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.

time to sneak upstairs and

little. Or a lot."

turn in his

face him,

as I shake my

still can't believe is mine. There's this

love with me

new anymore, but somehow, with Zaid, it still feels new. That love doesn't settle. It doesn't level off. It stays high, burning in him and in me like it's just

how constant it is, how unwavering his

on my toes and kiss him. When I pull back, I whisper, "We can't. Aiden's bringing his new girlfriend, remember? I want

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Chapter 262

little. "Are you afraid she's not going to like

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.

my ears. "Give yourself for credit, love. You're a kind person. Besides, I wouldn't let her say anything bad about you or to

think he's right about that, I trust it. I

can

my head with a

like a man who's just been denied air.

chest before turning back to

room, turning on

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

with me," he

slowly in the kitchen, the afternoon light spilling in through the windows. His arms wrap around me again, and I rest my head

rough edges of our lives are just the

never heard him sound so happy. Zaid and I were genuinely

me isn't something he's doing, it's something he is. And I wonder if he knows that I feel the same. That

myself melt into the moment until

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