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Chapter 50

#Chapter 50: Unwelcome Help

Nina

“Alright, alright, that’s enough,” Enzo said, the red in his eyes fading back to a soft brown. “Get back to training.”

T

The team grumbled and set me back down on the ground, then started running again. I was still amazed at my landslide victory in the race, and stood there for a moment as they ran ahead.

Enzo walked up to me now that we were alone and gazed down at me with a half-smile on his face.

“You’re quite the runner,” he said.

“I guess so,” I replied. “I don’t know

what came over me.”

For a few moments, neither of us spoke. We were standing close enough that I could smell his sweat mixed with his cologne. Involuntarily, we were both leaning closer to each other. Close

enough to kiss…

Enzo stepped back and shook his head. He drew in a sharp breath before speaking.

“What you saw last night-”

“Whatever it is, it’s none of my business,” I interrupted. “We’re just friends. You’re allowed to do whatever you want.”

Enzo opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, the team started getting annoyed and calling for us to catch up. Turning on my heel, I ran to join the group so Enzo couldn’t see my tears.

He lingered at the back of the group for the rest of the run.

When we finished our run, we came back out at the same spot we went into the woods, having gone in a big loop. Tiffany was sitting on the bench and flipping through some paperwork when we returned.

standing as I jogged

wasn’t bad, actually,” I said, praying that the blush on my face would just seem like it came from all of the novelxo.com fast updateexertion

her paperwork in her bag and. hoisting the bag onto her shoulder. ” I’ve gotta head back to the office. You did good work today. Go get

of the team, I started to head in

called from behind

lips and turned around, not wanting to be rude but also not wanting to give my ex any more false hope than he already

for

walking again. Justin followed along like

we walked. “I know I’ve been shitty to you, and I’ll totally respect it if you just wanna be friends. But I also want you to know that I’m gonna work real hard

Enzo; in fact, he was even dressed a lot like Enzo now in his athletic clothes, and seemed to have grown his hair out a bit to look like

I blurted out,

eyes and stammered

arms across my chest for a moment as I eyed Justin up and down, but then sighed and relaxed when I saw how he looked like a deer

said softly, “I liked you just fine before,

slight smile started to play on Justin’s

“Justin, the fact of the matter is that you cheated on me. I don’t resent you, but… I don’t

” I promise though that I’ll keep working on myself. Can we at

I sighed.

do plan to work on yourself, we can

wasn’t only working on himself because he thought we still had

Justin, I took one last glance over my shoulder

I was walking to my nextclass of the day when

I looked at it to see that

the

“Hello?” I answered.

said, sounding

you’ve been

Was he going to ask me to come back

too mad at me, and if I gave you a raise to

mouth and cringed at my overly enthusiastic response. “I mean…

in

hang out with her, but I

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