My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 301

Chapter 301

Bonus 1: The Perfect Dress

Nina

The sun had already slipped below the skyline by the time I entered “Belle Ame Bridal,” with Jessica and Lori by my side.

We were on a mission-a mission that I had been avoiding like the plague.

Finding the perfect wedding dress, something that should have been exciting, was a stark reminder of my mother’s absence. She was somewhere overseas, unreachable, and it felt like a part of my heart was missing.

No matter how often I called her, no matter how many voicemails I left and letters I wrote, I didn’t get a response. It was both worrisome and depressing at the same time, and as my wedding with Enzo ticked closer, I just felt worse and worse by the day.

I kept telling myself that she was safe; she was likely busy and forgot to change her number over to the international line. Maybe she and Taylor bought a house or rented an apartment and didn’t update their address yet.

But there was another little voice inside of me… Something telling me that because she wasn’t my “real” mom, that she had decided to abandon me.

I knew my biological father now. I never got the chance to meet my biological mother, but I knew who she was now.

But it didn’t make my love for my adoptive mother any less potent; if anything, after all this time that I had spent learning about both my past and her past, I felt more love for her than ever. Our history together wasn’t the best, but I was prepared to spend the rest of my life making up for that with her. I wanted a real relationship with my adoptive mother, one in which we could actually get to know each other for once instead of hating each other.

couldn’t do that, however, if

the little bridal store, which had only recently reopened its doors after the Crescent debacle. “Enzo and you are getting

readiness. “I know, Jessica. I just… I wish my mom were here.

was always more stoic than the rest of us, but right now, I

she said, grabbing me by the shoulders and pushing me over toward the racks of

were practically lined with tulle and silk. The dresses sparkled under the soft, flattering

like a wrapped up candy, an A-line with a lace overlay made me itch, and a ball

I don’t think this is working, guys,” I finally admitted, feeling my throat tighten with unshed tears. I was standing on the little platform in front of the mirror, wearing a

and my heart was only

over, her arm sliding around my shoulders. “Hey, it’s okay, Nina. Your mom would be proud, you

lifting a finger.

I ever even got to know her,

skirt up and stepping down off of

Lori shot each other a quizzical look, but neither of them

I paused for a moment just as

it, pulling out a gown that was unlike the

bodice that flared out slightly from the hips, trailing into

I murmured, unable to take

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