(Nina's POV)
The previous day, I told my mother that I wanted to move into Joseph's house to spend time with him.
"Are you sure about this, Nina? Why not wait until you guys get married before you move in with him?" Mom said. She was pretty, fair-skinned, and a 52-year-old woman.
"No, Mom. I want to go and live with my fiancé to get to know the man I will be marrying. We wouldn't have s*x; we'd just live and bond like friends first," I said.
My mother looked at me in disbelief and said, "Nina, do you think that will work? Joseph is a man, and he could want s*x or other things. What if you end up not liking him and find faults in him? I think it's best to wait until after you both get married, then you can find out everything about him."
"No, Mom!" I refused, my arms wrapped around my
