She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1626:

Nina giggled, dipped her fingers into the ointment, and carefully spread it across the bruises on the boy’s arms, making sure her touch didn’t hurt him.

His brow knit slightly, caught off guard by what they were doing.

“No talking. No moving,” Nina reminded him sweetly while dabbing the ointment. “If you move, you lose and have to do this yourself at home.”

The boy didn’t say a word.

Over the next ten minutes, Jesse and Nina tended to every injury with quiet care.

When Jesse saw the marks that covered the boy’s back, even he—usually calm and steady—felt something twist inside him. Even an adult would struggle to endure those bruises. How had this kid managed?

“All done,” Jesse said softly, steadying his voice as he handed the ointment back to Nina. “Time’s up.”

Nina’s eyes curved into a bright smile, her expression glowing with delight. The boy suddenly noticed the pain in his body didn’t feel quite so sharp anymore. He glanced at Nina and said, “I won.”

Nina blinked, caught

I won,” the boy

him the timer on her watch. “Look, there’s

momentarily speechless. He’d

slowly realizing, “You two

two of us are playing. My brother’s just watching,

wanted to argue, but deep down, he knew

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the deal for lotion,” Nina said, offering him the ointment once more. “Use it once a day. You’ll

stared at the ointment in his hand, a mix of feelings churning beneath

could be lied to, mocked, or pushed around, and it never

today, he couldn’t keep the

Nina admitted, her voice soft and sincere as she placed the ointment in his hand. “I’m sorry. Can you

go first. I’ll talk to him,”

protested, not entirely willing