Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 60

It Will Never Be

I fold another sweater and shove it into the cardboard box in front of me, not bothering to

keep it neat.

It will be a pain to dig through the box and figure out where everything is, but I

don't

care.

Mother hums to herself as she walks down the hallway from her room to the hallway bathroom. She seems to be unbothered by the chaotic mess.

Clothes, books and random things are scattered everywhere, all over the floor.

I roll my eyes and peek my head out of my bedroom. "Are you expecting me to clean up

all this mess?"

Mother stops with her shampoo in her hands, frowning. "Of course not. Jake is hiring a cleaning company to take care of everything we leave behind. Just take what you want."

"How can you be so calm about this?" I ask.

She shrugs, walking toward her room again. "I'm ready to start this new chapter of

our

lives."

A new chapter. Yeah right. Something tells me nothing is going to change except our living situation. "Does Jake know you're an alcoholic?"

She gasps, jaw dropped. "Don't be so dramatic. So, I like to finish my day off with a glass

of wine, that doesn't make me an alcoholic, Alina."

I sneer at her. She says it's a glass of wine, but it's more like bottles. With an s.

Moving into Jake's house feels more like stepping into a twisted version of my life than

of fresh start, and dread fills me up to the

here and she could live with Jake

know what's worse: pretending everything is fine or knowing I'll be living under the same roof

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end of the day.

conversation yesterday. His confession that he's

Fuck.

me that wanted to be flattered at that. That he wanted me under

The larger part of me was

could get a place together, move

And what?

a future with

I don't.

me feel normal; he

and shove another handful of clothes into

mother says as she walks to the living room

hands.

fully furnished, and I'm sure he

the last of the boxes into the car, my stomach churning as I

eating me up too much to let me speak. Not that I have anything I

eyes are anything but relaxed. They're locked on me, intense and burning, and I can't help the way my heart

his voice low as I step out

my pulse racing. His words from yesterday echo in my head:

only

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get

me in this position. And yet, I can't stop the wild flutter in my chest whenever he looks at me, when I

our boxes inside, leading the way to my new room. My mother

room," Jake

and a vanity tucked in the

room is sandwiched

another room?" I ask

me, her tone sharp. "Alina, don't be

been uprooted and shoved into this

and