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?"

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

you sound when you fall apart in

hand through his hair, looking like

unraveling.

Alina. Let you use me for anything. Every piece of me. I'd set

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even know if you

Tears sting my eyes.

to know you want me for more than just the way I make you forget everything else? That maybe I want to be

world isn't falling

cost him everything. "I just...

give you. Not a

silence between us

heart

I do love

I always have.

maybe I've never

need him.

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

I watch him silently..

want that freedom.. I want it to. For you and me,