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."

for," I shot back. "Do you not think that scares

"Of course it does. But we can't undo it now. We

the worn tabletop. "And where do our dreams fall into that? Do

with resignation. "Sometimes dreams change. Or they get

the lump in my throat growing larger. "I never wanted

his eyes meeting mine. "We're just

I'm losing a part of myself, and I don't know how to deal with that." "I'm scared, too," he countered,

server returned, setting our food in front of us, a plate of fries and two milkshakes-just like old times. Neither of us

want this, Enzo. This whole situation. It's not

baby, we have to accept that not all dreams may come true, not the

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

table to cover mine. "But maybe that's what love is, Nina. Maybe it's about making sacrifices for someone else's happiness, even if it means putting your dreams

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