My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0670

Nina

"You did what?"

The evening's events had left a bittersweet taste in my mouth as I sat in front of the bedroom vanity, slowly brushing out my long, black hair. It had gotten so much longer over the past year, and now fell almost down to my butt. My bangs had grown out, though.

"I told her that she doesn't need to work for us," I said, meeting Enzo's gaze in the mirror.

He huffed with annoyance and flopped down onto the edge of the bed. "But we needed her help. After all that, you just let her walk away?"

I met his gaze in the mirror, pausing mid-brush. "Look, I know how it sounds, Enzo," I said softly. "But it just didn't feel right to use her like that. Giving her a taste of friendship only to wind up using her for her services... it seemed so... transactional.

Enzo let out a deep sigh, running his fingers through his curly brown hair. "I get it, I do," he said quietly. "But she was our key to finding that wolf. We need to figure out another way now."

I placed the brush down and turned to face him. "She'll come back."

Enzo raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"She'll come back," I repeated, standing and crossing over to him. "I'm sure of it."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Look," I said, "she's lonely, and intrigued by us. I just have a feeling that she won't be able to ignore that feeling, and that she'll return. Maybe then she can help us, not as a spy, but... as a friend."

was a pause, a moment of silence where the weight of the situation seemed to hang between us. Then, Enzo's demeanor shifted, a playful glint appearing in his eyes. I noticed then the slight unsteadiness in his stance, the faint flush on his cheeks. He

me sometimes," he said, his voice low and husky. "Always

I was like that, once; an outcast. Someone who always watched from the

you, to care for those who are like that now. While

help but

silk of my nightgown. I couldn't suppress the shiver that ran down

felt my cheeks warm up under his gaze. "It's just the pregnancy," I replied, my voice barely

pulling me closer to him. "No, it's more than that. It's you, Nina. You're

shadows around us, the outside world fading away as we stood there, lost in each other. The soft music that was

dance, swaying gently to the music. His hands were warm and steady on my back, guiding me in a slow, gentle rhythm. My arms wrapped around his neck, my head resting against

down to rest on my belly. "What do you hope for? A boy or a girl?" he

"I just hope

one with the gorgeous hair. Mine's a messy

I whispered, tilting my chin up to

half-closed, partially from the alcohol and partially from the intimacy of the moment. "Either

we faced-they all faded into the background. All that remained was the

his lips meeting mine. He tasted like whiskey as his tongue slid into my

and gently laid me down, my hair fanning out around me on the pillow. I shivered as

his soft brown eyes meeting mine in the

biting my

his hand up inside my silky nightgown. His callused fingers pressed against the soft cotton fabric of my panties and

asked with a smirk