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Chapter 47

#Chapter 47 Late Night Library

#Chapter 47: Late Night Library

Nina

I felt like a harpoon pierced me straight through the heart when I saw Enzo walking with Lisa across the quad. She was leaning on him and holding his arm

He glanced up and saw me, our eyes locking across the quad. I froze. He

froze, too, for a moment, his brown eyes focused on me with an expression that I couldn’t quite read. I hadn’t seen Enzo in a few days since the night we went to the diner… Had he been with Lisa this whole time, even though she attacked me like a madwoman?

The longer I stood there, frozen, the more tears started to well up in my eyes and the hotter my face became. I couldn’t bear to see him with her like this.

Before he could say anything, I turned

on my heel and walked away.

no, ran–

When I got home, the apartment was dark and empty. I slammed the door behind me and leaned on it, sobbing silently in the darkness, eventually sinking down to the floor and burying my head in my knees. I had told Enzo that I just wanted to be friends, but I knew that part of me still had feelings for him and seeing him with Lisa only solidified that.

I wasn’t sure how long I sat on the dark kitchen floor in tears, but eventually, the tears stopped coming and my face hurt from crying.

“God, I’m so stupid,” I whispered to myself, leaning my head back against the door. I sat there for a few minutes longer as my mind spun from all the crying.

Just then, my phone buzzed in my pocket. Pursing my lips, I pulled it out and squinted against the bright light of the screen. There was a text from Enzo.

“Can you talk later? I can explain.”

I rolled my eyes and shut off my phone, deciding not to answer. I didn’t want to hear explanations; I had grown tired of them at this point. If Enzo wanted to get back together with Lisa, that was his decision to make. novelxo.com fast update

minutes of wallowing on the floor, I finally stood and decided that maybe it was best if I get out

just how I liked it. The moon was nearly full and there was a gentle breeze blowing across the campus that kicked up some of the fallen leaves, and a light fog had begun to settle. It made for a spooky atmosphere, perfect for fall, and got me

few late-night study sessions here and there and the nighttime librarian. I always preferred the library at night; not only was it more empty and quiet, but the dim lights made the tall wooden bookshelves, stone floors, and gothic architecture feel even more cozy. I always felt like

moon shone through a

done.

in an attempt to drown the image of Enzo

“Psst!”

looked over my shoulder to see James peeking out from behind a bookshelf with a grin on his face. He came

here so

“Just wanted to get

nodded understandingly and bit his lip. The moonlight illuminated his soft features, which made my heart feel a little less broken for

sit with me?”

the spot across from me at

his books. I peeked over my laptop to see that he was reading a book on genetics. The cover looked old and

question about

of silly, but the author of this book actually thought that there may have been humans at some point in our history who bred with animals and created all sorts of human-animal hybrids. It’s a fun read, if you shut

myself as I studied

just created from a curse, not

I read that when

“It does sound sort

interesting.”

with a nod.” I’ll bring it

attention to each other. It was nice just to have the company, though; it felt good to be around someone platonically who

and it took

I saw earlier

Lisa.

clock

librarian

closing over the

packing up, not wanting to go

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