My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0540

The server came over, a familiar face who greeted us with a forced smile. "The usual?"

"Yeah," Enzo responded, handing back the menus. She nodded and left us alone, with nothing but the tension that we had brought in with us.

"I've been thinking," I began, twirling a napkin in my hands. "About what you said-the ultimatum. It's a lot to process in 48 hours, Enzo. I don't know if I want to move back in with my parents, and I'm not sure if I can make a decision like that so quickly."

He sighed, leaning back in the booth. "And I don't know if I want to quit my job, Nina. But one of us needs to make a decision. For the baby's sake/"

I shook my head, feeling a surge of frustration. "But that's just it. Why does it have to be so black and white? Why can't we find a middle ground?"

"Because sometimes life doesn't give you that luxury," he said, his voice tinged with weariness. "We have to be practical. We have a baby on the way."

I shot back. "Do you not think that scares

But we can't undo it now. We have to think

worn tabletop. "And where do our dreams

a sound heavy with resignation. "Sometimes dreams change. Or

throat growing larger. "I never wanted to

are?" he said, his eyes meeting mine. "We're just adjusting them to fit a new reality. That doesn't mean

scared, too," he countered, his voice tinged with desperation. "You think I don't worry about losing myself too? And yet, I'm willing to give it up for you,

in front of us, a plate of fries and two milkshakes-just like old times.

Enzo. This whole situation. It's not what

"Life throws curveballs, Nina. If you want to keep the baby, we have to accept that not

it's hard, Enzo. We're being asked to compromise so much, and I don't know if I'm ready for that level of

he asked softly, his hand reaching across the table to cover mine. "But maybe that's what love is, Nina. Maybe it's about making sacrifices for someone else's happiness,