Chapter 0778

Nina

When Enzo and I finally pulled our lips apart with a wet smack, both of us just stared at each other, too dumbfounded to speak. Then, much to my surprise, Enzo... chuckled.

"This uniform is huge on you," he teased, tugging at the loose black armor and cloth.

I blushed. "When in Rome," I muttered with a laugh of my own.

There was another long silence as we gazed at each other. Looking up at Enzo, seeing his tousled, curly brown hair and his soft brown eyes was like something out of a dream. It had only been days since I had last seen him, but it felt like an eternity.

"N-Nina," he finally said, breaking the silence, "I... I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me... Of course you'd never cheat on me..."

as I reached up to cup his cheek in one hand. "We're

already shaking his head vehemently, his expression twisting into one of utter self-loathing. Wrenching himself from my grasp, he dropped to his knees in front of me with an agonized groan, burying his face in the soft fabric of my stolen

choked out, his voice muffled against my abdomen. "I can't believe I ever doubted you, questioned your loyalty... After everything you've sacrificed for

more and more swollen by the

fault," I managed in a quavering tone, blinking rapidly against the wetness stinging my eyes. "Mila, she... poisoned you, twisted your mind with her magic and

weakness, Nina. I allowed myself to be corrupted, turned against the one good, pure thing in my life because

I felt the breath leave my lungs

face in my hands, bending down so our gazes met. "Just stop,

his. "You are the strongest person I know," I breathed. "And if the roles were reversed, if I had been captured and violated the way you were... I cannot even fathom

hard, I slid my hands down to grasp his, linking our fingers together with a gentle squeeze. "Now, come on. Let's get

there was a look of fierce determination in his eyes that couldn't have possibly died out, no matter what

can't just leave," he said. "Mila, she... She's

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