She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1264:

Jerome crossed his arms, waiting. Jesse and Nina watched too, curious now.

“You know your mom’s struggling, right?” Kevin began, clearly aiming for a soft spot. “If you two kids move in with me, I’ll set your mom up in a villa near my place. And I’ll give her fifty million dollars.”

Jerome hesitated. Over the years, their mom had done everything she could to take care of him and Jasper—holding down a full-time job while juggling side gigs just to make ends meet.

She’d stay up late working, then get up at the crack of dawn to do it all over again.

“She can visit you anytime,” Kevin added.

“Don’t agree to it!” Nina suddenly said, her sweet voice cutting through the tension like a blade. “He’s lying!”

Kevin frowned. “I’m not lying.”

to maintain—probably thousands, maybe even tens of thousands a month,” Nina pointed out, her voice calm but sharp. It was clear she knew what she was talking about. “Even with fifty million,

villa complexes did have monthly fees. And the ones near Kevin’s

the costs—everything from security to amenities came with a

“She could just sell the place and buy a regular

to,” Jesse cut in, his

Jerome agreed to his father’s proposal, that house wouldn’t be a gift. It would be a trap—just one more thing for Donna

it were just a villa Donna had bought herself, selling it wouldn’t be a big deal. Alerith had no shortage of rich buyers. But coming from Kevin? With his controlling personality, there was no way he’d

giving her a house, why not just give her straight cash?” Jesse was luring him in. “If you give Donna two hundred million, Jerome can go

saying? Why would

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“You have the authority to say

Jerome.”

frowned, about to speak, but Nina gave his hand a