Chapter 0524

Finally breaking the silence, Enzo looked at me with a grave expression. "Nina, we should talk about... the other scenario."

I felt a knot form in my stomach. "What other scenario?" I asked, even though I knew the answer perfectly well.

He hesitated, clearly choosing his words carefully. "Well, what if this pregnancy... doesn't work out in the end?"

His words hung in the air like a dark cloud, casting the room into further shadow. It was a possibility, a cruel and ugly possibility that I hadn't wanted to allow myself to think about. But hearing him say it out loud made it suddenly all too real.

"That's not going to happen," I said quickly, as if saying it with enough conviction would make it true.

"We don't know that," Enzo replied softly. "The symptoms you're experiencing, the history with your mother-"

"I don't want to consider this, Enzo. It's

that made it even harder to look at him. "Nina, you might have

sighed, realizing that he

bright side. That we could always trying again." The room spun around me. Even just thinking about the possibility of this pregnancy failing

meant. I just don't want you to

what if it is?" I murmured, looking away. "What if

tired, and you're scared, and you're angry. But nothing is set in

brushing away a

look into his eyes. "Nina, do you remember our vows? For better or worse, in sickness and in health? This is our 'worse, our 'sickness.' And I meant every word when I said I'd

tears I'd been holding back flowed freely down my cheeks. "I'm scared, Enzo. I never

a tight embrace. "And I'm scared too. But we're in this

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