Chapter 0656

Nina

I woke up that morning with the same sense of calmness that I had felt over the past couple of days still enveloping me. The first rays of the morning sun were beginning to shine through the large window of our bedroom, casting a warm amber glow across the room.

I always liked waking up in this room, with the sun coming up over the horizon; it was like a natural alarm clock. Even though the bedroom in my father's mansion was luxurious and beautiful, I loved our home much more.

With a soft smile on my face, I turned over expecting to see Enzo still sleeping there, only to find Enzo's side of the bed empty, the sheets cool to the touch. As my foggy brain began to clear, I realized that he must be downstairs, finally making that call to Tim about Mila. He had promised he would do it last night, after all. And it was a long time coming.

had realized that Enzo had been stalling, but I didn't push him. I knew that he would do it in his own time, and now, it was finally time. It was a big deal, to report a coworker for sexual misconduct; even more so for a man, in a world where it was considered taboo for a man to be the victim of such things. But he had me and I would

There was a lightness in my step, a feeling that

during moments like these that I often found

my eyes as the water ran through my hair. I

just in my head; something had, in fact, changed. I didn't

voice a comforting presence in my mind." Hmm... I'm still not sure, Nina," she said softly. "But I can feel it too; there's definitely something different. Perhaps your offering to the Moon

smile. I had never been

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