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."

shifted, a playful glint appearing in his eyes. I noticed then the slight unsteadiness in his stance, the faint flush on his cheeks.

stood. "You amaze me sometimes," he said, his voice low and husky.

him. "I know a girl like that better than you realize. You forget that I was like that, once; an outcast. Someone who always watched from the sidelines but never actually

do forget," Enzo said softly. "Now noble of you, to care for

couldn't help but

along the soft silk of my nightgown. I couldn't suppress the shiver that ran down my spine at his touch. "You know,"

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

It's you, Nina. You're beautiful." His words

away as we stood there, lost in each other. The

and steady on my back, guiding me in a slow, gentle rhythm. My arms wrapped around his neck, my head resting against his chest, listening to the steady beating of his

drifted down to rest on my belly. "What

"I'm impartial," I murmured. "I just

with

your mop," I whispered, tilting my

gazed down at me. His eyes were half-closed, partially from the alcohol and partially from the intimacy of the moment. "Either way, they'll be

there was nothing but us. The worries, the responsibilities, the challenges we faced-they all faded into the background. All that remained was the love we shared, the bond that had only

meeting mine. He tasted like whiskey as his tongue

felt his strong arms wrap around me, picking me up with ease. He carried me slowly over to the bed and gently laid

soft brown eyes meeting mine in the dim

biting my

hand up inside my silky nightgown. His callused fingers pressed against the soft

I asked