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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.

she asked, standing as

like it came from all of the novelxo.com fast

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

Enzo and the rest of the team, I started

called from behind

and turned around, not wanting to be rude but also not wanting to give my ex any more false hope than he already seemed to have. “What’s up?” I

walk with you for a

I nodded and started walking again. Justin followed along like

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

to the 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

I blurted out,

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

moment as I eyed Justin up and down, but then sighed and relaxed

said softly, “I liked you just fine

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

you cheated on me. I don’t resent you, but… I don’t see any way in which I can keep my

sad, but nodded nonetheless. “I understand,” he said. ” I promise though that I’ll keep working on myself. Can we at least

I sighed.

you really do plan to work on yourself, we

just hoped that he wasn’t only working on

last glance over

was walking to my nextclass of the day

looked at it to see that it

the

“Hello?” I answered.

said, sounding chipper.

you’ve been

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

here. I’m sorry I jumped to conclusions before… If you’re not too mad at me, and if I gave you a raise to

overly enthusiastic response. “I mean… Yeah,

in

I would hang out with her, but I

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