Chapter 0557

Nina

We walked into the hotel room, the tension from dinner still palpable but left unspoken. Enzo set down his jacket and turned to look at me. Instantly, I knew that something was wrong.

"Why were you so vague about how we met, Nina? It seemed like you didn't want to talk about it," he said, his voice low.

I sighed, unsure of where to start. "It's not that I didn't want to talk about it," I said.

"Then why did it seem like you were nervous to tell the truth?" he asked.

I shook my head. "I just... I didn't want to say we had a one-night stand, Enzo. It's...complicated. You know, given the nature of our relationship now."

"Are you embarrassed about it?" he asked, his voice rising ever so slightly.

"No, I'm not

are embarrassed!" He cut me off, his tone tinged with disbelief. "Your face is all red,

frustration bubbling to the surface. "It's

our story is beautiful, Nina. How we met, how we connected, it's

may be beautiful to us, but it's also intimate and personal. Mila was

prying or scrutinizing. She was just curious, trying to strike up a conversation

feel shame, Enzo," I said. "But I also don't need to divulge every intimate

"Come on, Nina. It was a

hooked up the first time we met! I don't

crossed. "But it's not like you would have needed to divulge that detail. I mean, seriously, 'we met in college? How much more vague could you have possibly been? It just seems like

it. You know I've never been more sure about anything or anyone as I am about you," I

couldn't you just say that at dinner? Why couldn't you say that we met

own, and we don't have to share it with the world!" My

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