Chapter 0483

Nina

The moment the nausea hit me, I knew something was off. It wasn't just a twinge of discomfort, either. It was a mad dash to the bathroom to keep myself from making a mess all over the entire house.

When I finally leaned over the toilet, emptying whatever remnants were in my stomach, I felt fragile and weak, like I was hanging on by a thread.

What was this awful stomach bug? And why had it been plaguing me for so long?

*Great timing, Nina," I muttered to myself as I rinsed my mouth and splashed a little cold water on my face. The cold shock momentarily gave me a tiny burst of energy, but as I looked in the mirror, I couldn't deny the pallor of my skin and the unmistakable drowsiness in my eyes.

I looked like I was half-dead.

Suddenly, my phone buzzed from the living room and brought me back to reality. I recognized Enzo's ringtone- our song-and my heart did a little flip.

I managed to stumble out of the bathroom and sink down onto the couch where my uneaten takeout food lay in front of me before I took

my face as though Enzo was right here, looking at me. In an

"Hey, gorgeous," he said, and I could hear the sound of rustling in

the hotel. "I'm glad you made it," I said, leaning my head back on the couch and

wouldn't believe it. The flight attendant confused me with someone wealthy and accidentally bumped me up to first class. The guy was pretty

Enzo, in all of his levelheaded glory, probably smirked throughout the whole thing. "That's funny," I said, reveling in the normalcy of our conversation

The guy sitting next to me, halfway into the

"Ew, gross!"

shut up, kept going on about how the city has changed and 'kids these

tinged with the exhaustion of a long day. But even then, something inside me twisted even more, a wrenching feeling that had little to do with my sickness and more with the distance that was suddenly so palpable between

had quite the

again soon," he said. "What

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255