Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 242

Chapter 249

Zaid drives with one hand on the wheel, the other resting casually on his thigh. The sky outside is shifting into that dark black of night, and the silence between us isn't awkward. It's just full of the things we're giving each other things to say.

I glance over at him. The slope of his nose. The slight pull on his brow. The way

his lashes fan against his cheekbones when he

blinks.

He catches me.

"You're staring," he says, a small smile tugging at his lips.

I don't even pretend to look away.

"I can't help it,” I say softly. "You're so beautiful to me."

His jaw flexes just once, and he reaches across the console for my hand. Our fingers tangle together like muscle memory.

I look down at them. "We have a week. Just us. Before I go."

"I know," he says quietly, and even though he's still smiling, I hear the weight in his voice.

There's a silence again.

I squeeze his hand gently. "It's going to suck, but it's also going to be good. I mean, you knew I needed this. Before I even did."

He nods, not looking at me, eyes fixed on the road ahead. "I knew. And I want you

to have it. The space. The freedom. You're own piece of life."

His words warm me, and then guilt straddles my chest. I hesitate and take a breath. “Jake came by. While you and Aiden were gone that one day."

He finally glances at me.

is in my throat. "He gave me the

blinks. His hand tightens just slightly around mine, his other hand turning white on the wheel. "He wasn't supposed to

I ask softly. "Why wouldn't you want me

hand and brings both of his hands to the wheel. "I didn't want you to feel

I won't. I don't

place that was yours. You had to leave Florida, you had to leave Arizona.

tears from my

up. No matter who you chose, you have a

miss you so much," I

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there's no humor in it, just tenderess. "You have no idea how much I'm going to

more as he pulls into

He pulls me in, cupping my face before kissing me in a

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I gasp from the tenderness and strengh of his

been wanting to do this all week,"

against his

and settles over me. His hands explore my skin beneath my clothes

we doing?"

Zaid frown. "Right now?"

nod. "Right now. For the next week, when I get back from Italy. When

me on his lap with

guarded myself. Everything that happened in the accident, and then everything that happening in the

been scared, too,"

That's why this is good. You going to Italy. Me, staying. Facing the stuff I've

his knuckles. "So what

future, and

My throat is tight.

figure it out when you come back," he adds.

nod, the tears finally spilling

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