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.”

little. In the past, she would’ve chosen him without a second thought. But

without a straight answer, he

put on the spot and spoke honestly. “None of my other friends ask

shift inside him, something hard

Nina nodded.

between people you cared about was

kind-hearted as Nina,

that day, Jerome kept chatting with her

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⓘ𝓷 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧼𝖼𝗈𝗺

thoughtlessness. Things between them seemed to return to how they were before. Time flew

into the top grade school in Alerith with the highest scores, becoming

she was still

hoping she’d pick the same school as him. But she turned him down flatly,

looked at Jesse’s schedule, packed to the brim with tutoring sessions and enrichment classes. She felt a bit