You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 494 Curious About The Face Under The Mask

The pungent smell of alcohol sat on the tip of Nina's nose and made her grit her teeth as her knuckles cracked, clenching her fists.

"Sean!"

"I'm here," John casually responded and made way for her, pretending not to see anything.

"Sean, I'm not done with you." Nina glanced at him.

If it weren't for the complicated scenario they were in, she would have thrown him out without any hesitation.

John said gently, "Okay." Nina looked at him in surprise and thought, 'What kind of answer is this?

Did he not realize I was threatening him? He's just standing there so calmly.

Is he trying to provoke me?'

Nina couldn't let this go lightly. She thought that she had to teach him a lesson, or he'd never take her seriously.

"Sean, let's fight again."

"No, thanks. You're going to lose anyway."

Nina gritted her teeth and said, "You're so arrogant."

"I did beat you last time, right?"

Nina realized that Sean had an incredible talent for pissing her off. She felt a little embarrassed and forced a smile at him.

"You're just so awesome. Do you have a girlfriend?"

After a pause, John replied, "No."

"I thought as much. After all, who would be stupid enough to like an annoying person like you?" Nina sarcastically smiled at him and as soon as she turned her face away, it fell into an expression of pure disgust.

In Nina's eyes,

he probably couldn't find a girlfriend because he was so mean. John was speechless.

A thought crossed his mind. 'Is my little girl calling herself stupid?'

Nina walked away, leaving John behind. This sense of accomplishment spurred her on. She was so proud that she gained a round back on John.

At lunch time, Cali and John sat at the same table as Nina, with the two of them opposite her.

Cali stared at the dishes laid out before her. Even if she saved her money for more than half a year, she still wouldn't have been able to afford this. Never in a million years would she have believed that she would be eating with the princess. To say she was nervous was an understatement.

Her ears turned red, now that she was sitting beside the man she secretly liked.

"Your Highness, how about I serve you and Sean for lunch?" Cali stood up uneasily. "Don't worry about that." Nina smiled.

Her smile was not only gentle, but also noble and elegant. That only amped up Cali's feeling that she didn't deserve to be having lunch with the princess. She said more firmly, "I'd better serve you." When Nina saw that Cali had pushed the chair under the table, she frowned as she ordered, "Sit down."

Cali's heart jolted and she gave in instantly. She frantically pulled out her chair and sat back down.

She sat upright like a primary school student, with her hands crossed on the table.

Nina sighed helplessly on the inside. Sure enough, she had to use force to coax this girl.

"Let's eat," Nina ordered in a commanding tone again.

Cali picked up the chopsticks obediently, only to see that her hand wouldn't stop shaking. She quickly grabbed it with her other hand to stop the trembling. She had to be really careful not to bump any tableware over. If anything broke, she definitely couldn't afford it.

She swallowed and saw from the corner of her eye that Sean hadn't even touched his chopsticks yet. She set hers down and turned her head to ask, "Sean, why don't you eat? Is it inconvenient?" Nina looked up and realized something. Since he was wearing a mask, he was unable to eat. "Just take off the mask. No matter what is underneath, we won't judge you."

"Yes. Sean, take off your mask." Cali looked at him obsessively. Someone once said that Sean was a mute, but in actuality he just didn't like talking a lot.

Since that was a misunderstanding, Cali hoped that maybe the rumors of his scars were also false. Maybe there was a handsome face under the mask. Even if he was not, it didn't matter. Cali admired him regardless.

When John lifted his hand to touch the mask, Nina also raised her eyes curiously.

Vicente said that Sean was a dominating figure and he had a pair of charming eyes. Nina was therefore naturally interested to see what he looked like.

Both of them couldn't wait to see his face. John knew it was not the right time though.

He lowered his hand and said, "I'm not hungry."

A visible sense of loss flashed through Cali's eyes, while Nina managed to hide her grief. She thought that she concealed it without a trace, but the fleeting loss was caught by the man who had loved her for such a long time.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Then you can just watch," Nina said tauntingly. "Even though you won't eat, I'll tell the kitchen to leave your food here."

"Thank you." Pretending not to know what Nina was up to, John watched the two of them having lunch.

He had breakfast this morning, so he wasn't starving. He looked at Nina's pink lips and wanted to kiss her.

While the children and Nina were taking a nap in their room, the growling in his stomach was too much to handle. John went to the kitchen and reheated his lunch.

On the way back to his room, he happened to bump into Nina in the hallway.

"What a coincidence!" Nina looked at the tray in John's hand and smirked. The food was covered by a round silver lid. She didn't know what was inside, but she could smell the aroma of fish from afar. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his eyes as he had just been caught in the act.

"Yes! What a coincidence!" He felt like he just shot himself in the foot and he had no choice but to awkwardly walk past her.

Nina watched as John hurriedly walked into his room and shut the door behind him.

She stood there and chuckled for a while.

At dinner, he still refused to take off his mask to eat. However, he had learned his lesson and he wasn't going to try and get something from the kitchen later.

The next noon, nothing changed. John sat at the table and watched the two of them eat. From the corner of her eye, Nina glanced at him from time to time, smiling cheekily just like yesterday Under the mask, John held his steely indifferent expression as always.

He didn't have supper last night and didn't have lunch today. He was so hungry that he seemed to hunch over, holding his body as if it was eating him from the inside. He planned to sneak into the kitchen during their lunch break.

But this time, he went through the kitchen only to find nothing in the fridge.

The moment he closed the door of the fridge, he knew that Nina was behind this and playing some kind of trick on him. She probably told the servants to empty the fridge.

John had no choice but to amble back to his room and fall asleep in his famished daze. Nina happily played with Van and Don in the study for the whole afternoon while John suffered.

At last, John was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Sean, it's time for dinner."

It was not until then that John realized that he had been lying in the bed for the whole afternoon. When he went to the dining table, he saw Van and Don lying on a small portable bed while Nina played with them.

"Okay. Serve the dishes." Hearing the footsteps, Nina knew who it was, so she ordered the servants to bring the food.

The dinner was extraordinarily grand, making John's mouth water more than usual. He knew that Nina was trying her best to tempt him into taking off the mask.

Nina blinked and said kindly, "Sean, don't you want to have some food tonight? Won't you be hungry?"

"Yes, Sean, please take off your mask and eat something. I promise I will keep my head down and I won't look at you." Knowing that Nina had been playing tricks on Sean these past few days, Cali was getting worried to death.

John looked into Nina's eyes and said blankly, "Okay."

"Are you finally willing to take off your mask?" Nina was not surprised, as if she knew he'd give in sooner or later.

"Yes." John raised his hand and was about to take off his mask.

Cali lowered her head, trying to keep to her word, but she couldn't help slyly glancing at him out of pure intrigue. Nina stared at him intently, watching his every movement.

She was so curious about the face under the mask.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐