Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 264

Chapter 264

Alina 3 Years Later

Here I am, completely undone by seven pounds of squishy baby.

I cradle Elena's son in my arms, his tiny body wrapped in a pale blue blanket, his

little fists opening and closing like he's trying to find something.

One of his fingers wraps around mine and I forget how to breathe. My chest swells, my eyes sting, and I can't stop smiling like an idiot.

God, he's perfect.

I wiggle my finger against his tiny palm, whispering a quiet hi. He coos and it hits me like

a punch to the heart.

I want one.

No, I want five.

If they all feel this soft, smell this good, make my heart ache with love, then I want five.

I never used to think of myself as a mother. Not seriously. Not beyond that pregnancy scare that had me spiraling, unsure of the future and everything in it. But now? Now I'm sitting here, in a quiet hospital room and everything feels clear.

"He's absolutely beautiful," I say, looking up.

The comment was meant for Elena, but she's out cold on the bed, snoring softly, completely knocked out from forty-eight hours of labor. A laugh slips from my lips, she would hate to know that I've heard her snore.

"She deserves the rest," Noah murmurs beside me, even as he tries to hide his chuckle. He leans over and presses a kiss to her forehead, brushing a strand of hair from her damp temple. "It was a long couple of days."

There's so much love in his eyes that it steals my breath again.

My eyes drift across the room to Zaid.

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He's sitting in the corner chair, his elbows on his knees, his dark eyes fixed on me like I'm some kind of vixen. His gaze is molten, hooded and hungry, wild.

I know that look.

me when he's overwhelmed. He's not even blinking, just watching the way

hospitals, and when Elena announced his

He was determined

the way he is looking at me, I have

his mind.

thinking, because I'm thinking it

back

back tomorrow. With food. And hopefully you'll be discharged soon?" "Fingers crossed," he

reach for Zaid's hand. He doesn't speak. Doesn't blink.

and follows me out.

sibtle thrum of his

barely make it through the front door of our house before

are everywhere, on me as we stumble our way up the

with every

heat that simmers

hands on my

standing in

at

whispers, breathless. "I've been

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him, confused. "Wait

answer right away. Just reaches for the bookshelf, pulling down his weathered leather journal. The one that looks exactly like the one he gave me

into this place.

as he hands it

five," he says

a little as I open it,

list of hopes and dreams, of goals for this

years ago.

remember writing my list on

I look at his list and the very first line wrecks me. It

1. Marry Alina.

their way to the surface. My breath

as I

slowly lower the journal.

me, closing in, stepping closer with