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.”

past, she would’ve chosen

without a straight

question again?” Nina didn’t like being put

Jerome felt something shift inside him, something

Nina nodded.

choosing between people you cared about was already

someone as kind-hearted as

that day, Jerome kept chatting with her as

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⓘ𝓷 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧼𝖼𝗈𝗺

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

in Alerith with the highest scores, becoming the youngest

Nina, she was still

pick the same school as him. But she turned him down flatly, choosing

day during the summer break, Nina looked at Jesse’s schedule, packed to the brim with tutoring sessions and enrichment classes. She felt a