Chapter 225
Somewhere Else-1
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.
thin, because all I can feel is the way Zaid won't look at me. The way the light in his
day tomorrow, and least
to my forehead. "I'm going to
the only one with a bed. Zaid has one, too,
1/3
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want to share
he's gone,
whisper, walking
that doesn't reach his eyes. "It's okay. You should spend
can be the three of us. We can all hang out
I can be around him right now.
of this," he says, voice raw. He finally looks at
me.
slowly, swallowing hard. "I
pained smile, kissing me at
you'll still have dinner with me, right? Elena wants you
makes him smile, genuinely. "Elena,
my lip.
it."
stare at the spot where he was, where we stood just minutes ago, and
can feel so cold
chopping the vegetables and rinse my
the kitchen, a smile on his face.
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