Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

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I stare out of the window into the backyard, the mess from last night mostly gone.

The pan sizzles and I snap out of my thoughts.

"Shit," I whisper to myself, grimacing as I salvage the eggs before they burn.

My mind has been a chaotic mess. Even my dreams seemed too real last night.

I dreamed of a car and a crash. Of Zaid in handcuffs and Aiden just watching.

I slide a piece of bread into the toaster, my mind racing with questions I don't know if I

want the answers to.

The soft creak of the stairs makes my heart jolt. I don't have to turn around to know it's

Aiden. His footsteps are slower than usual, hesitant, almost apologetic.

"Morning," he says, his voice quiet and heavy with sleep.

"Morning," I reply, my tone neutral, my focus fixed on the egg as it bubbles in the pan.

I feel him behind me before he touches me, his arms wrapping around my waist, pulling

me into his chest. His warmth is familiar, and for a moment, I let myself lean into it,

closing my eyes.

"Do you hate me now?" he asks softly, his voice trembling just enough to make me flinch.

I shake my head, opening my eyes and focusing on the stovetop.

"I don't know," I admit.

He tenses behind me and retreats just a bit.

"I'm confused. Angry. But I want to hear your side."

He exhales a shaky breath, his arms loosening slightly. "Okay. Yeah, okay. Let's talk."

grabbing my toast from

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eyes wary. His pupils follow me, his lips in a

him and balance the plate

I just look down at the plate,

The thought of him sends a pang through my

slide to

do I even want from this conversation? Closure?

is tousled, and the way he looks at me makes me feel like

met in the school office. How he'd grinned at me, made me laugh when I didn't

guy that sits in front of me seems to be someone completely different. The type of guy that would

shit.

be the same

forcing myself to meet his gaze.

his jaw tightening. "What exactly did

lips and stop my hands from trembling. "That it was you driving

you let Zaid take the blame and he went to

his eyes darting to the

it is true." My chest

He nods.

fill my eyes. "How could

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fingers. "Alina, I

you let Zaid take the

He grimaces.

juvie while you walked

like that!" he protests, leaning

happening in his eyes. Fear, hatred, anger, devastation and complete,

told me he'd take the blame. He said I had

my chest tightening. "And you just

"Of course I did!"

the tears from my eyes until

me it was the right thing to do," he

he didn't care, that

table, my appetite entirely gone. "He

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