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
wanted to surprise
Of course he did.
but it's thin, because all I can feel is the way Zaid won't look at me. The way the light
tomorrow, and
"I'm going
bedroom is the only one with a bed. Zaid has
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would not want
he's gone, I
sorry," I whisper, walking
doesn't reach his eyes. "It's okay.
tightens. "It can be the three of us. We
know if I can be around him
I feel about all of this," he
me.
slowly, swallowing
smile, kissing me at
you'll still have dinner with me, right? Elena
him smile, genuinely.
my lip.
miss it." And then he
where he was, where we stood just minutes ago, and
something so warm can feel so cold so
the vegetables
Jake calls as he walks back into the kitchen, a smile on
About Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina) - Chapter 222
Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina) is the best current series of the author Novelxo. With the below Chapter 222 content will make us lost in the world of love and hatred interchangeably, despite all the tricks to achieve the goal without any concern for the other half, and then regret. late. Please read chapter Chapter 222 and update the next chapters of this series at booktrk.com