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.

enough time to

little. Or a lot."

in

face him,

I shake my head. His eyes

of everything I still can't believe is mine. There's

falling in love with me all over again. Every day, every time. It never fades.

It doesn't level off. It stays high, burning

that undoes me is how constant it is, how unwavering his

I pull back, I whisper, "We can't. Aiden's bringing

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Chapter 262

"Are you afraid she's not going to

with the button of his shirt, avoiding his gaze and shrug. “Maybe? I mean, I don't know how much Aiden has told her about me, but I feel

You're a kind person. Besides, I wouldn't

I trust it. I

can

shake my head with a

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

turning

on music

potatoes, add a bit more salt, and just as I'm wiping my hands, Zaid appears again at my side, extending his

me," he

into his, and we sway slowly in the kitchen, the afternoon light spilling in through the windows. His arms wrap around me

It's like the rough edges of our lives are just the right shape to

tell us he'd met someone, I'd never heard him sound so happy. Zaid and I were genuinely thrilled.

at me. Like loving me isn't something he's doing, it's something he is. And I wonder if he knows that I feel the same. That every time I look at him, I still feel that rush, like we're at the start even though

kiss his chest and let myself melt into the moment until the doorbell

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