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.

to roll my eyes. The same

won't even tell me the details?" I retorted, my frustration evident in

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

to be concerned when someone I love gets hurt and won't tell me the truth about it. You just

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 so much, but

couldn't shake the feeling that he was still hiding something from me. Even my wolf bristled with annoyance inside of me, warning me that there was something

both ways, Enzo. You can't expect me to trust you fully if

this now. It's in the past, and I promise you, it's

to let go of my nagging suspicions, but my wolf

is hiding something," she said, her tone laced with annoyance. "I'm

softly as I watched Enzo turn away to finish getting undressed. "But

need to hide something from

said. "Maybe it's something that paints

bar brawl. It was so unlike him, and I highly doubted that was what

not keeping something

his broad shoulders tremble for a split second before he seemed to regain his composure, and he turned to look at me

sure. Can we please drop this

me had become monstrous inside of my head by now: a bar brawl, a

I was just worried for him more than anything else. I kept seeing the way he had flinched replay over and over again in my mind,