#Chapter 44 Not-So-Bad Boy

#Chapter 44: Not-So-Bad Boy

Nina

I didn’t want to admit it, but I was relieved that Enzo was here. I accepted his offer to drive me home and followed him out to the police station parking lot.

As we walked out to the parking lot, my stomach audibly growled. I had forgotten how hungry I was due to the fight, but now that my adrenaline was calming down I realized that I was starving. Enzo,must have heard it, too, because he looked down at me with a frown.

“Sorry,” I said, blushing. “I didn’t eat lunch today.”

#Chapter 44 Not-So-Bad Boy

Enzo stopped in his tracks and frowned even deeper. “Why not?”

I shrugged. “I was busy,” I replied…

Wordlessly, Enzo handed me his spare helmet and climbed onto the motorcycle. He gestured for me to get on behind him, and once I was situated, he started the bike and pulled out of the parking lot.

Except… He drove in the opposite direction of the campus.

“Where are we going?” I asked, nervously holding onto his waist as we went around a corner. The smell of his leather jacket mixed with the smell of the cold night air and filled my lungs.

“You’re hungry,” he said over his

shoulder. “I’m hungry, too.”

“But I don’t have any money-”

“I don’t care,” Enzo replied.

I could answer, we picked up speed on an empty back road and 1 knew he wouldn’t be able to hear me anyway; not that I would have protested. As the dark forest of tall pine trees on either side

as I started to

We’re just friends.

it was the only restaurant in this small town that was open this late. I bit my lip nervously as I climbed off the

asked, taking off his helmet and shaking his curly hair loose like a

it’s nothing,”

“Tell the

say. “I…

Why?” Enzo asked, his frown

friends came in here a few weeks ago and broke some glasses. They

boss fired you over a few broken

he said to ‘ take some time

walked toward the diner anyway. “You coming?” he called over his

was hungry, so I jogged

entirely empty, save for a couple of other tables at which sat sleepy students who either had the late-night munchies or who were last-minute cramming

as she took

seemed to get the message and scrunched

I get for

Enzo replied. “And

Millie smiled and walked away to put in our orders and get

coffee drinker too, huh?” Enzo asked with a

studying in the library

and there was a slight twinkle of red in his brown eyes. “I think it’s impressive how hard you work,” he said quietly, averting his gaze to the table. “I’ve

expected a guy like Enzo to tease me

major, anyway?”

he replied, rolling his

company, but I didn’t know that Enzo was connected to it in any way. I supposed it made sense, but I could tell that Enzo wasn’t interested in

you be

choose anything?” I

he had never been asked

don’t know, honestly,” Enzo replied.

has to be something you like. And don’t just say hockey.

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