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.

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

little. Or a lot."

turn in

to face him,

shake my head. His eyes

dark, full of everything I still can't believe is mine. There's this

watches me like he's falling in love with me all over again. Every day, every time. It never

somehow, with Zaid, it still feels new. That love doesn't settle. It doesn't level off. It

how constant it is, how unwavering his

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

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Chapter 262

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

shrug. “Maybe? I mean, I don't know how much Aiden has told her about me, but I feel like it would be

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

he's right about that, I trust it.

we can sneak upstairs for a

my head with

just

before turning back to

toward the living room, turning on music

and just as

with me,"

his, and we sway slowly in the kitchen, the afternoon light spilling in through

kind of perfect I never believed existed. It's like the rough edges of our lives are just the right shape to hold each other. Everything between us just fell into

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

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 we're deep in the

chest and let myself melt

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