Chapter 0675

Nina

"It's Nina, right?"

A familiar voice pierced through my calm. Opening my eyes, I saw Lea, the woman from my last class, standing over me with a smirk. "Back for more?" she asked, tossing her sleek, long ponytail over her shoulder.

I straightened up, meeting her gaze. Enzo's words of encouragement echoed in my mind, reminding me of how it was best to be the bigger person and not let her high school attitude get to me.

"Yes," I said, offering her a polite but stiff smile. "I am."

"You ran off yesterday," she said suddenly, her thin lips curling upwards into a smirk. "Something wrong? Pull a muscle?"

"Nope," I replied. "I just had some morning sickness to deal with."

"I see." Lea lingered, her foxen eyes sliding over me. I felt small beneath her gaze, and the way she was staring at me made my heart pound.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

She shrugged. "No, nothing's wrong at all," she said with a smile that was more plastic than teeth. "I've just never had morning sickness, so I can't really relate."

I shot her a disbelieving look. She was clearly a little further along in her pregnancy than I was, and I found it difficult to believe that she had never had morning sickness. "You haven't?" I asked.

"Nope." She shook her head and continued to smirk at me. "It's funny, most people don't actually realize that morning sickness comes from a poor diet."

"Does it, now?"

don't eat junk and just eat salads while getting plenty of exercise, you won't get morning sickness. Actually, I didn't even realize that morning sickness

at her for a

wolf hissed. "She's

"I know."

checking her nails, "are

today," I said. "So I

scoffed, her eyes scanning over me. "Well, you certainly need to focus if you're going to improve on that body," she said, a snide tone in her voice. "But I'm sure

group of friends. Even though part of me wanted to jump up off of my mat and call her

I instead satisfied myself by rolling my eyes at her retreating figure and returning to my

singing bowl with a wooden maller so that the sweet sound rang through the room. "Let's

words were biting, I just tried to push aside my annoyance and focus on the movements. We started with gentle stretches, easing into a flow that

and I found myself gradually relaxing into the rhythun of the

I couldn't help but notice Lea and her friends

with a pose or lost my balance, their laughter seemed to

to me. I

a woman with a friendly face and a kind smile beside me. I hadn't noticed her much before, but she had been there the whole time;

whispered, nodding her head towards Lea and her little clique of mean girls. "Lea always acts like

blinked, surprised by her candidness. "Oh, I... Thanks," I stammered, unsure of

maybe just ignoring-the drama,

woman and I both took a deep breath in unison and moved into the pose. It was a nice stretch for my belly, and I liked to imagine the baby inside feeling a sense of comfort,

woman introduced herself quietly, extending

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