Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 167

Chapter 169

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Nikki sighs, and it's the only sound in the quiet bathroom. It echoes off the walls.

She's lying down in the tub, her arms folded beneath her head. She looks incredibly uncomfortable, but she doesn't complain.

I'm standing, frozen, staring at the door because I'm too much of a wuss to turn around and look at the test on the counter. I memorize the grain and the grooves etched into the wood. I'm imagining someone bursting in and telling me this has all been a dream.

That I don't have to turn around and see what's sitting on the counter behind me.

"I can look at it if you want me to," Nikki murmurs.

I shake my head as I turn to face her. "No, it's okay. I'll do it."

But I don't move. I can't. My brain can't communicate with my body. My feet feel bolted

to the tile.

"Have you thought about who the father is?" she asks quietly.

The air punches out of my lungs. I close my eyes, pressing my palm against the

wall to stay upright. "Oh, no. That's a whole other thing."

Nikki shifts in the tub, sitting up now. I can feel her gaze heavy on me even though I

refuse to look at her.

"You're gonna need DNA tests. For the three of them," she says, sounding thoughtful, like

be right there with me for

to know that I'm not alone. I swallow hard, staring at my clammy

When I glance at her, Nikki's frowning, her eyebrows

the wall until I'm sitting on the cold floor, knees bent, fingers twisting together in my lap. I

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mouth. Like they shouldn't be true, but they are. Nikki blinks at me, her mouth parting

liking that I have to explain

things,

"You don't want

out

jaw

because I live in it

scraping out

but something stops

but a

searching her face. "I don't

Nikki's face drains of color. She stiffens, her

her

I ask, heart climbing into my

lips pressed together. Then, after a second, she

rumors

shaking her head

"What, Nikki?"

need to talk to him about it.

"What do you mean?"

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