Only you in my love
Chapter 381 A Bet

Sitting on the reef, Vivian was enjoying the sea breeze when she heard the footsteps behind her. No amount of darkness could hide her sinister smile. "Nina, do you miss home?" Vivian asked in a soft voice, staring ahead with fiery eyes. "If your family came to take you home, would you go back?" Nina could sense Vivian's strange behavior. She acted as if she was talking with a long lost friend. It didn't feel like her usual self.

"No, I wouldn't," Nina said firmly. "I will always be where John is."

"Yes, you are always at his side but right now you are here and he's not." With a gentle smile, Vivian stood up and looked at Nina. They had both been in the dark for some time so their eyes had adjusted and they could see each other.

Even in the dark, Nina still radiated an unmistakable energy that only made Vivian's jealousy rage even greater.

She only blamed herself for not having a life as good as Nina's. She wasn't born in the royal family, nor was she as beautiful as Nina.

Since Nina had so many things, losing John might be a small matter.

Vivian's eyes were riddled with a sea of emotions. She looked at Nina for a while and said, "Nina, aren't you curious why Brother John didn't come with you?"

To be honest, Nina was actually curious.

However, she was hoping that John would tell her and not some random person.

"I don't need him to be by my side all the time." Nina stared at Vivian calmly, and the latter smiled mockingly.

Ignoring her, Nina said bluntly, "Tell me what you want?"

Vivian shook her head and said pitifully, "It seems he didn't tell you anything. I thought he wouldn't hide anything from you. It seems that I have overestimated his love for you. My last struggle might actually end up being my rebirth."

Her rising confidence baffled Nina. "Everyone has secrets. What's so odd about that?"

The smile on Vivian's face froze.

'Doesn't she care?

Is this nonchalant attitude just an act?'

"A couple shouldn't keep secrets from each other." Vivian scoffed on the inside. She thought that every woman would go mad if her husband was keeping secrets from her. She couldn't accept that Nina didn't care. She be putting on an act just to try and seem calm. "Vivian, have you been married before?"

Puzzled, Vivian looked at Nina's smirk and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You have never been married. You don't know anything about couples." Nina couldn't deal with this vile woman anymore. She regretted ever coming to meet her.

"Vivian, once you get married, then you can come back and have this conversation. Don't pretend like you have it all figured out."

"You..." Vivian's face turned pale and she was once again left speechless.

The whole point of this meeting was to make Nina jealous but Vivian wasn't expecting such a calamitous backfire.

Vivian thought, 'Nina, since you want to act so high and mighty, don't blame me for retaliating.'

"I want to make a bet with you." Vivian stopped Nina before she could leave.

"A bet? Why should I make a bet with you? What do I gain from that? It's boring."

Nina was fed up with her nonsense.

"Nina, do you really think you are important to Brother John?" Vivian anxiously raised her voice, trying to keep Nina here. The sea breeze picked up and dropped, smothering her words from time to time. The wind began raging so much that a storm seemed imminent.

"It's going to rain. I don't have time to chat with you. I'm leaving." Every time it rained, John would have nightmares. Nina had promised to always be with him when it rained.

Nina turned around to leave but was once again stopped in her tracks by Vivian. The blue sky gradually darkened and dark clouds were surging. A few drops of rain fell from the sky and hit the two women. Light drops slipped through the sky as the wind wafted about, flinging their hair.

"Vivian, don't touch me. Let go of me!" Nina glared at Vivian and anxiously looked back to the road for John. Luckily she saw John still waiting for her.

"Nina, it's just a bet." Vivian grabbed Nina's wrist and refused to let her go. "If we both fell into the sea, who do you think he would save first?"

With disbelief on her face, Nina said, "Vivian, are you out of your mind? You're acting as if you're important to him. He won't save you."

"Yes, I admit that he doesn't care about me, but do you think he cares about you?" Vivian bet that it was impossible for John to overcome the fear of water and save Nina.

Besides, she had arranged something better anyway.

It was likely that by now Sam had already known about Jessica's divorce. Vivian guessed that he would be so angry that it would have probably driven him to be bed ridden and ill. He could possibly even die.

"He won't leave me alone." She believed in John. John had rescued her before. Back then, their love was not as deep as it was now.

Nina said word by word, "He saved me before and I believe him."

"Yes, but as you said, that was all in the past. Nina, you know that men can change, right? Once he has you, he won't cherish you anymore. Just because he saved you once, doesn't mean he'll do it again." Noticing Nina starting to listen, Vivian continued, "This bet isn't for me. I just want you to see that men can change. It's for you. You are the princess of C Island, so you have no problem swimming. Even if you fall into the sea, you can swim back to the shore. What are you afraid of?

If he comes to save you, I will give up. If he doesn't come to save you, all it means is that you aren't important to him, just like me. Then the competition between you and I can be fair at least."

Nina stood motionless. Her eyes gradually deepened into endless black pits. Vivian had swayed her mind.

They both looked at each other but lost in their separate thoughts.

As the rain grew heavier, they could clearly feel the coldness of the rain on their skin.

Nina's phone buzzed.

John was calling.

This call was enough to make all hesitation disappear. How could she doubt John?

Nina shook off Vivian's hand and answered the phone..

"Honey, it's raining." The man's deep voice resonated through the phone. John was anxiously looking for Nina.

"Find a place to hide from the rain. Don't be afraid. I'm coming to get you right now." Nina was just nervous that John would be afraid. She didn't care about herself, only John.

Seeing that her plan was about to fail, Vivian had no other choice. She held Nina in her arms and dropped them both into the sea.

"Ah!" Nina let out a cry. Her voice passed through the phone and filled John's ears.

"What's wrong?" John looked up nervously, only to see nothing but darkness.

He could hear nothing but the splashing water through the phone.

The sound was like a time machine, bringing him back to his tenth birthday. Fear immediately spread through his limbs. His body gradually stiffened and his slightly pale lips were left ajar. He wanted to scream but no words could make it out of his petrified body. Through his quivering fingers, his phone slipped to the ground.