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

be right there with me

that I'm not alone. I swallow hard, staring at

When I glance at her, Nikki's frowning,

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

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true, but they are. Nikki blinks at me, her mouth parting in shock. "What? I wouldn't assume

up my chest, not liking that I have

done other things, but

don't want to? With

breaks out

widen and her jaw drops. "He

it every day. "I don't know why. He just

a bitter laugh scraping out

but something

says nothing, but a thoughtful

glance at her, searching her

face drains of color.

as her

heart climbing

head fast, her lips pressed together. Then, after

were rumors

head again like she's

"What, Nikki?"

to him about it. I can't

"What do you mean?"

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