's drunk. I clear my throat and instead answer his question. "No... I didn't know that."

He frowns, but he continues, slumping into the bench. "Mom died, but he walked away. Only scratches."

I reach out to him, running my fingers through his hair. "That's why you hate him?"

He begins to nod but then he catches himself. "No."

His eyes shut close as he now shakes his head. He hisses through the pain in his head and slides down until his ass is on the floor and his back against the edge of the bench.

He leans his head to the side and it falls against my thight.

I watch him, but I'm not here. My heart is hammering in my chest. I'm thinking about Zaid and the scars he showed me in the bathroom. The conversations we had in the diner. the way he looked so broken to know that I chose Aiden over him.

"He never talks about it, you know?"

But in my head I remember Zaid's words: No one asks me about her. No one wants to talk about her. I

that remembers

word. Just... acts like it didn't happen." He

to hold back whatever's bubbling

asked him about it?"

He laughs. "Fuck no."

I swallow.

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his throat, he stands up. "But that's not even all of

with wide eyes. He paces in front of me until he stops before me, leaning down

his eyes that pulls at my chest. He's being honest, open. Moreso than he's been since

heartbeat, my ears ringing as I stay quiet. Maybe it'll keep him talking if

fighting an internal battle. When he opens them, they're

beat and I lick my lips from the anticipation. Is he finally going to tell me what he's been hiding? "It's okay, you can

if telling you means I lose you, too?" His voice breaks, and I feel my heart twist at

"What do you mean?"

haunted look in his eyes. "If you knew everything, you'd look at me differently. You'd

me, I have to

he only shakes his head, his face filled

to stop."