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Chapter 21
I walk through the whole house, catching his shadow as he walks to fast for me.
| follow him out through the front door, but the front lawn is empty and my chest deflates when | exhale in
defeat. | tuck my hair behind my ear, deciding to got back inside and find Aiden.
"You got him wrapped around your little finger don't you?"
I turn, my heart rate spiking when | see Zaid sitting on the porch swing with a cigarette between his lips. | look
around, noticing that we're alone and | walk toward him, rubbing my arms as | do.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Aiden, Alina. I'm talking about Aiden," He whispers, releasing a stream of smoke from his nostrils. It cout
slow, billowing
around his face before disappearing into the air.
| shake my head.
He scowls at me. "Aiden's girlfriend had you beat, | saved you, and for sreason you're looking at him like
he's the most perfect person to ever exist."
His words sting and | stutter. "That's not..."
He scoffs, taking another puff from his cigarette.
It makesangry, and | step toward him. "You left me."
Those eyes focus on me.
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"You leftthere, Zaid. You might see yourself as the hero in this story, but you're not."
He looks away, releasing another stream of air.
"What do you even have against Aiden?"
"Nothing."
"It doesn't seem like nothing-"
"Everyone fucking looks up to him. But they don't know him like | do. He's a fucking coward. Egotistical bitch.
And you go running
after him every chance you get."
That's not even remotely true, considering the fact that | followed him here and not Aiden. "Why do you care? |
don't even know why that makes you so angry." Nikki's words echo in my head and | want to push him, to see
what he admits. His nostrils flare and he throws the cigarette on the floor, stomping on it with the heel of his
shoe as he stands.
| freeze in my spot, my mouth parting to protest as he walks toward me. | expect him to stop when he's an arm
length away, but he doesn't. He walks right up tountil his chest bumps into mine.
"Zaid."
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He exhales, the scent of smoke and alcohol fanning over me. | don't url away in disgust, because I'm too focused
on his eyes. The darkness in thein drawsin. Even as my body shudders in warning | lean closer, something
about him tellingthere's more than meets the eye.
"You want to know why I'm angry?"
I nod, stiffly, the only movement | can manage.
He wraps his hand around my neck, bringingto him as he pressed his lips to mine. | gasp in shock, in
desperation to get air.
He takes advantage.
He devours me.
My hands claw at his arm, his fingers digging into my neck.
His tongue pushes into my mouth, our teeth clash, and | can't breathe. He presses into me, my stomach coiling
when | feel his erection on my stomach. He doesn't relent, kissinghard.
He's drunk and his body uses mine for support. He's so fucking heavy, | stumble back.
| try to push him away, but he keeps his body plastered to mine. His other hand move all around my body,
gripping my hips then my waist. | push away at his chest again, but he presses closer to me
My back hits the wall, drawingout enough forto pull my thoughts together and | slap my hand across his
cheek.
It does nothing to affect him, his hand lowering now to the zipper on my shorts. | move faster and slap him
harder.
That time, it forces his lips away from mine and I'm left panting for air.
He leavescaged between him and the wall, his jaw clenching as he blinks as if not believing that I just hit
him.
"What the fuck, Zaid?" My lips burn from his kiss, they feel raw and they pulse all the stime.
He snaps his eyes to mine and | tense, the anger simmering off of them. For the first time, | wonder what he's
capable of and what | got myself into him by following him.
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He doesn't try to kissagain, no, instead he lays his palms on the wall behind
"This is why I'm so fucking angry."
| exhale, my body reaction with a myriad of heat and stomach turning want.
"| want you so fucking bad."
| swallow the lump in my throat.
He leans down, running his lips down the column of my neck and I moan softly throwing my head back to give
him better access. | can't help it, it feels so good, remindingof Jake's attention.
Aiden is thrown to the back of my head and all | can focus on is how my body reacts to him.
"| want you so fucking bad, love."
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He grinds his hips intoagain and | gasp, pushing him away with my hand on his stomach. "Zaid, 1-
"Save it," He whispers against my neck. "I don't need you to explain tohow Aiden's the better choice."
"lI don't." | start but then shut up. If | tell him | haven't made a chole with Aiden yet, that | only agreed to one
date, he might think there's hope for him. | don't want to give him that. He feels so good against me, but he's a
fire. Burning and impossible to extinguish.
He runs his teeth down my neck, bitingsoftly at the base where thy collarbone starts. "Don't ccrying to
He presses a kiss to my skin and then turns away, walking off the porch and
through the front lawn without a look back at me, leavingjust how he did in the diner.
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