Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

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Chapter 262

Chapter 262

Alina

5 Months Later (Thanksgiving)

I smile to myself, closing my eyes for a second as I inhale the smell of better and

roasted garlic. I mash the potatoes with a steady rhythm, humming to a song I've

had stuck in my

head all week.

It doesn't matter to me that I'm a bit off-key. Zaid is the only one here, and he

likes my

humming.

Warm arms wrap around my waist from behind, and I feel his chest press against my back just as his lips find the side of my neck. I lean into him, chuckling when his kisses trail

down slowly.

My skin breaks out in goosebumps, they ripple down my spine despite the warmth in the kitchen. I try to wiggle away from him and the ticklish sensation, but he keeps me locked

in his arms.

"Zaid," I laugh, "I have to finish the potatoes."

"Take a break," He whispers.

I roll my eyes and feel him grin against my skin.

got another hour. That's just enough time to sneak upstairs and mess

little. Or a lot."

in

face

shake my head. His

everything I still can't believe is mine. There's this look he

me

Zaid, it still feels new. That love doesn't settle. It doesn't level off. It stays high, burning in him and

undoes me is how constant it is, how unwavering

and kiss him. When I pull back, I whisper, "We can't. Aiden's bringing his new girlfriend,

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Chapter 262

a little. "Are you afraid she's not going

I mean, I don't know how much Aiden has told her about me, but I feel like it would be very easy to hate me. I mean, I would if the roles

kind person. Besides, I wouldn't let her say anything bad about you or to you. Aiden

think he's right about that, I trust

mean we can sneak upstairs for

my head with

like a man who's just been denied air. "You're

laugh and nudge his chest before turning back to the

turning on music that drifts into the

more salt, and just as I'm wiping

me,"

afternoon light spilling in through the windows. His arms wrap around me again, and

of perfect I never believed existed. It's like the rough edges of our

called to tell us he'd met someone, I'd never heard him sound so happy. Zaid and I were genuinely thrilled. We couldn't wait

he is. And I wonder if he knows that I feel the same. That every time I look at him, I still feel that

chest and let myself melt

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