My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 44: Not-So-Bad Boy

Nina

I didn’t want to admit it, but I was relieved that Enzo was here. I accepted his offer to drive me home and followed him out to the police station parking lot.

As we walked out to the parking lot, my stomach audibly growled. I had forgotten how hungry I was due to the fight, but now that my adrenaline was calming down I realized that I was starving. Enzo,must have heard it, too, because he looked down at me with a frown.

“Sorry,” I said, blushing. “I didn’t eat lunch today.”

Enzo stopped in his tracks and frowned even deeper. “Why not?”

I shrugged. “I was busy,” I replied…

Wordlessly, Enzo handed me his spare helmet and climbed onto the motorcycle. He gestured for me to get on behind him, and once I was situated, he started the bike and pulled out of the parking lot.

Except… He drove in the opposite direction of the campus.

“Where are we going?” I asked, nervously holding onto his waist as we went around a corner. The smell of his leather jacket mixed with the smell of the cold night air and filled my lungs.

“You’re hungry,” he said over his shoulder. “I’m hungry, too.”

“But I don’t have any money-”

“I don’t care,” Enzo replied.

Before I could answer, we picked up speed on an empty back road and 1 knew he wouldn’t be able to hear me anyway; not that I would have protested. As the dark forest of tall pine trees on either side of us sped by and I leaned against Enzo, feeling the warmth of his body, I felt like all of my other worries washed away.

No, I told myself as I started to get too relaxed. We’re just friends. That’s it.

In a few minutes, we pulled into the diner parking lot as it was the only restaurant in this small town that was open this late. I bit my lip nervously as I climbed off the bike.

“What’s wrong?” Enzo asked, taking off his helmet and shaking his curly hair loose like a model.

“Oh, it’s nothing,” I replied.

“Tell the

say. “I…

Enzo asked,

She and her friends came in here a few weeks ago and broke some glasses. They

fired you over a few broken glasses?”

shrugged. “Technically he said to ‘ take some time off’.

surprise, walked toward the diner

so

diner was almost entirely empty, save for a couple of other tables at which sat sleepy students who either had the late-night munchies or who were last-minute cramming for exams. We grabbed a booth in the corner, and my old coworker,

as she took out her notepad to take

Millie seemed to get the message and scrunched

I get for you?”

a coffee,” Enzo replied. “And a

me,” I said. Millie smiled and walked away to put in our orders

coffee drinker too, huh?” Enzo asked with a

in the library have conditioned me to it,”

brown eyes. “I think it’s impressive how hard you work,” he said quietly, averting his gaze to the table. “I’ve never been all that studious.

made me blush. I always expected a guy like Enzo to tease me for being so academic,

your major, anyway?” I

his eyes. “As requested by my

rumors that Enzo’s dad was a CEO of some foreign company, but I didn’t know that Enzo was connected to it in any way. I supposed it made sense, but I could

doing if your

bit, like he had never been asked this

know, honestly,” Enzo replied. “I’ve never thought

I said, feeling intrigued now. “There has to be something you like. And don’t just say hockey. There has to

he muttered, running a hand through ms curly hair as Millie brought us our coffee,

Enzo Rivers, a musician?

you play any

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