Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 80

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 scars that line 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.

says, his voice firm as he pushes me

closes his book, setting it aside.

gripping my shoulders as he looks

whip my

darting between us. He looks like a wounded

and uncertain. "Aiden."

shoulders, his expression

need to see if

knit in confusion.

sighs, running a hand through his hair. "Alina has

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

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

at Aiden, then at me, then back at Aiden. "If what is

Aiden?"

my hand

hard to breathe.

feet feel like they're stuck to the

work, Aiden?" He

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he looks at Zaid with a hardened

to be

over his words, and my cheeks turn so hot I think I might faint. He looks down at me, his eyes questioning everything

to push me away, disgusted by the

Zaid reaches out, his hands gentle as they find my

like he's afraid

expression dark, before his gaze drops back to me. His thumb brushes my cheek, and his lips curve into a sad,

then he

I expected. It's everything.

like he's been waiting for this moment as long as I

Or more.

away. There's no Aiden, no Jake,

me and lifting me all

apart, my chest

are still

his forehead resting

presses another soft kiss to my lips,

the spell. Zaid

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