My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0598

Nina

As I watched Enzo walk away, his figure retreating down the hospital corridor, a pang of guilt gnawed at my insides.

I knew that I had caused this rift between us with my impulsive decision to perform the Claiming ceremony on Jessica without consulting him. It wasn't like me to keep secrets from Enzo, and it hurt to see him so perturbed.

But at the same time, it also wasn't like him to react like this. My mind kept flickering back to the bruises on his wrist earlier, and I couldn't help but wonder if he was being entirely truthful with me. Was he projecting something onto me, maybe?

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, feeling the weight of the situation like a hundred pounds on my shoulders.

But right now, my concern wasn't whether or not he was keeping something from me; it was the fact that, if he was right about the risks of the Claiming ceremony, my baby could be in even more trouble.

performing the ceremony during pregnancy were a heavy burden to bear, and he

and Jessica were

of miraculous, and I couldn't help but feel a mix of

a moment and headed to the nearby bathroom. The cool water splashing on my face was a welcome sensation, but it did little to ease the thoughts whirling

leaned against the sink, I found myself having a

Enzo," she said, sounding perturbed. "I can sense

or not, he'll tell me in his own time. Right now isn't the best time to

answered.

"I will. Trust me."

my reflection in the bathroom mirror, I straightened up and

on Enzo. I knew that I needed to talk to him, to address whatever was bothering him,

by the maternity ward, I couldn't resist stealing a peek through the window at all the tiny, swaddled bundles of joy. Seeing those precious infants brought