Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 216

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His eyes widen slightly, a flicker of emotion crossing his face before he schools it back into place. The question would be random and totally out of the blue if it weren't for the

setting.

He understands why I'm asking.

His gaze flickers to the window before he answers. "She was kind of a burst of energy."

My heart races in my chest as the memories rush through his eyes.

"She thought aliens were real, had a theory about how they hide in plain sight."

A smile widens across my face. "Really?"

He nods. "Did you know her and my dad were together since college?"

Warmth spreads through me. "That's sweet."

He presses his lips into a tight line. "She actually dated my uncle John before my dad."

head, studying him as he speaks. "Your dad stole her

friends, the three of them. But it's also one of those things we didn't really talk

before my

can't help the chuckle that leaves me. "I wonder what she

hand through his hair. "That's a good

said you were her favorite. Is that

hesitates, like he's weighing the answer. "I think she loved us both equally. But Aiden was always kind of distant.

his voice when he says it,

chest.

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way home from my physical

window and I know exactly

eyes.

could play basketball again. Insisted on it. I was being stubborn,

hand to my

I was looking at the road, and I didn't move fast enough. Maybe if I had been calmer, I could've moved faster. I could have

hand on his. "Zaid, it's not your

me, giving me a forced smile. The same one I've given hundreds of people when I can't stop

after that. It feels like we're drifting, like the words we need to say are caught somewhere in our throats, too difficult to

falls, we pull into a