My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 305

Bonus 5: The Tease

Enzo

Dust and sweat clung to my skin as I wrestled with the new living room furniture.

It was a final touch to the renovations we’d been slogging through for months, transforming our once dull house into a vibrant home. Despite the exhaustion tugging at my muscles, a sense of satisfaction washed over me as I looked around the house. Our house.

Just as I was finishing up on the final bench for our massive dining room table, my phone buzzed in my pocket.

A picture of Nina lit up the screen, her smile making my lips curve in response. “Hey, love,” I answered, using my cleanest elbow to press the speaker button.

“Enzo,” she started, and I could already hear the hesitation in her voice.

“I… uh… had a little run-in with a raccoon. I maybe… sort of… kind of got myself stuck in a ditch.”

The last part of her sentence came out all at once like an avalanche. I could tell immediately that she was embarrassed. And I was a man; it was my job to capitalize on her embarrassment. What good would it be if I didn’t tease my fiancee a little?

I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. A raccoon?” 1 chortled. “Are you telling me you swerved off of the road because of a little raccoon?”

“Yes, okay! It was scary, alright? And I didn’t wanna hit it!” Nina huffed on the other end of the line. I could almost see her pouting, her arms crossed in defiance.

I couldn’t stop myself from teasing her relentlessly; to think that Nina Harper, the strong and independent woman who pretty much single-handedly saved the entire town of Mountainview from the Crescents, survived on her own with a bullet hole in her leg, got spooked by a little raccoon.

Nina, I don’t know if I should leave you alone anymore,” I continued to tease as I stood

she said, ignoring my jabs. “And

trying to smother my laughter as my voice took on a more serious tone.

letting out a small sigh of relief. “Just artnoyed, both at myself and that

prepared to leave. Just as I was heading out the door, however, a glint caught my eye. I frowned as I approached

face. I missed her. It wasn’t fair that

too. As much as he could be a bastard sometimes after my mom died, I still missed him. I wanted nothing more than to make

either of them would have liked the renovations we made on this house; my mother likely would have loved the bright colors and the eclectic

liked the color gray. I think that it was really just a way for him to punish himself, a

mental note to pick up a new

look around the nearly finished living room, I

the road, I spotted her. As I pulled up next to Nina’s car in the ditch, I

her sulky expression struck me

truck – it was really my father’s truck, but I decided to use it rather than let it sit in the garage and collect dust. It was

of a way to show their disrespect than anything else. They may as well have spat on his grave. But I supposed that it was a good thing that they didn’t know where he was buried. “I think we can safely declare the raccoon the winner,” I continued, my lips curling up into a teasing grin as

brown eyes narrowed, but I could see