Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 214

Chapter 217

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The next day we drive so much more.

We drive through miles of cracked desert and sun bleached signs, the kind of endless

stretch that makes the road feel like it's going nowhere. But inside the car, there's music playing and I feel like I can breathe.

We're only a few miles outside Solince when Zaid pulls into a gas station off the highway. I stay in the care while he heads inside.

When he comes back, he dumps a handful of snacks in my lap. "Thought you'd want

options."

I eye the mix, spicy chips, chocolate covered almonds, a slushie with two straws.

"What, no pickles this time?" I ask, smirking. I almost grabbed it and threw it out the window yesterday when the car smell was too much.

His mouth twitches. "Didn't want you littering the highway again."

I roll my eyes.

He leans against the doorframe, holding the slushie out to me. "At least I got white cherry

this time."

I take it, my fingers brushing his."My favorite."

at a diner just off the square.

accustomed to.

mundane things, get into an

not.

it when you can tell an actor is acting," I say, taking a sip

his head. "But

at him. "Yes, but they are supposed to feel like their

the fry and popping it in his

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check in and I want to

the air's cold, dusk folding into

staring at him. "It's nice talking to you like

He twitches.

this is easier for you," I whisper. “Being near me, but not with me. This is what you wanted, right? I'm still

And then his entire face changes. "You think this is

kind of

jaw clenched so tight I can see the muscle twitch. "You think this, this fucking limbo that

up

had to!" His voice

in his neck; the frustration radiating off him in waves. The

his

my

doesn't make it

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