My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

#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.

standing as I jogged up to

said, praying that the blush on my face would just seem like it came from all of the novelxo.com fast updateexertion and not from the feeling of

sticking her paperwork in her bag and. hoisting the bag onto her shoulder. ” I’ve gotta head

nodded and watched Tiffany walk away. Then, taking one last glance over my shoulder at Enzo and the rest of the team, I started to head in the direction of

Justin called from

my lips and turned around, not wanting to be rude but also not wanting to give

I walk with you for a

again. Justin followed

everything I’ve put you through this semester,” he said as 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 to change

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

be like Enzo?” I blurted out,

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

raised an eyebrow and folded my arms across my chest for a moment as I eyed Justin up and down, but then sighed

liked you just fine before, and I think you should

play on Justin’s lips. “Does that mean…” he started

replied, 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 in which I can keep

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

I sighed.

I replied. “If you really do plan to work on yourself, we can

only working on himself because he thought

I took one last glance over my shoulder to see Enzo

to my nextclass of

I looked at it to see that

from the diner,

“Hello?” I answered.

said, sounding chipper.

been doing

I replied. Was he going to ask me to come back to work? I really

to 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 interested in coming back to

mouth and cringed at my overly enthusiastic response.

come in tonight?” Phil

would hang out with her, but I knew she