She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1253:

She wasn’t afraid he would leave her.

Jesse stayed quiet for a moment, eyes still on the book. Then he asked, “Uncle Alan, can Nina come with you when you take Jerome home tonight?”

Alan raised an eyebrow. “Not worried she won’t want to come back?”

Jesse didn’t even hesitate. “She will.”

That afternoon, Nina stuck to Jerome like glue. They played with toys, and sometimes, she even pretended not to know the answers to silly questions—just to get closer to him.

Watching it all unfold, Alan rubbed his chin, his thoughts spinning.

Seriously? Pretending not to know the answer to impress someone? That was straight out of middle school. It didn’t hurt anyone, sure—only brought people closer. But how did Nina already know that trick?

“When she starts school,” Alan said to Jesse, dead serious, “you better keep an eye on her. The way I see it, she’ll go chasing after anyone she finds good-looking.”

her skills were

up from his book. “No need,” he

“What do you

Why did it seem like

only likes good-looking people,” Jesse said, totally unfazed. “And not many people look better than our carefree

voice, hands, eyes, even eyelashes. It

worried about wasn’t Nina chasing boys—it was whether she’d

caught off guard for a second…

did a four-year-old already

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knew it, it was already four-thirty in

Jerome, walking slowly, her hand still holding his. “Can’t you stay

his head, polite but firm. “I promised my mom I’d be

was a

Her mood sank in an