You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 411 Marry Me

Vicente had mentioned more than once that they should marry as soon as possible. At first, she didn't dare voice her thoughts out loud. Now that Nina knew her biggest secret, Vicente became bold and went directly to the point.

"I'm serious. Will you marry me as long as I help you get back your ring?"

"You are in such a rush. I'm beginning to think that you really like me." Nina's eyes were cold, and her tone was serious. It seemed like she was stating a fact instead of delivering a joke. Vicente shook her head. "You really don't know how to joke.

Just wait for me. I'll get the ring back for you soon. On our next date, I will give you the ring." she was very confident.

"Date?" The corners of Nina's mouth twitched. "How dare you say that? It's weird for me to date another woman."

"Nobody knows that I'm a woman. Don't let it slip, or no one will be willing to marry you and take care of your child," Vicente reminded Nina again.

"Do you really care about me, or are you just worried that your real identity will get exposed one day?" Nina saw through Vicente.

Vicente forced a smile. "I know that you know it, but you don't have to say it out. It hurts our relationship, Nina."

She spoke in a sarcastic tone.

A chuckle escaped Nina. Finally, she no longer felt lonely on C Island without her brother. With Vicente around, waiting for John to get her wasn't so difficult.

"What relationship?" The smile on Nina's face disappeared, and she looked up at her with an innocent look.

Vicente was pissed off. "Leave. Go back to the Scher Mountain."

She stood up with one hand on her waist and pushed Nina away with the other.

Nina had already achieved her goal and even got something unexpected. Now, it was almost time to go back to the castle.

"Your waist is injured. You don't need to walk me out. I can go back by myself." Nina was worried about Vicente's waist. After all, John had lain in a hospital bed for half a month because of his injured waist. "Okay." Vicente nodded repeatedly. "Let me walk you downstairs, and then you can go back. You're an adult-I'm sure you can find your way back."

"Oh, really? You just told me to wait for you so you could walk me out yourself." Nina mocked.

Vicente held her waist and said in a pained voice, "Your Highness, can you let me go? I'm injured. Do you still want to exploit me?"

Nina smiled and didn't say anything.

Vicente pushed Nina with one hand.

As they descended from the second floor, Vicente switched back to her male voice and morphed into the gentleman everybody thought she was.

"Nina, be careful." Enduring the pain in her waist, Vicente straightened her back with a polite smile.

Seeing the speed and ease with which Vicente could switch roles, Nina turned around and stared at her admiringly. Vicente winked playfully in return.

Nina was unnerved by the wink for a moment, and then she leaned close to whisper in Vicente's ear, "Do you know how handsome you are? You'll break many girls' hearts."

"They should thank you because after marring you, I won't have the chance to break their hearts," Vicente whispered back.

The conversation between them was no louder than their footsteps. In the eyes of the servants downstairs, the two of them were flirting with each other.

A maid stole a glance at Nina and whispered, "This is the first time that I've seen Princess Nina in the flesh. She's so beautiful."

Another maid said, "Our count is handsome, and the princess is beautiful. They're an ideal couple!"

"They look like they like each other so much! I think that they will get married soon."

"That's a good thing. Our count has been waiting for the princess for many years."

When Nina passed by the three maids who were whispering just now, they lowered their heads and stopped speaking. However, Nina had heard every word they said.

Nina asked Vicente softly, "You've been waiting for me for so many years. Should I consider you a man languishing from lovesickness?"

"I guess you can say that," Vicente replied, touching her nose guiltily. She insisted on marrying Nina for two reasons. First, Nina was a princess. Second, Nina wouldn't fall for her because she had run away from home to avoid marrying her.

Fortunately, Nina was different from other women. She was not in love with her, or else Vicente wouldn't have known how to deal with it.

Many women had expressed their love for Vicente, and she turned them down by saying that she liked Nina, who was the only woman she would marry. Vicente did not expect people to sigh over the story of her pining for Nina for years and even cheered her on in hopes that they would marry.

"You may not know it, but we have fans."

Again, Nina stared at Vicente, patent disbelief on her face.

"It's all my doing." Vicente again winked her left eye at Nina, who was still staring at her in astonishment.

'What's going on?'

Nina had a feeling that she had been framed. She quickly went home to calm down.

It was a hot summer day in July. The breeze from the sea sweeping around C Island was cool and relaxing.

Nina usually liked standing on her balcony to savor the see breeze. It used to be an open-air balcony, but since that incident, the balcony was sealed off.

Now, she could only sit at the end of the trestle bridge that she adored as a child. She put her bare feet in the water and splashed around, joy written all over her face.

The sea breeze blew gently and blew up a few strands of hair behind her ears. There were tiny ripples on the sea surface, shining with golden light in the sunlight.

Anne and Bruce were worried that Nina would get sunstroke under the sun, so they asked the servants to put a huge sunshade, a table, and some chairs at the end of the bridge to make her feel more comfortable.

Rebecca was standing by her side to serve her.

Three days passed peacefully. It was time for Nina to meet with Vicente, who arrived as promised.

Vicente wore formal clothes today. She walked step by step on the bridge, with a small square box in her right hand.

With her back to the bridge, Nina could hear the footsteps and knew who was coming. "You're here."

"You didn't have to look. You must have missed me very much." Vicente stopped walking and sat beside Nina.

Rebecca, who was standing next to them, was astonished. 'The first time they met, they didn't really get along well. Why do they seem so at ease with each other this time?

Has the Count Nangong won Her Highness's love?

How did Her Highness know from the footsteps that it is him? Is it because she missed him?'

"Yes, I've missed you," Nina replied. She glanced momentarily at Vicente and then turned her attention back toward the seagulls flying over the sea.

The white seagulls sometimes flew across the sea, sometimes gliding low enough to cause ripples or flapping their wings to play with each other. Nina stared at the flying seagulls and said, "We are like them."

Seagulls fought bravely at the top of the waves, symbolizing freedom, purity, unyielding and courage.

The same unyielding soul lived deep within Nina and Vicente.

"Yes." Vicente didn't notice that her eyes held a glimmer of light, but Nina saw it.

Nina hadn't seen such a light in Vicente's eyes before. It was like a ray that pierced through the dark night.

Vicente's heart was gradually opening up.

"We two can be seagulls, and maybe mandarin ducks," Vicente said softly, opening the box she held. The ring nestled inside glinted under the sun. She knelt down on one knee with a smile. "Nina, marry me."