You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 486 An Ambush

Nina said crossly, "Vicente, can't you use a more proper term?"

"Have I said anything wrong? You're indeed going to beat him up," Vicente said bravely. However, when she saw Nina shooting daggers at her, she hurriedly said, "A friendly competition!"

"Yes. We're going to have a friendly competition," Nina said with a solemn expression. "I originally wanted to personally teach the children, but if he can defeat me, I'll let him teach them. If he loses, however, I'l get the children a new bodyguard."

Just like that, the matter was unilaterally decided by Nina.

Since she'd made up her mind, Nina thought it'd be better to carry out her plan as soon as she could and decided to hold the fight after breakfast.

Vicente was a little worried, so she slipped away to inform John about the matter.

She had to look for quite a while before she finally found him in the garden. Vans and Don's nanny was taking them for a walk, and John, as the children's bodyguard, was following them closely like their shadow.

It was early spring morning. Flowers had bloomed in the garden, and there were buzzes of insects and chirps of birds. The air was suffused with the smell of soil and the fragrance of flowers.

"Sean," Vicente called. Both John and the nanny stopped and turned around.

Vicente walked toward them, leaned over, and poked the gauze curtain with her finger to see the children in the stroller. "Van, Don, good morning!"

Van and Don seemed to understand she was greeting them. Their amber eyes widened, and they waved their hands in excitement. However, their clothes were too thick for people to see their little movements The two brothers grinned, but they didn't have any teeth. They were drooling at their mouths.

Vicente felt like her heart melted at this sight. A wide smile quickly bloomed on her face. "You two are so cute. Come and let me hug you."

She put the gauze curtain up, intending to pick a baby up and hold him in her arms. Before she could do that, however, she felt a hard tug from her belt, and she was forcefully dragged back.

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?!" Vicente turned around and glared at John. "What the hell are you doing?! The children need their father's hug!"

John changed the topic. "Why are you looking for me?"

"How do you know I'm looking for you?" Without waiting for an answer, Vicente beckoned at John, hinting at him to come over.

Nevertheless, John stood still, turning a blind eye to her voiceless instruction, so she had no other choice but to walk over and tiptoe to get close to John's ear. However, he unexpectedly took a step back. Aside from the two children and Nina, John didn't allow any other people to get close to him.

Vicente saw red. "What do you mean? I came to warn you out of the goodness of my heart, but you're actually treating me like I'm some kind of a germ?"

"Just cut the crap, will you?" John said bluntly.

Vicente took a deep breath, trying to put her temper under control. She then put her hands on her waist and leaned close once again, though she kept a certain distance this time.

"Nina will come to fight you later. No, I mean she'll come to have a friendly competition with you. I know you don't want to fight her, but you've got to know that if you lose, you can't stay here any longer. Nina will get a new bodyguard to replace you. By then, it'll practically be impossible for you to get close to her. Unless you continue to stay in this castle, you can only look at her from a distance in the future. This wil be another stumbling block on your way to awaken her memories."

John's gaze became increasingly deeper the more he listened to what Vicente said.

"So don't lose." Upon saying that, Vicente went back to play with the children.

Afraid that Nina would discover that she had come to John, she only played with the children for less than two minutes before she made her way back from another route.

At that moment, Nina and Noah were walking towards the garden.

After quietly slipping back into her position behind them, Vicente walked calmly as if she never left. When Nina heard the footsteps, which at some point disappeared for a while, she asked, "Where have you been?"

"What?" Vicente was taken aback. "The toilet. I drank too much water this morning."

"Your breakfast included a glass of water and a glass of milk. While you drank one-third of the milk, the water was practically untouched." Nina sounded really calm. It was as if she was just stating the facts and didn't really want to pursue the matter.

Vicente smiled awkwardly.

She forgot that Noah told her that Nina was extremely observant and smart, so it was almost impossible to lie to her.

Since she couldn't lie, she decided to keep her mouth shut and not defend herself.

"He's over there." Noah gestured with his chin. Since they walked side by side, he could only see Nina's side profile. Even so, he could still see the excitement in her eyes. Such an apparent excitement really made him worry. "Nina, do you really want to spar with him? You've just been discharged from the hospital. Your health hasn't really recovered."

"It's okay. I'm fine." Nina's gaze was fixated on the tall man standing in the distance. Her heart was bubbling with excitement.

Seeing as he couldn't dissuade her, Noah just said, "Be careful then.

Stop when you feel unwell. You mustn't force yourself." But what he said seemed to fall on deaf ears. Nina's whole focus was on the man who seemed to have a fatal attraction to her. She was really itching to spar with him.

Vicente said, "I'll call him over."

"Wait!" Nina stopped her. A shrewd glint appeared in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Vicente was baffled, but she still made her way towards John.

The moment she left, however, Nina also walked away though in an entirely different direction.

"Nini..."

"Shh!" Nina put her finger on her lips, cutting Noah off before he could say anything more. "Noah, just stay here. I don't want you to get hurt. I remember that you are not good at fighting-you always got beaten by me."

Her concern originally made Noah feel warm, but upon hearing the latter part of her words, the smile on his face froze.

In fact, Nina had never forgotten John.

John was protected by many strong bodyguards like Richard, so he didn't need to personally learn any self-protection martial arts. "Noah, I'm off then." Nina smiled.

"Go. Good luck" Noah smiled and nodded encouragingly. He then watched her crouching down and disappearing into the bushes.

Although Nina was no longer visible, his guts told him that she was inching towards John. The thin layer of ice hidden at the bottom of his heart seemed to burst, creating countless imperceptible cracks. When he turned around, he saw Vicente looking at him. In Noah's eyes, Vicente was a man with a feminine face and a tough personality.

Noah thought that if Vicente were a woman, many outstanding men would fall in love with her.

That was if they didn't care about her bad temper.

For some reason, Vicente felt like a warm spring breeze that blew in through one of the cracks.

However, such a breeze was nothing compared to the ice covering Noah's heart, so he couldn't feel the warmth.

Vicente was stunned to see the faint smile on Noah's face.

'Is Noah smiling at me?

Or is he smiling at John?

But it is impossible for him to smile at John, his rival in love. I once heard that homosexuality is hereditary. His brother is gay. Could it be that he is also gay?'

A sudden hiccup escaped her lips. Vicente was so frightened that she immediately covered her mouth. Her shock was written all over her face.

John frowned impatiently upon hearing Vicente hiccupping. Before he could speak, he sensed a murderous intent approaching from behind. A cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Nina, who had sneaked over, suddenly pounced forward and swung a punch to the back of John's head.

At this critical moment, John held out his hand and pushed Vicente away, while he himself moved his head slightly to dodge the blow.

Vicente, who was still lost in her thought, was pushed away and fell into the shrubberies. "Ouch!"

John turned around and retreated to the side. His black eyes came into contact with Nina's provocative gaze.

With a smile, Nina once again pounced on John. In the blink of an eye, the two of them were already engaged in a fierce fight.