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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.”

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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.

good run?” she asked, standing as

like it came from all of the

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

and watched Tiffany walk away. Then, taking one last glance over my shoulder at Enzo and the rest of the team,

called

not wanting to give my ex any more false hope than he already seemed to have. “What’s

I walk with you for a

nodded and started walking again.

I’ll totally respect it if you just wanna be

way Justin looked in the coffee shop that day. He had been dressed eerily similar to 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 Enzo?” I blurted out,

and stammered out

up and down, but then sighed and relaxed when I saw how he looked like a deer in

I said softly, “I liked you just fine before, and I think you

to play on Justin’s lips.

my head. “Justin, the fact of the matter is that you cheated on me. I don’t resent you, but… I don’t see any way in which I can

“I understand,” he said. ” I promise though that I’ll keep working on myself.

I sighed.

replied. “If you really do plan to

only working on himself because he thought we still had

from Justin, I took one last glance over my shoulder to see Enzo watching me from

walking to my nextclass of the day

I looked at it to see that

the

“Hello?” I answered.

said, sounding chipper.

you’ve been doing

Was he going to ask me to come back to work? I really needed the money, but I didn’t

conclusions before… If you’re not too mad at me, and if I gave you a raise to make up for it, would you be

mouth and cringed at my overly enthusiastic response. “I mean… Yeah, that would

you come in tonight?”

would hang out with her, but I knew

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