My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0493

Nina

The air felt thick with tension, laden with unspoken words that hovered between us like a brewing storm. Enzo looked at me, his usually warm brown eyes now clouded with a kind of unknowable perplexity, as if he sensed the seismic shift that was about to rock our world.

"Nina, what is it you're not telling me?" he asked, his voice filled with worry. "You've been distant all night."

I avoided his gaze, focusing instead on standing and scooping my nightgown up off of the floor. I slipped it on over my head, then paused, feeling Enzo's eyes on me.

"Enzo," I finally started, my voice shaky despite the tidal wave of emotions that I was fighting so hard to control. "I have something to tell you, something... significant."

His eyes widened, locking onto mine, as if hoping to extract the truth through sheer force of will. "You're scaring me a little here, Nina. What's going on?"

With a deep breath, I let it out, the words tumbling out of my mouth faster than I had intended: "I'm pregnant, Enzo."

A heavy silence stretched between us. Enzo was speechless. I could see the gears in his head grinding to a halt before jump-starting again, as if rebooting to accommodate this newfound information.

"You're... you're pregnant?" he finally stammered.

"Yes," I whispered, the word barely more than a breath, yet carrying the weight of a lifetime.

if his brain was trying to process the magnitude of the information it had just received. He paced in front of me, his eyes far away, before finally stopping and

He asked, his voice filled with a perplexed sort of

whisper. "It's rare but it happens. The tests came back

I realized that I hadn't mentioned the hospital to him

went to the hospital, Nina? And you didn't tell me?

But I just wanted to enjoy your

in the air in an exasperated manner. "You should have told me as soon as you went to the hospital. Why did

cramps and I thought something was wrong, so I drove myself," I

wasn't an idiot. He wasn't about to dwell on the fact that I went to the hospital without telling him. "Alright, so it was a false negative," he said, shaking his head as though struggling to piece together the puzzle that had suddenly become his

Enzo, there's something else you

at me, his eyes heavy with a mixture

me within a few moments that he didn't recognize the term, so I explained. "It's

the color draining from his cheeks as if he had jus been slapped. "Endometriosis?" he murmured. "And how long have you known

doctor at the hospital said I might have it, based

chest. I could see Enzo's eyes flicker with a mixture of hurt and understanding, a painful reconciliation of the reality that was unfolding

"Enzo?" I murmured, standing.

through his curly hair. Somehow, he had crossed the room during our conversation and was now standing in front of the large window overlooking the ocean, and I had been so absorbed in our conversation that I had hardly

or anything, but... Here I was, going out this weekend and leaving you home alone while I met with this hockey team, only to find out that you went to the hospital, found out you were