Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 167

Chapter 169

Two

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

there with me for every

I'm not alone. I swallow hard, staring at my clammy hands. "Two," I

I glance at her, Nikki's frowning, her eyebrows pulled tight.

the wall until I'm sitting on the cold floor, knees bent, fingers twisting together in my lap. I exhale slow. "Zaid and I, we haven't exactly had sex, at least not the kind

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Two

blinks at me, her

up my chest, not liking that

things, but

"You don't want to? With

out

her jaw drops. "He doesn't

understanding the confusion because I live in it every day. "I don't know why. He just

shake my head slowly, a bitter laugh scraping out of me. "It's

to, but something stops

but a thoughtful expression crosses

searching her face. "I don't

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

as her breathing

heart climbing

her lips pressed

rumors about Zaid

closing her eyes and shaking her head

"What, Nikki?"

You need to talk to him about it. I

"What do you mean?"

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