She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1296:

At dinner, Nina sat next to Jasper. Every time he couldn’t reach something, she leaned over and served him herself, extra attentive.

Jerome noticed. He didn’t say a word, just kept his head down and quietly ate.

After dinner, when Donna was getting ready to leave, Jerome couldn’t hold it in anymore. He thought back to how Nina had treated him all day, then pressed his lips together and said softly, “I need to talk to you. Can we go somewhere for a minute?”

“Sure!” Nina chirped, still cheerful as ever.

None of the adults interrupted. They let the kids wander off to talk in private.

Nina tilted her head, eyes wide and innocent. “What did you want to talk about?”

“If you had to pick between me and my brother to play with,” Jerome asked bluntly, “who would you choose?”

He’d always thought of Nina as his very best friend.

didn’t feel like she thought

confusion as she looked up. “Why can’t I play with both of you?” she asked softly. “Don’t I get to choose

that’s not how it

why?” Nina pressed, her voice

“You can have many friends, but only

because I spent my

saying more than

ready when she called—unless he was mad. But today, she was supposed to make up for missing his birthday. Instead, she spent it with Jasper.

Nina explained, her voice earnest. “He’s new,

muttered, “You didn’t

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me when I invite a friend over, I

me?” Ellis chimed

warm. “We already played house together. You’re family now. That’s