My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0674

Nina

I woke up the following morning with a sense of dread in my stomach.

Despite Enzo's words of encouragement, the memory of the previous yoga class were still fresh in my mind. The hurtful words, the mocking glances they had left a deeper mark than I cared to admit. I guess I had thought that, at this point in my life, the mean girl behavior would have been a thing of the past.

Oh, how wrong I was.

"I won't let people talk to you like that," Enzo had said when I had told him. He had immediately jumped up and reached for his coat, intending to march back down there and give that girl a piece of his mind, but I had stopped him.

"No, Enzo, that won't help," I had said, grabbing his arm to keep him from going. "It'll just make things worse."

Enzo had looked at me then, and the fire in his eyes had lingered. "Fine. But don't let girls like that stop you from taking care of your health, Nina. This is for your baby. For our baby."

I had promised that I would go again in the morning, that maybe I had just taken things the wrong way because of stress or pregnancy hormones. But now, with the class starting in just a little under an hour, I wasn't so sure.

Sitting on the edge of our bed, I quietly mulled over whether I should give the class another try or not after all

Enzo noticed my unease as soon as he walked into the room. He sighed and crossed over to me, then sat down on the bed and wrapped his arms around me from behind. "You gonna be okay today, love?"

shrugged. "I just... I can't stop thinking about what happened yesterday," I admitted, leaning back into his embrace, "I'm not sure if I want to

those things to you. I can still go with you this morning and give her a piece of my mind if

"No, Enzo, that won't solve anything," I said. "And besides, L... I don't think I'm

class for your health, and for our baby. Don't let some glorified mean girl

of facing

just jealous," Enzo added, trying to lighten the

I couldn't help but

of you. You

"Yeah," I admitted. "She

with a

with a laugh of my own. "Everyone wants the star hockey

my face. "Listen. You're strong, Nina. You've been through so much and come out stronger each time. Don't let the pettiness of one jealous woman get

for the second day in a row, wearing a comfortable workout set. The air was warm that morning, and the summer breeze felt good against my skin. However, despite

deep breath, trying to muster up the courage to walk through those doors again. But each time I went to take a step forward, I felt frozen to my place. I felt like I was in high school all over again, and I just wanted to run home

turn around, though. Not with Enzo

and wasn't going to let me leave without at least giving it a shot. Noticing my hesitation, though, he gave my hand a reassuring,

got this," he said, his voice soft but firm at the same time. "It's like we said; just text me if you need anything. I'll just be down the

sweet scent of incense and the sound of soft, ambient music filtering through the speakers did little to calm my

the room, though, I was met with an