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.

to flinch away when it came to injuries. Under normal circumstances, he likely could have pulled up his sleeve to have me look at it. He often liked to do things like that, joking that it was my job as his personal doctor-and often resulted in a smack from me and a lot

this was different. Something about Enzo's reaction when I had initially pointed the bruise out made me wonder if there was something he wasn't

A moment of clumsiness? Maybe he was just

and slipped it on, followed by a pair of slip-ons. It was just a casual

an afterthought, though, I slipped one of the talismans Elara had given me around my neck, concealing it underneath my dress. Just

the delicious aroma of simmering spices and herbs wafted through the house, pulling me closer to the kitchen. My parents' voices carried through the air, and I could hear them laughing, their

kitchen, I couldn't help but chuckle at the sight that

was donned in an apron that read "King of the Kitchen," Flour dusted his nose, and there was a hint of sauce smeared on his cheek. He stood over a pot of bubbling sauce, his brow furrowed in concentration as

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

like someone has taken over the kitchen," I

a look of mock seriousness on his face. "Ah, Nina, you've arrived just in time

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