Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 166

Chapter 168

Crossing a Line

We're frozen.

Suspended in time. I can't breathe, can't think. My heart is pounding hard enough that I

can hear it in my ears.

Nikki and I stare at each other, wide eyed and breathless, tying to smooth our

faces so we

don't have the truth of our conversation written in our eyes.

She motions with her hands for me to take a deep breath, so I do.

I take a breath. Then another. I smooth my hands over my hair, adjust my shirt like that's going to help anything, and make my way to the door. Nikki makes a dramatic motion of zipping her lips shut, throwing away the key, and sitting back against my pillows with the most innocent look I've ever seen.

I almost laugh.

I pull open the door. Shock spreads through me at seeing Zaid standing there.

He's got something behind his back, his jaw working like he's in the middle of chewing something bitter. His dark eyes soften when they land on me, and my

entire body reacts.

My spine shudders.

My breath turns light.

My heart stutters.

I miss him.

For a second, it's just us. I forget that Nikki.is there. I forget about Sadie, about all the shit happening around us.

But then his eyes flick past me and catch Nikki sitting in my room. The bubble around me

bursts.

"Hey, didn't know you were here," he says politely, dipping his chin at her.

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hand in a

to not look like she's hiding something. She looks

his weight, eyes turning back to me. "Can we talk

tight, and I can feel the weight of impatience

who's watching us like she's

were just about to leave,"

deepens. "Please. Just for

nervous, ticking, eyes shifting between mine like

cross my arms loosely and tilt

he gives me a small, jerky nod. "I'm fine. I'm

clears her

for half a second before sighing.

the bed and gives me a quick squeeze on my arm

way out.

gentle, careful movement, like he's afraid of breaking

nerves are written all over

never really seen him

a line," he starts. His voice is thick. "And you can tell me

this is

stare at him, confused. "Zaid,

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behind

box of

very still. My brain does this dumb

explain itself. I lift my eyes to

thinking, I swing the door

eavesdropping. She jumps a little when I call her, but walks back

still holds the box out awkwardly, his

line of sight, and the second she sees

stand there for a moment, like we're trying to figure something

Nikki looks at Zaid. "You

He blinks. "What?"

Nikki throws herself into the middle of the

herself and me. "We were literally about to go get

soft in that way it only ever is when he's caught off guard, like he's just been

weak laugh. "Guess you saved us a

a bad way. More like he's thinking through every possible scenario at once.

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