Since they were parked anyway, Nia reached for his hand. She wanted to comfort him.
“There’s no need for you to be jealous.” Even saying that feels weird to her. He’s really jealous? Why would he? Her heart aches a little. What is this feeling?
Does he care about her that much? Wait. He did say before that he loves her.
Nia suddenly feels enlightened. He’s sure of his feelings for her, but before today, she wasn’t. When she met Troy earlier, she didn’t long for him. There were no left-over feelings. She did let go of him the moment she decided to break up. She wasn’t expecting to get back together.
When Luke confessed to her, it was complicated. Initially, she did choose him because of his capability to support her and her family. She didn’t think too much about his actual feelings.
