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?"

"You think I don't want you? That I don't dream about

sound when you fall apart

stunned. He runs a hand through his hair, looking like he's on

unraveling.

for anything. Every piece

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More Than an Escape-2

if you see me

Tears sting my eyes.

that I want to know you want me for more than just the way

world isn't falling apart autound

"I just...

the escape I give

silence between us

in it, my heart folds in

I do

I always have.

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

need him.

When the nightmares stop, when the memories stop chasing us?" he whispers, getting closer, his

I watch him silently..

oscillatie between mine, studying me. "Because you want that, right? You want that freedom.. I want it to. For you and