#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.

asked, standing as I

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

onto her shoulder. ” I’ve

Then, taking one last glance over my shoulder at Enzo and the rest of the team, I started to head in the direction of home. My shower and my bed were

called from

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

you for a minute?

and started walking again. Justin followed along like a lost

I’ve been shitty to you, and I’ll totally respect it if you just wanna be friends. But I

in fact, he was even dressed a

Enzo?” I blurted out, stopping and looking

back at me with wide eyes and stammered out a response. “N-No … W-What makes you

up and down, but then sighed and relaxed when

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

slight smile started to play on Justin’s

vehemently shaking 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

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

I sighed.

“If you really do plan to work on yourself, we can be

working on himself because he thought we still

Justin, I took one last glance over

walking to my nextclass of the day when

at it to

from the

“Hello?” I answered.

said, sounding

you’ve been doing

back to work? I really

mad at me, and if I gave you a raise to make up for it, would you be interested in

my overly enthusiastic response. “I mean… Yeah, that would be good. When do you

you come in tonight?”

promised Lori I would hang out with her, but I

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