My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0530

"That's all the time we have," he retorted, not meeting my eyes. "I need to know if I have to quit my job."

"But you're not leaving for months!" I was practically yelling now, my voice steeped in incredulity. "Why do we have to decide this right now?"

"Because I need to be prepared to give the hockey team ample notice. I can't just drop out at the last minute, Nina. It's irresponsible, both to the team and to myself," he argued, his voice steady, almost calculated, as if he had somehow been rehearsing this over the past two hours.

I fell silent for a moment, my mind racing. This wasn't fair. None of it was fair. I looked at him, really looked at him, and what I saw broke my heart-his mouth set in a grim line, a finality in his eyes that I hadn't seen in a long time.

"So that's it then. You've made up your mind, I murmured, my voice tinged with a sadness that took us both by surprise.

He shrugged. "I don't want to do this, Nina. I don't want to force you into making a decision like this. But given the circumstances, I don't feel like we have a choice," he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

dad's party? Or the

that. It's too much, Nina. I can't leave you here

before, Enzo. I've faced danger before you were in the picture. I'm not

he snapped, his own frustration finally spilling over. "But the fact remains, I can't be here to protect you when I'm gone. And that makes all the difference to

even me wince, and I knew that wasn't true. "It doesn't matter. I already made

trapped, cornered, as if the walls were closing in on me. "You think this is easy for me? You think I want to be the cause of you having to give

hard choices for

tear escape, trickling down my cheek, the salty trail it left a testament to the bitterness I felt. "Fine," I

his voice tinged with something I

how it's going to be, then fine. You'll get your answer in 48 hours,"

that, Nina. Don't make it seem like I'm

"Aren't you?"