Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 146

Glue Holding it Together-2

"What do you mean by not separately anymore? You want us to fuck you together?” Jake looks like he's struggling to breathe. His words come out in a rush, almost too quickly, as if he's trying to protect something inside of him.

I flinch at the words.

I exhale, taking a moment to gather my thoughts before I speak. “No, Jake. I don't mean physically. I mean in every way."

He stares at me like I just grew a second head.

I feel a twinge of frustration, but I keep my voice even as I continue. "I want all of us to be a family. To be whole together."

I pause, looking around the table, making sure they understand. Aiden is blinking fast as he looks down at his plate. I'm not entirely sure what he's thinking or feeling.

"I don't want to be the reason you all are civil. I want to be an addition to your relationship, not the glue holding it together. I want you to be close, to respect each other. I want you to want to be around each other, even when I'm not here."

Jake blinks, shaking his head, clearly trying to process what I'm saying. "You... You already know how I feel about Zaid."

I look at him, my eyes unwavering. "Then you need to talk to Zaid yourself."

at the sudden attention. When I turn to face him, he

shifting between me and Zaid. The silence stretches, and I can feel Aiden watching us, the frown

the way they avoid direct confrontation, the way everything feels unresolved. I grew up in a family where we told each other

his voice biting as he speaks to Zaid. "You're an idiot," he says, the words sharp and

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not thinking he would

clenches and Aiden hisses beneath his

in danger after what happened with your mother." He shakes his head, his

impact of his words is too much. But his eyes harden, and I can see

that."

the hurt. I turn to Aiden, who's been unnervingly silent this whole time. His

in a thin line.

softly, "you have to open up,

the sound of his name, his eyes flicking to mine before he looks down at

out a shaky breath

the one racing," he confesses, his voice barely a whisper, but it

room.