Chapter 0529

Nina

An ultimatum. The word hung heavy in the air between us, like a storm cloud threatening to burst. I felt my eyes widen, my pulse racing. An ultimatum? From Enzo, of all people?

"W-Why?" The word slipped out of my mouth before I could even formulate my own thoughts.

"Because I need to know you're safe, Nina. When I'm not here, I can't protect you," Enzo replied, his eyes still locked onto mine, intense and scrutinizing.

"But I can't just choose, Enzo. This is my home. And it's not fair for you to ask me to leave it like this," I argued, feeling the weight of his words sink in.

"Look, I know it's not fair. Life isn't fair," he retorted, the rigid line of his jaw and the stem set of his mouth the only hints of the emotional storm roiling inside of him. "But if something happens to you while I'm away because we didn't take every precaution, I'd never forgive myself."

about school, my responsibilities here? I can't just drop everything because you've suddenly decided it's too dangerous for me to live my life," I shot back, my voice tinged with bitterness. "And don't say I can just open portals, because it's already

a complicated pregnancy. You're already on thin ice. It's not just about you anymore; it's about our

I've been doing it for years before you came into my life," I

not saying you're helpless. But there are situations

danger, some kind of risk. We can't live our lives in

can mitigate those risks, Nina. Especially

I shot back, the words slipping

restraining himself from saying something he would likely regret later.

lot like

not trying to control you. I'm

protect me? What then?" My voice cracked, and I hated myself for it. Hated that I was showing this sort

Nina. Either you go

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