Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 248

Chapter 248

Elena's brows draw together. "Okay. That's good. I mean, messy, but good. I can't imagine a relationship like that would have worked out long term."

I shrug. "I wasn't thinking long term when I went into it at first. I just wanted to feel good then and there, that was all that mattered to me."

"You're thinking long term now?" She asks, voice soft and kind.

I laugh softly. "I think so."

She tilts her head, studying me. "You're not gonna backtrack on Italy are you?"

My throat tightens, and I bite the inside of my cheek, blinking hard against the sting behind my eyes. "No, I'm going."

A pause.

"I love him, Elena. I love Zaid so much it hurts. But I want to be the kind of woman who deserves him. So I'm going to find myself. Heal. Grow. Come back whole. Come back free. And when I do, I'll love him with everything I've got. Like he deserves."

Elena stares at me for a beat, then pulls me into a hug, dish soap and all.

“Good,” she whispers in my ear. “Because I've never seen anyone look at anyone the way he looks at you."

I nod into her shoulder, heart full to bursting, already counting down the days.

your life as a grown woman.

makes the tears fall without

every time I

her chin tucked on my shoulder like she's trying to hold all my broken pieces in place. I didn't mean to cry this much. But the week, the house, the weight of everything, it

pull back slightly, just enough to glance

Aiden stands there.

his mouth parting like

Elena lets me go.

sees him, and without a word, reaches up to wipe the tears

says gently. And just like

slowly, his hands shoved into

"Yeah, we were just

that. His jaw tenses, then loosens again as he steps forward and wraps his

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melt into his chest

says. "I just, I want you to know that. I will always love

My heart squeezes.

things are over between us,

him, arms wrapping

his waist. "Me,

to mine. We stay like that, breathing each other in,