You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 487 A Lie

Noah helped Vicente up and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Vicente stood firm and yanked her hand out of Noah's clutches.

Noah could feel the rejection. He pried, "What's wrong?"

"What?" Vicente looked into Noah's clear eyes but refused to get lost in his gaze. "Nothing. Where are they? Let's go and find them. I'm afraid that they will get hurt."

The way she changed the topic just made Noah more confused. He helplessly followed after Vicente.

While they searched for John and Nina, Noah's attention was pulled by Vicente's fidgeting hands. She curled her fingers and rubbed her palms as if she was lost in thought. "Do you have something to tell me?" Noah asked, stopping her.

Vicente paused, gritted her teeth and turned around with a smile. "It's nothing serious. I just wonder whether you are..."

'No, I can't just ask him if he's attracted to men. I don't want to embarrass him.

I have to think of a better way to bring it up.'

"Noah, you know that I like... You should know what I mean. If you get too close to me, I'm scared that you may get confused about your sexual orientation."

"No. That's not going to happen," Noah said affirmatively.

Vicente smiled, "Well, that was what I wanted to tell you. Let's go and find them."

"Okay." Noah past Vicente and walked ahead.

Vicente suddenly had an epiphany. 'Oh, no, I'm not a man.'

They soon found John and Nina, who were fighting in the corner of the garden. John seemed to have the upper hand and was on the attack. Nina could only defend and couldn't even seize the opportunity to attack.

However, John was striking very tactically. It wasn't hurting Nina in the slightest but it was just used to consume all her energy.

Sweat rolled down from her cheeks to her neck as she began to pant. She was very obviously tiring.

John had a slight lapse in concentration and felt a little distressed. It was the perfect moment for Nina to launch her counterattack.

Her fist burst forward towards John's head, but he tilted and dodged the attack. Her arm flew past his head, accompanied by a gust of wind.

They stared at each other for a moment.

John was so focused on dodging Nina's fist, that he ignored her leg which was primed for her next move. She leaped into the air and kicked right in his chest, knocking him back.

They stood apart, eyeing each other up.

"Sean, you are far too absent-minded." Nina smiled defiantly. "If you keep getting distracted, you will lose your job."

'Yes, I need to stay focused if I want to keep seeing her.

I can't let her win.'

John charged forward and they continued their brawl. However, this time, he launched a fast, accurate and ruthless attack. Once again, Nina was forced to defend and even had to retreat away from his powerful strikes.

No matter what her next move was, John was able to foresee it. He predicted every move, dodged and then countered her.

He caught her fist. His palm slid to her slender wrist and pulled. He grabbed her with his other hand and manhandled her like she was nothing.

Nina tried to break free, but to no avail whatsoever.

"I've lost." With a gloomy face, Nina turned her head. "Why were you holding back before?"

Without saying anything, John let go of her arm.

"Ouch..." Nina gently retracted her arm as she scrunched her face.

Just by the sound of her voice, John knew he was too forceful. He was so worried about her that he almost stepped forward to make sure that she was okay. "Nina, are you okay?"

Watching Vicente come towards Nina, John had to stop and quietly watch her.

"It's okay. Don't touch me." Nina stopped her before Vicente could get any closer

Noah turned around and lifted her arm up to check if it was dislocated or hurt. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine. It's just a little painful."

"Then it's probably nothing serious. I'll rub it for you later." Noah heaved a sigh of relief.

"Nina, why are you treating me differently? I just wanted to make sure that you were okay but you didn't even let me do that. Why did you let Noah check on you?" Vicente was very obviously angry. "Really?" Nina said with an innocent expression.

"Yes. Can you not see that?" Vicente snorted, pointing at Noah.

Nina and Noah just smiled at each other without saying anything.

"Nini, your wrist is red." Noah stared at her wrist as his anxiety swiftly rose. "Roll up your sleeve and let me check your wrist."

John was also nervous.

Nina's skin was tender so it naturally turned red quite easily. John must have just grabbed her wrist a little too hard and bruised it a bit.

Nina rolled up her sleeve, exposing two red marks on her snow-white arm.

John looked at her, remorse filling his deep eyes.

"Nothing. I'll be fine." Nina smiled. It just so happened that she saw the guilt spilling out of John's eyes. She specially turned to him and assured, "It doesn't matter. You're clearly good at your job so you can stay."

Their eyes were about to meet when John thought better of it and swiftly lowered his head again. He didn't want Nina to get a headache because of him.

"I'm really fine. Don't blame yourself." Nina turned around and looked at his dejected figure. She still clearly saw, what looked like, his trembling eyelashes. She said, "Raise your head."

John was stunned and lifted his head. He didn't dare look into her eyes though. He kept looking down, knowing what would happen if he didn't.

Frowning, she ordered, "Look at me."

He was riddled with so many nerves that he even felt short of breath. He still refused to look up.

Seeing this, Vicente asked Nina, "What's wrong?"

With an inexplicable feeling, Nina said slowly, "Sean, look at me."

After a long silence, John slowly looked up at Nina's eyes.

All of a sudden, Nina's pupils shrank. She felt a strange feeling surge through her body that took her breath away. It was a good few seconds before she could regain her composure. "I'm fine." Nina blinked her slightly tired eyes. They still looked at each other and she could see the teary sadness in his eyes.

John was happy that they could finally look each other in the eye without giving her a headache.

Nina turned around with Noah nowhere in sight. She scoured the area and asked, "Where is Noah?"

"He's probably gone to get the medicine," Vicente replied. "Nina, do you have a headache? I remember that the last time you looked into Sean's eyes, it put you into quite a lot of discomfort." John held his breath again, eagerly waiting for the answer.

"No," Nina lied.

She didn't know why she longed to look into his eyes or why she had to lie about it.

The moment Nina finished speaking, John felt like every cell in his body came to life.

All he needed to do was get closer to her. If he could do that, then he had a chance of making her remember all their memories together.

"Nini, I'm back." Noah came over with a medical kit. "Roll up your sleeve or cut it off. I need to apply some ointment to your arm."

"Noah, it's not that serious."

"Nini,"

Noah said in a more serious tone. This prompted Nina to give in and roll up her sleeve.

The red marks on her arm had already faded a lot.

That didn't stop Noah from worrying though. He reached out and gently held her wrist. The wheat color of Noah's broad palm starkly contrasted the snow white of Nina's skin. John couldn't stand how intimate their relationship looked. He had never allowed any other man to touch Nina and he wasn't about to start.

The rage took over and he kicked Noah's arm.

Nobody expected such a thing to happen. With the force that John swung his leg, Noah didn't even have time to dodge it. He staggered back from the sheer power.

"Noah?" With a cry of surprise, Nina nimbly grabbed Noah's arm to stabilize his stumbling body. Her body spun to the right and she lifted her right leg to kick John. "No, Nini." It was too late for Noah to stop her.

Her leg hit John's chest, right in his heart.