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.

my face flush. "No,

off, his tone tinged with disbelief. "Your face

I shot back, my frustration bubbling to the surface. "It's

story is beautiful, Nina. How we met, how we connected, it's all part of who we

personal. Mila was prying, Enzo. I didn't

curious, trying to strike up a conversation with you. And you seemed

I also don't need to divulge every intimate detail of our relationship to people

"Come on, Nina. It was

begin to boil. "It is intimate. We hooked up the first time we met! I don't

college? How much more vague could you have possibly been? It just seems like you're trying to hide something. Like you

never been more sure about anything or anyone as I am about you," I retorted, my voice a pitch

couldn't you just say that at dinner? Why couldn't you say that we met at a bar, and it was electric, and the

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

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