Chapter 0495

"Can we...can we take some time? To think? Maybe then we can figure out what we really want," I whispered.

Enzo nodded, his chin brushing against the top of my head. "Yeah, we can do that, Nina. We'll take the time we need to decide what's right for us. And whatever that decision is, we'll make it together."

I woke up nestled in Enzo's arms, my head resting comfortably on his chest. For a brief, blissful moment, the world outside didn't matter.

It was just the two of us, wrapped in the warmth of our shared bed and the soft morning light filtering through the windows. But that illusion shattered as a wave of nausea washed over me. I hastily disentangled myself from Enzo and rushed to the bathroom.

The cold tiles felt almost comforting against my palms as I hunched over the toilet bowl, emptying the contents of my stomach. When it was over, I rinsed my mouth and splashed water on my face, trying to wash away the last remnants of sickness.

reflection-the same but also irrevocably changed. The weight of yesterday's conversation settled back in, looming large in

was in the kitchen, arranging toast on a plate and carefully pouring hot water into a

that half-smile that never failed to disarm me."

on the coffee table in front of me. He wrapped the blanket around my shoulders before sitting next

nibbled, I found myself contemplating the complexities of the

can't believe you're doing all this for me," I said, my fingers absently tracing the patterns on the blanket." Imagine nine months of this.

as clear

question struck me harder than I wanted to admit. I was suddenly transported back to the night before, when I blurted out: "What about

a question that I should have asked myself more. For a long time, maybe I had been too focused on what other

on anything right now," Enzo said softly, pulling me from my thoughts. "We can wait, think things through, and

swelling with a love that was complicated by the choices we were facing. But underlying that love was a tiny shred of doubt, a shadow that loomed over every warm

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