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#Chapter 35 Just Friends

#Chapter 35: Just Friends

Nina

When I saw Lisa run and jump into Enzo’s arms, I felt my heart break just a little bit. I knew we weren’t ever together, but it still hurt to see them being so affectionate with her. I had overheard Enzo saying some really sweet things about a girl in the locker room earlier, but as I saw them together now, I knew that he was talking about Lisa.

Enzo had played so beautifully during the game. Had it all been for Lisa?

I didn’t want to stick around any longer, so I left without a word and slipped into the crowd. I just wanted to go home and cry.

“Nina!” I heard a familiar voice call from ahead of me. I picked up my head to see James standing by the exit with a soft smile on his face. Even though my 5 BONUS

chest ached from seeing Lisa and Enzo

together, the pain lifted a bit to see

James.

“Hey!” I said, putting on a smile and

walking up to him “I didn’t know you

were here.”

“I actually came for you,” he said, making my heart skip a beat. “Can I walk you home? I found something that I think you’ll wanna see.” He gestured toward the door behind him with his thumb.

I nodded and we walked out of the arena together.

We broke away from the stream of

students and walked toward the quad.

“Remember how Enzo’s PT results

were significantly better than anyone

James asked as we

I remembered. “Yeah,

lied, not

I

bag and pulling out a thin stack of papers. “I noticed that Enzo isn’t the first student here

which I took with wide eyes. Was this more proof that Lycans were real, and that they had attended this school

the middle of the quad. “1 mean,

what if there’s

conspiracy here? Like drugs

something?”

knew precisely that it wasn’t drugs

papers to see James smiling down at me. In the soft amber light from the streetlamps, his face looked even softer and sweeter. Part of me wanted to kiss him right now, to let him take me back to his room, but I knew that that was just my brain trying to comfort itself after seeing that Lisa and Enzo were

” Then, I was hoping…

blushed, and so did

I stammered, looking

think I’d

blonde hair. ” Cool,” he said quietly, sounding just as nervous as I did.

I said yes

hardly sleep

things swirling around

depressed

and Lisa together again, because while it did break my heart a little bit as I had genuinely begun to develop feelings for Enzo, this could also mean that he no longer thought I was his mate and that I was in the clear. Maybe the end of all of this drama was in

upcoming date with James,

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a sweet smile.

He was right, all of the previous people with superhuman abilities were on the hockey team, and there was always one. When one would graduate and leave the team, another would show up almost immediately after. It was strange… Why was hockey so important here that there would always be a

something else to it, and

I went to class, Lisa gave me a dirty look when I entered the lecture hall, but she didn’t come over to harass me again — probably because she was

*5 BONUS

thought to myself as 1 sat down. She

them back together, I was at least happy to know that I had a chance with James. He was sweet and

I needed someone uncomplicated

wouldn’t potentially kill me for not wanting to get together with him, if

to work with Tiffany. We were supposed to be working in the office all day and tending to sick

a sing-song voice after a student with a migraine finally left. “You and

Besides, how do you

two years and I’ve never seen him show interest in anyone… But you’re