My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0606

Nina

By the time Enzo and I pulled ourselves away from our embrace, the clock read past four o'clock. I was beginning to feel restless, but Enzo was fast asleep. We had both dozed off yet again, although Enzo was more deep in sleep than I was.

With a gentle sigh, I carefully extricated myself from Enzo, my fingers trailing lightly over his arm as I did so. He stirred, his eyelids fluttering before he let out a contented sigh and settled back into sleep.

I couldn't help but smirk as I watched him sleep. He clearly needed it, and I wasn't going to wake him up.

But then my eyes caught it; the mark on his wrist. It was almost fully healed by now, but I could just barely make out the faint line where the bruise had been before. It wasn't so much the fact that he had the mark, it was the way he reacted when I pointed it out.

have pulled up his sleeve to have me look at it. He often liked to do things like that, joking

was different. Something about Enzo's reaction when I had initially pointed the bruise out made

of clumsiness? Maybe he

pulled a comfortable dress out of my closet and slipped it on, followed by a pair of slip-ons. It was just a casual dinner at home; there was no need to

the talismans Elara had given me around my neck, concealing it underneath my dress. Just

and herbs wafted through the house, pulling me closer to the kitchen. My

couldn't help but chuckle

of sauce smeared on his cheek. He stood over a pot of bubbling sauce, his brow furrowed in concentration as he stirred

the kitchen island, a glass of wine in hand and a mischievous glint in her

the kitchen," I quipped,

"Ah, Nina, you've arrived just in time to witness my culinary masterpiece. Tonight, I am