My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0494

Nina

The air between us was stifling. Enzo's eyes, usually the kind of warm brown that reminded me of a cozy, crackling fireplace, were now a stormy, uncertain hue.

He was hurt; that much was glaringly apparent.

"You're asking me if I would've had an abortion without telling you," I finally whispered, breaking the tension that was tightly gripping us both. "The truth, Enzo, is yes... I considered it."

Enzo looked like I had just jammed a knife through his chest. "Why?" he murmured. "We're supposed to be honest with each other, Nina. Why would you even consider keeping something like that from me?"

a sigh, "I was scared, not just for me, but for

brow furrowed as he looked at me. "Scared for me? Nina, how

because of your new job, Enzo. You've got a chance to work with this hockey team, to do something that you've always dreamed of. You could be spending months away from home, focusing entirely on this. I thought that a baby would just... derail everything for you." Enzo shook his head, clearly frustrated. He moved away, running his hands through his already disheveled hair. For a moment, he paced back and forth by the window, looking out over the ocean. The waves crashing below against the side of the cliff felt like the perfect representation of his inner turmoil, of a storm brewing in his mind.

that's my decision to make, too," he finally said, turning to face me. "You can't

school. Would I have to give up my dreams as well? Do you think I can manage an intensive program and

truly looked at me, as if for the first time seeing the woman standing before him-filled with dreams, yes, but also with fears and vulnerabilities. "I'm sorry, Nina. I didn't mean it like that. I

if I could do it. And I didn't want to force

see our child as an obstruction?

be?"