Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 171

Chapter 173

Because of You

I don't know how much time passes, but I know it's hours. The sun shifts through the window and I twist to lie on my back.

There's a lump in my throat, everything inside of me struggling to come out.

I sigh, and Zaid looks down at me, his fingers trailing down my arms. "Do you want to talk

about it?"

I swallow. "I'm not pregnant."

He frowns at that, breathing slowly to prepare himself. "Did you want to be?"

I shake my head. "No, I don't think so."

His fingers draw circles on my skin. "It makes you sad?"

I sigh. "She told me I could've been pregnant at one point. Something about my

hormones or something."

He pulls slightly away, looking down at me, eyes searching mine. "Love."

I don't want his pity, I just wanted someone to know, someone to be in the darkness with me. "I don't know how to feel about it." me.

He closes in on me, his hands finding their way under my shirt and around my waist. My stomach twists and I push at his chest. "Zaid, not know, I don't want to-"

"Fuck, Alina. I'm not trying to have sex with you."

I look up at him, new tears streaming down my cheeks. He looks pained, hurt, surprised

that I would assume that.

"I just want to hold you."

My skin breaks out into goosebumps, and I press into him. "I'm sorry, I just-"

apologize. There's nothing to apologize for. I can't

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shake my head. "I just, I feel stupid

"Why?"

really pregnant. I didn't want to be. And

on me

confession slides out of

I'll be here, always,” he whispers, pressing

I blink at that.

clears his throat, chest rising with his next words. "I know it was impossible for the baby to have been mine,

tears through

like a girl mom

I struggle to breathe.

loved her so

to keep my heart in check. "Well, she would have

that

chuckle, trying to make that part of the conversation much

chin, forcing me to look into his eyes, forcing me to understand how serious his next words are. "I don't give a

"Zaid-"

"Because I love you."

it so quietly that for a second, I think I imagined it. But I didn't. The

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into the air

body locks up. My breath

No. No, no, no.

pounds so hard I feel sick. I can't do this. I can't

the walls closing in.

let him speak. I press my palm to my chest like I can physically hold myself

ripped from me. I loved them, and they were stolen from

inside. His eyes dark and steady, his jaw tense like he's biting back a thousand things he wants to say. Then, in a voice raw with emotion, he murmurs, "I don't need you to say it back. I don't need you to do anything. I just needed you to know that you are loved. Deeply, Alina. By me." The words crack something

It's rage.

him, something sharp and painful twisting

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