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Chapter 0611

Nina

"I can't lie to you any longer. I'll tell you everything, Nina."

As Enzo spoke, I felt a combination of dread and relief take over me. I didn't want to believe that my husband might have cheated on me, but the signs all pointed to it. And yet, something told me to hear him out, because maybe he was right; maybe this wasn't what I thought it was after all.

"Okay," I said softly. Together, with our towels still on, we made our way out of the steamy bathroom and into the bedroom. The air was much cooler in there, and both of us quickly and silently dried ourselves off. I slipped into my plush robe, and Enzo pulled on his pajama pants before he sat on the edge of the bed.

Without a word, Enzo held his hand out for me. I took it cautiously, feeling how his fingers wrapped firmly around mine, and sat down beside him.

"I'm listening," I said, my voice barely more than a whisper.

He nodded, then took a deep breath and began to speak.

*It all started yesterday, the day before I came home to you," he began. "Mila needed help setting up some heavy medical equipment for the physical exams. I didn't really want to, but she insisted that she needed my help, so agreed."

I furrowed my brow as he spoke, but I said nothing. However, I couldn't entirely deny the thoughts that popped up into my mind: Enzo and Mila, bent over a treadmill, doing things that they shouldn't have.

But I managed to push those images away and focus instead on Enzo's story.

she started asking me to test out the treadmill for her," Enzo continued. "Again,

again?"

eyes. "Maybe that was where it began. Maybe she got the wrong

ever. The thought of Mila putting her hands on my husband made me almost sick. I tried to pull my hand away, but Enzo held onto me fast, his eyes glinting with

Nina," he insisted. "I was just about to push her away, and then Tim came in and that thankfully defused the situation. But then he asked if I would go out for drinks

asked, my voice

fine until I went to the bathroom to call you, and when I came out, she had ordered me a drink," he said. "And Nina... I think she tried to drug me. The drug had very little effect on me, and I didn't drink

you?!"

left as soon as I noticed. I figured that was the end of it, and that I would come home and not have to hear from her anymore. Hell, I... I figured I could just let it go, ignore it, and she'd eventually give

out of my chest. "Enzo, you should

about my career," he murmured. "I figured that no one

all, Nina," he said. "The next day, she showed up to the hotel saying that Tim sent her to drive me to the airport. She

My body felt frozen, as though

before I could muster up the strength to say anything." And I pushed

into Enzo's eyes, I could see the pain there. He was being sincere; I knew

the bruise..." I whispered,

my wrist and threatened me, Nina," he explained, his voice barely more than a whisper

her head as proof. And, Nina, the strength she possessed-it was

I felt my heart begin to ache for him. This was a tricky situation for anyone to be in, and I understood

issue of whether she was human or not. That, I could not explain. I began to wonder if maybe it was just that Enzo was taken