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?"

That I don't dream about you every

when you fall apart in my

through his hair, looking like he's

unraveling.

use me for anything. Every piece of me. I'd set myself

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More Than an Escape-2

even know if you

Tears sting my eyes.

bobs. “Is it so hard to believe that I want to know you want me for more than just the way

the world isn't falling apart

the words cost him everything. "I just... I need to know

Not the escape I give you. Not

between

in it, my heart

do love

I always have.

maybe I've never shown him that I love him

need him.

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

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