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."

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 was a bit drunk, the merriment of the party still lingering in

voice low and husky.

realize. You forget that I was like that, once;

I do forget," Enzo said softly. "Now noble of you, to care for those who are like that

help

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

warm up under his gaze. "It's just the pregnancy," I

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

light of our bedroom cast soft shadows around us, the outside world fading away as we stood there, lost in each other. The soft music that was playing through the bluetooth speakers filled the silence, low

in a slow, gentle rhythm. My arms wrapped

my belly. "What do you hope for? A boy

just hope he or she

"You're the one with

I whispered, tilting my chin up

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

was nothing but us. The worries, the responsibilities, the challenges we faced-they all faded into the background. All that

whiskey as his tongue slid into my mouth, swirling

gently laid me down, my hair fanning out

soft brown eyes meeting mine in the

biting my

this?" Enzo smirked, slipping his hand up inside my silky nightgown. His callused fingers pressed against the soft cotton fabric of my panties and made me shiver. "You're already wet,"

blame me?" I asked with a