Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 211

Chapter 214

Five Days to Go

The car door is heavier than I expect. Like a metaphor for the way my heart feels,

how my

feet feel as I lift them with every step.

I sit down and the door closes with a loud thunk. At this point, all I can hear is the steady

beat of my heart in my ears. Pounding.

Zaid doesn't look at me. He's facing the window, his breath heavy, like he's struggling with his own control. His eyes watch the houses, his lips moving like he's chewing on

them.

I click my seatbelt into place, the sound loud in the quiet. My thoat feels thick, dry and I

wonder if I'm even going to be able to talk.

He still won't look at me. His hands are on his lap, clenched and still.

So I decide to break the silence, my soul still sore from the barrage of feelings his words

caused. "How'd you know I wanted to go somewhere green?"

That gets him.

He turns, slowly, and when his eyes meet mine, those dark, beautiful eyes that I haven't let myself stare into the past couple of days, I feel it like a hit to the chest. His frown pulls slightly deeper, confusion settling across his features.

I look down, swallowing the heat rising in my throat. “I overheard some of your

conversation with Jake."

like he's about to say

quickly, giving him an out. "It wasn't much. I just heard you say you

to find a place I liked.

he

you miss the green in

as I glance down at my lap. "Yeah, green

picks up his phone and hands it to

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confused, but he jerks his chin toward the screen. I unlock it and gasp. He has a website pulled up, a

single one of them is

leaves my

my throat tightens. I look at him, the tears already slipping past my lashes. "How

face, like he's in pain. Like he can't breathe. Like he wants to run as much as I do. His hand twitches on his lap like he wants to reach for me, and I feel my whole body lean an inch in his

your dad from there?" he

tears spilling now, fast and hot. I bite my bottom lip to keep it from trembling, but it's no

barely above a whisper, he says, "I listen to you, even when you

God.

ease. Because he's here. And I'm here. And

road trip is going

us to get there?"

haven't fully swallowed down.

Zaid replies, eyes flicking to

Five days.

shudder, almost imperceptibly, but it's not from the

that means.

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