Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 199

Chapter 202

I'm Done

The rest of the day passes in a blur while I try my best not to think about my

mother.

Of course it doesn't work. I might not be actively talking about this morning, but it's in my head, regardless.

Jake's still locked away in his office,no sign of him, no word. The only thing we get is a

text around dinnertime.

J: Don't wait for me.

So we don't.

Aiden and I order pizza. We sprawl on the couch, slices on paper plates, a dumb movie

playing on the T.V.. He's laughing at the screen like it's any other night. Like nothing's happened. Like the world hasn't cracked open beneath my feet.

I haven't exactly told him anything, because if I say it out loud, it becomes real.l don't

want to talk about it. He thinks Zaid is feeling sick and Jake is too busy with work things.

His hand rests on my thigh, his thumb brushing soft circles against my skin.

Usually, it's comforting.

Tonight, it makes my stomach twist.

I smile at him once when he looks my way, but it feels thin. Fake. It's a lie I can't quite

keep up.

He fucked me good earlier, and it helped. It numbed me for a while, but now everything is

rushing back in.

Heavier. Hotter.

I feel like I'm suffocating under it. My heart is in my stomach. Everything hurts. I want to

cry, but there are no tears left. Just this dull, hollow ache echoing in my chest.

go check on Zaid," I say quietly,

look at me with a soft smile

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bleeding under my skin. "Okay, baby," he says, turning back

than I need to, dragging

trembles when I

click feels like a punch to

1. it.

Silence follows, and I wonder how angry he

open a second

unreadable. And just like

to before all of this, guarded, distant.

doesn't say anything. Doesn't move. Just stares at me like he's waiting

even

my arms, suddenly feeling

like he's going to say no, his dark eyes taking me in from my

this point. Where is my Zaid?

finally gives a stiff nod and steps

in slowly. The air in his room feels

across

know he must've

thick enough to choke on. I realize I'm

first.

ordered pizza if you're hungry.

kitchen-"

want,

arms around myself and sigh, licking my lips

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About earlier."

eyes to his, finally able

his hands into

missed you,"

flash of anger passing through his

can't do this,"

blood turns cold. My

onto mine, and for a second

feeling. Everything he's

what forever should look like, Alina," he says. "Using sex like a makeshift bandage. Then as a weapon. As a way to show me that you can just walk away when you're unhappy with me, with a conversation

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