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.

information it had just received. He paced in front of me, his eyes far away, before finally

his voice filled with a perplexed sort of agitation. "You told me you took two tests,

I explained, my voice barely above a whisper. "It's rare but it happens. The tests came

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

went to the hospital, Nina?

you tonight. But I just wanted

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

thought something was wrong, so I drove myself," I said. "But now I'm glad I

without telling him. "Alright, so it was a false negative," he

there's something else

with a mixture of dread and curiosity. "Oh, god. Now what

I let the words hang in the air for a moment as I studied Enzo's face. It became clear to me within a few moments that he didn't recognize

the color draining from his cheeks as if he had jus been slapped. "Endometriosis?" he

I might have it, based on the symptoms and the cramping. If it's

the walls appearing to inch closer as if tightening a vice around my chest. I

"Enzo?" I murmured, standing.

during our conversation and was now standing in

said quietly as I approached. "I'm not angry 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,

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