Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 81

Just Mine

I nod, confirming that I do want to be with the both of them.

Aiden swallows thickly, and he grabs his coffee, walking out of the shop. I blink and watch him for a minute before I am up and after him.

"Aiden."

He looks over his shoulder at me, but says nothing, continuing to his car. Exasperated, I

follow.

The car ride is silent. His grip on the steering wheel is tight and his jaw clenched.

1 glance at him every chance I get, trying not to make it super obvious that I'm trying to read his expression to get some kind of understanding of what he is feeling.

Still, the silence stretches.

When we pull into the driveway and head inside, he doesn't stop in the living room or the

kitchen.

When I freeze, not knowing what to do, he grabs my hand and pulls me with him straight

down the hall.

When I realize he is walking to Zaid's room, my heart nearly beats out of my chest. My steps falter and my nerves fray. "Aiden, stop!"

His hold on me tightens.

"What are you doing?" I hiss.

He doesn't answer, pushing open Zaid's door without knocking.

gray

Zaid is on his bed, leaning against the headboard in nothing but a pair of sweatpants. A book rests open in his hands, his head snapping up at our entrance. His dark eyes narrow at Aiden before flickering to me, his expression unreadable.

"What's going on?" he asks, suspicious of Aiden's hold on me and I am so sure he can see me trembling.

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the left side of his torso. They're jagged, pale against his skin. I had forgotten what they looked like, but they

My chest tightens.

pushes me further into the room, closing the door behind

and closes his book, setting it aside.

breath, his hands gripping my shoulders as he

widen, and I whip my head around to gape

gaze darting between us. He looks like a wounded animal,

and uncertain. "Aiden."

shoulders, his expression hardening

"I need to see if I can handle

in confusion.

a hand through his hair.

I can't breathe, the words hanging in the air like a bomb about to go off. I'd wanted to

can say anything, Aiden keeps going. "But she has feelings for me, too. So if this is going to work, I need to know

He blinks at Aiden, then at me, then

Aiden?"

cracks slightly and I wrap my hand around my throat, finding

hard to breathe.

me toward Zaid again. My feet feel like they're stuck to the floor,

what is going to work, Aiden?" He

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Zaid with a hardened expression. "She likes

to be with us

I think I might faint. He looks down at me, his

he's going to push me away,

gentle as they find my face. His fingers

tentative, like he's

before his gaze drops back to me. His thumb brushes my cheek, and his lips

he kisses

expected. It's everything. His lips move

been waiting

Or more.

away. There's no Aiden, no Jake, no confusion, no scars. Just

lifting

chest is heaving, my head spinning.

are still

his forehead resting against

to my lips,

spell. Zaid straightens, his hands