Chapter 0542

Nina

It wasn't long before I realized where Enzo was taking us: into town, and to the diner, the location of many a late- night date.

"I should've known," I murmured with a half-hearted smile as we slid into our regular booth.

"It's been a little while, Enzo said, his eyes scanning the menu. "And I'm hungry."

I hadn't been working regularly at the diner since we got married. In fact, I hadn't been working much at all outside of being the team doctor for the hockey team during game season and volunteering occasionally around town. In a strange way, I missed it. Maybe, I thought to myself, I would come back to it at some point. But that felt like a silly thought; as if I would have the time, what with a baby on the way and medical school.

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

She nodded and left us alone, with nothing but the tension that we had brought

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

I don't know if I want to quit my job, Nina.

of frustration. "But that's just it. Why does

give you that luxury," he said, his voice tinged with weariness. "We have to

baby that neither of us planned for," I

But we can't undo

do our dreams fall into

sound heavy with resignation. "Sometimes dreams

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

"We're just

to deal with that." "I'm scared, too," he countered, his

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