She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1659:

The two of them spent the rest of the afternoon playing together again. But Nina didn’t mention the gift she’d been preparing for him. She planned to give it to him on Christmas Eve, along with a proper apology.

That evening, just before dinner, Jerome happened to see her placing the little wooden figurine into her pink box. Something stirred in his chest. “Nina.”

“Can I ask you something?”

“Go ahead,” Nina answered without thinking much of it.

“If you had to choose between me and Damian…” Jerome pressed his lips together, a complicated expression crossing his face. “Who would you pick?”

Nina blinked, confused. “Why would I have to choose just one?” Hadn’t her mom said it was okay to have lots of friends?

“I mean if…” Jerome clearly wanted an answer.

Nina shook her head. “I don’t know.”

dulled a little. In the past, she would’ve chosen him without

a straight answer,

can you please not ask me that kind of question again?” Nina didn’t like being put on

shift inside

Nina nodded.

grown-ups, choosing between people you cared about was already

as kind-hearted as Nina,

kept chatting with her

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⓘ𝓷 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧼𝖼𝗈𝗺

gave him the gift and apologized for her earlier thoughtlessness. Things between them seemed to return to how they were

Alerith with the highest scores, becoming the youngest in

she was still

moved quickly, and soon enough, it was Nina’s turn to start grade school. Before she enrolled, Jerome visited her several times, hoping she’d pick the same school

to the