Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 207

Needing You Turned Into an Obsession

I don't remember running up the stairs. My feet move on their own, slamming against the

hardwood.

I was suffocating down there. I was struggling to stand.

Zaid's words still ring in my ears. The faces of the detectives as they looked at Jake when my mother told them what he was doing. The judgment in their eyes they couldn't quite

hide.

The rage in my mother's voice was nothing new, but her disgust at Jake was scarring.

Jake, who married my mother for me.

My chest caves in around my heart, everything tightening until I can't breathe. I stumble into my room, fisting the doorknob, ready to shut out the world and scream into my pillow until I pass out from the blinding headache.

But the door doesn't close. I hear a string of words, and then a foot slams into the crack,

stopping it from shutting.

"Don't," I whisper, backing away just as the door creaks open again. I expect it to be Zaid,

but he is the last person I want to see right now.

The last person I want to see me in my shame. But it's not him.

Jake steps in, his face filled with regret. His eyes drink me in, like he's trying to assess the

damage.

"Shit, baby," he breathes, his shoulders dropping, his voice raw. "I'm sorry."

I don't hesitate. I crash into him, my body colliding with his like it's muscle memory. I bury my face into his chest and sob, ugly, shaking, breath stealing sobs.

I don't care what Zaid said. I don't care that it's wrong or twisted or that the world might never understand. I ignored the red flags because being him felt good; losing myself to him in the car that first time made me feel something.

I wanted it.

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mean for it to get this far. I didn't mean for

to shield me from all of it. He kisses

This is on me. I should've stayed

enough to look up at him, my grip still tight on

say that. I don't regret this. I don't regret you. Not us," I

soft and sad. "The best

a little. It doesn't skip entirely. The thought of losing him isn't as painful

don't want

know how

help himself, he leans in, brushing

like goodbye

leave mine, and the

my breath, my fingers tangled in the fabric of his shirt, my pulse roaring in

to kiss him

eyes. The kiss stole something from him, or

his thumb brushing along the edge of my jaw. And then he

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in the wrong," he says

blink, my stomach

He doesn't stop.

starting your life,

Tell him he is who I want. But my voice gets caught somewhere between my heart

you, it was like a breath of fresh air. Like I could breathe again after years of feeling like everything was just gray. You reminded

My arms. My

his eyes flicking there, like it only confirms what he's already feeling. But

you. And needing you turned into an obsession. I watched myself lose control, and I didn't stop.

of my eyes. I don't know if they're mine

pull this apart, trying to figure

a breath, but it doesn't go down