#Chapter 557: Someday

Nina I huffed out a breath as I hoisted the oversized cardboard box higher in my arms, carefully navigating my way through the living room. Strings of fairy lights poked out haphazardly from the top, and I could feel the weight of glass jars and other assorted decor inside shifting precariously with each step. With my jaw clenched in determination, I made my way toward the patio doors, intent on getting everything set up for tonight’s end-of-summer party. Of course, it would have been easier with a certain someone’s help, but duty had called Enzo away. Duty. I hated that the Schreibers were still sending scouts to bother us. I hated that they had slipped through our fingers, always one step ahead. And I hated that I wasn’t any help. But I could set up a party, at least. Almost as if on cue, I felt the solid warmth of his body at my back, those familiar calloused hands easily taking the bulk of the box’s weight from me. “Where do you think you’re going with t