My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0608

Nina

My hand trembled as I pulled away from Enzo, watching as a whole host of emotions played across his face. I was still in shock; he had flinched from my touch.

But why? I had never-I would never have laid a finger on him. And yet here he was, the man who was strong enough to fight battles against rogues, flinching away from his wife's touch.

*Enzo," I murmured, "what really happened with your wrist?"

Enzo let out a long sigh, but said nothing for a while. I kept waiting, thinking to myself that he would tell me the truth any moment, but he never did. It was as if he was battling with himself, trying to decide if he wanted to tell me the truth or not.

And then, finally, he said it.

"Nothing."

The word came out too quickly, and his voice was just a little too harsh. He kept untying his shoes, but I took a staggering step backwards, knowing that he was just blatantly lying at this point.

"Enzo," I said firmly, my voice hoarse with exasperation, "you can't keep brushing this off. Your wrist was injured, you're acting weird about it, and I'm your wife. Don't I deserve to know what really happened?"

He turned to face me, his expression guarded. "Nina, I've already told you-it was just a hockey accident. Look, already healed, see?" As he spoke, he tugged his sleeve up to reveal his wrist. The bruise was completely gone by now with not so much as a faint line to indicate where it had been before.

roll my eyes. The

won't even tell me the details?" I retorted, my frustration evident in my tone. "You know I care about you, and I worry

his voice carrying a trace of irritation. "It's my wrist, and you're acting like I've had my head chopped off. And besides,

took a step closer to him, my eyes narrowing. "I'm not being nosy, Enzo. I'm concerned. And I have every right to be concerned when someone I love gets hurt and won't tell me the truth about it. You just flinched when I

Then he stood and crossed over to me, and reached out to gently cup my face in his hands. "Nina, it's sweet that you care

moment, I considered dropping the issue. But I just couldn't shake the feeling that he was still hiding something from me. Even my wolf bristled with annoyance

goes both ways, Enzo.

now. It's in the past, and

to let go of my

something," she said, her tone laced with annoyance.

as I watched Enzo turn away to finish getting undressed. "But why?" I asked

the need to

embarrassed," my wolf said. "Maybe it's

and I highly doubted that was what had happened. But either way, my wolf was right; I

keeping something

split second before he seemed to regain his

"I'm sure. Can

me. Whatever he was refusing to tell me had become monstrous inside of my head by now: a bar brawl, a fight for his life, a horrific

couldn't deny the fact that I was just worried for him more than anything else.