Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 218

More Than an Escape-2

And then his mouth finds mine.

Hot. Slow. Devastating.

He kisses like he's starving. His hands are everywhere, my waist, my jaw. It hurts, but I take it. I melt into him, greedy for every second, every breath, every proof that he still

feels this too.

When we finally break apart, gasping, trembling, his hands still on my hips, Zaid pulls back like I've just burned him.

His mouth is red. His eyes dark. Then he steps back, face twisted in some mix of guilt and rage. "This was a mistake."

My stomach drops, and something hot rises in my throat. "A mistake?"

He turns away, jaw working like he's trying to swallow the words down. He runs his hands through his hair, the muscles on his back bunching.

"Why?" I demand, voice shaking.

He spins on me, eyes blazing. "Because wanting someone isn't enough, Alina!" My breath hitches.

Zaid takes a step forward, veins standing out on his hands, his chest heaving. "Do you think it's easy for me to keep pulling back? To live in the same house as you and not

touch you? To ache for you with every fucking breath I take?"

breaking inside him. "You think I don't want you? That I don't dream about you every goddamn night? That I

when you

stare at him, stunned. He runs a hand through his

unraveling.

ground, voice softer. "I'd give you everything, Alina. Let you use me for anything. Every piece of me. I'd set myself on fire if it would

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know if you see me

Tears sting my eyes.

“Is it so hard to believe that I want to know you want me for more than just the way I make you forget everything else? That

world isn't

words cost him everything. "I just... I need

I give you. Not

silence between us is

it, my heart folds in

I do love

I always have.

if he's right,, iff maybe I've never shown him that I love

need him.

happens when we're happy? When the nightmares stop, when the memories

I watch him silently..

right? You want that freedom.. I want it to. For you and me, my love. What happens when you don't meed me? When all that matters is