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."

nostrils flaring like he's about to say

"It wasn't much. I just heard you say you

a place I liked. Somewhere

a little. I watch as he

That you miss the green in

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

a word, he picks up his phone

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but he jerks his chin toward the screen. I unlock it and gasp. He has a website pulled up, a dozen listings saved to his favorites.

of them is

air leaves my

the tears already slipping past my lashes. "How did you know I wanted to go to

his face, like he's in pain. Like he can't breathe. Like he wants to run as much as I do. His

your dad from there?" he says

I bite my bottom

watches me like he's drinking me, breathing me in. Then, barely above a whisper, he says,

God.

chest. But it doesn't ease. Because he's here. And I'm here. And we're driving across

road trip is

will it take us to get there?" I ask, my voice fragile

haven't fully swallowed down.

days," Zaid replies, eyes flicking to

Five days.

from the

that means.

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