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#Chapter 39: Study Date

Nina

I didn’t want to admit that it broke my heart to tell Enzo we couldn’t be together, but it was the right thing to do. We would be toxic together, and besides there was just too much drama surrounding the pseudo- relationship we already had for a real relationship to be able to blossom.

Admittedly, I didn’t know if I even wanted to go on this date with James after everything. Was it even a date, or were we just two friends meeting up to study? Either way, I didn’t know if it was a good idea, especially so soon after I told Enzo that we could only be friends.

I told Jessica everything, however, and she convinced me to go.

“Aw, come on, Nina!” Jessica said

when I told her about James and Enzo.”

Are you really gonna let a guy who you hooked up with once stop you from going on a date with a really sweet guy who clearly likes you?”

I wanted to explain that it wasn’t just a’hookup, that Enzo had saved my life multiple times now and that he possibly even thought I was his mate, but I didn’t. Jessica would think I had. gone totally bonkers,

Lori chimed in then with a smile on her usually-stoic face. “James sounds like your type, anyway,” she said. ” Plus, you know how bad of an idea it is to get involved with hockey guys. And you know what they say…”

“The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else,” Jessica said with a grin and placed her hands. on her hips.

what I was gonna say, but I guess that works,

help but

hands up in surrender. “I’ll meet up with him. But I’m not having sex with him or anything like that. We’re just

told myself James and I would just be casually studying, I still got a little dressed up the next day. I put on a flowy dress with a turtleneck layered underneath, along with a pair of thigh high socks and ankle boots. Aside from a bit of mascara, I didn’t put on any other makeup or do my hair in any way that was out of the ordinary, I didn’t

was supposed to meet

button- down ensemble, when I

as I walked up to him. He looked up and shut his book with a smile

not to be obvious, but I knew he checked me out and it made

blushed even harder

strand of hair behind

I said sheepishly. “Ready

the

bus stop, I felt eyes on

that Enzo I saw storming

to the coffee shop and

laptops and notebooks to get

as we got more comfortable, we started chatting while studying. James was incredibly smart and wound up helping me a lot with my research, but we also

what’s your research topic as a PhD student?” I asked, taking

actually really interested in biomedical genetics,” he replied. ” That’s what my dissertation is gonna be on; why we have certain genetic dispositions, mutations, disorders… All of that

would know anything about something like that, or at least have some sort of interest in the subject, “So let’s say…” I said, choosing my words carefully so as not to sound like a total crazy person, “…let’s say,

face turn red. “I’m

quickly pulling away with an embarrassed look as he realized what he did. “I mean… It’s not that unlikely. We all share DNA with most mammals. Like monkeys. We did come from the same

wolves?” I