Chapter 225
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I reach for the knife to finish cutting the vegetables Zaid started on. I smile to myself, thinking of the way we kissed, thinking about how maybe this is a new start for us.
That we won't be alone anymore. From the way his hands felt on my skin, from the way everything in me screamed this is right, I can't imagine being apart from him anymore.
And then I hear it, a familiar voice. "Alina?"
My body goes cold. It's not excitement that floods me. Not joy. Not even confusion. It's
something duller. A weight I can't explain that settles in my chest like dread.
Footsteps echo through the foyer, and before I can react, Jake is in the kitchen with me.
He smiles, and before I can say a single word, he wraps his arms around me and pulls me
into a kiss. It should feel like home, but it doesn't.
When we pull apart, I can't breathe. My eyes immediately find Zaid. He's still standing by
the kitchen counter. Still here, but looking away. His arms are folded, jaw clenched.
Like it bothers him, like it hurts. Has it always hurt him?
Jake's lips brush down my neck, and I force a laugh. It's awkward, shaky, not quite mine. “Jake, what are you doing here?"
He pulls back, frowning like it should've been obvious. "It's your birthday
I wanted
Of course he did.
all I can feel is the way Zaid won't look at me. The way the light in his
our day tomorrow, and least
kiss to my forehead. "I'm going to set my things
is the only one with
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would not want to share
he's gone, I turn
I whisper, walking
head, forcing a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "It's okay. You should spend tomorrow with him.
be the three of us. We can all hang out
I can be around
of this," he says, voice raw. He finally looks at me, and the sadness
me.
nod slowly, swallowing hard. "I get
smile, kissing me at
have dinner with me, right? Elena
makes him smile, genuinely. "Elena, or
my
wouldn't miss it." And then he walks
where he was, where we
can feel so cold
chopping the vegetables
into the
About Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina) - Chapter 222
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