You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 499 Get Stressed Out Again

Nina looked at John's eyes with a dazed look, and it stirred up an inexplicable emotion in her heart. She blinked at him as she felt this man familiar.

But she could not remember anything about this man in front of her.

She felt so frustrated that she wanted to slap him across the face.

But her hands and feet remained where they were. She could not get them to move. It was as if her body was occupied by a stranger.

A voice deep in her heart was telling her not to push him away.

This kind of thing had happened more than twice now. Nina used to think that she would beat any man who tried to take advantage of her, but John was different. She didn't beat him.

Around him, her way of doing things was a little different from what she had imagined.

Nina's amber eyes sparkled and her tone softened. "Did we have a close relationship before?"

"Yes." His voice was now gentler than before.

"Then why don't I remember you? And your name sounds unfamiliar. You said you were sent to protect us. Who sent you? And what's that person's relationship with me?"

"Kiss me a few more times, and I'll tell you." At the moment, John decided to seize the opportunity to flirt with Nina.

Nina suddenly put on a cold look and replied, "In your dreams!"

"Give me a kiss, and I'll answer one random question." John teased her further.

"You bastard." After saying that, Nina ducked under his arm and stepped away. "I'll ask Leon. He'll tell me what I want to know."

"I'm right here. Why bother asking others?" John lazily leaned against the wall and folded his arms across his chest. He followed Nina with his eyes.

Nina did not want to talk to him anymore. Instead of replying, she crawled onto the bed and played with the twins.

The little kids' laughter sounded like tinkling bells, and Nina's coos were as sweet as honey.

Without disturbing them, John stood guard nearby.

Whenever she met John's gaze, Nina quickly looked away. Looking directly into his eyes scared her for reasons she could not fathom.

She could not understand why she felt guilty. She was afraid that he would see through her.

That night, Nina called Leon.

"Leon, are you busy? I have something to ask you."

"You know I'm never busy for you. What's up?"

"I want to know who Sean really is."

On the other end of the line, Leon paused and asked, "Why?"

"He's acting really weird. He told me just now that he wanted to take me away from Noah. And I act weird around him. I can neither beat him nor refute him. The more I think about it, the guiltier I feel. Am I a bad woman? Am I cheating on Noah by feeling like this about Sean?"

"Oh, you like Sean?" Leon asked excitedly.

"No." Nina shook her head. "No, of course not. I just don't understand why I feel this way about him. I don't really know him, so how could I develop a crush on him? Besides, I already have Noah. How could I have feelings for another man? This is driving me insane."

"How does Sean make you feel exactly?"

"Whenever he gets close to me, I blush and my heartbeat quickens. I ignored the feelings at first, but then they slowly became a regular thing. Before I called you tonight, I thought about it carefully. Only he makes me feel that way. I don't feel that way around Noah, not even one bit."

"Maybe you should follow your heart on this one, Nini."

"But Noah is the man I love. Am I such an unfaithful woman?" Nina frowned.

"Silly girl, didn't you just say that you didn't flush around Noah? Maybe it's not Noah you're in love with in the first place." Leon's voice was as soft and gentle as cool water flowing into Nina's heart, easing her anxiety.

"Memories dull and fade over time, but emotions never do. They stay deep in our blood and bones and eventually turn into instinct. Maybe your feelings toward Sean are your body's way of telling you that he's the one. As for Noah, have you ever thought that maybe the person in your memory isn't him?"

"Not him?" Nina murmured while her nerves got pulled apart by her brother's advice.

She wanted to figure out what was going on, so she ignored the pain and thought carefully.

She knew that her memory had been impaired because of a head injury, but she clearly remembered the man she loved was Noah.

How could it not be him?

At the same time, Nina was sure that Leon would not tell her such things for no reason. There must be at least a grain of truth in everything he just said to her.

Enduring the slowly intensifying pain in her head, Nina boldly asked, "Are you saying that Sean is the man I love and not Noah? If that's true, then why can't I place anything about Sean?"

Leon was silent for a while. After a few moments, he chuckled. "I was being too obvious, wasn't I?"

"Yes, you were." Nina frowned and rubbed her temple with one hand. "Have I mistaken Sean for Noah? Is Sean the man I love to begin with?"

Leon answered frankly, "You can say that."

"Then we circle back once again to my original question. Why can't I recall Sean?" Nina murmured in frustration. Then, she felt that strange feeling again. It jumped from the soles of her feet all the way up to her heart, but something suddenly stopped it dead. She struggled to identify what it was, but before she could, it slipped right through her mind.

"It's Sean, not Noah." Nina's breathing gradually picked up speed, and she felt as if the nerves in her head were tightening and tightening, squeezing beads of sweat out of her forehead.

"No, it's not Noah. It's Sean, Sean, Sean..." Then, the room started spinning, and Nina collapsed on the carpet.

Her phone tumbled a few inches away after the impact. She desperately held onto her head as if preventing it from exploding. "Sean? What's his name? Sean? It's not Sean... It's not..."

Leon immediately realized that something was wrong. He shouted nervously over the phone, "Nini? Nini, what happened? Are you okay? Answer me! Oh, my God! Something happened again!" He hung up and dialed John.

"John, Nini's in trouble Go to her room now. I think something happened."

As soon as he received the phone call, John heard the twins' cries through the door. Something must have happened to Nina. Without thinking, he hurriedly opened the biometric lock and stormed in. Nina was lying on the floor by the window. Her black hair covered the entirety of her face like a dark waterfall. She had her hands pressed on either side of her head, and her whole body trembled. The children's loud cries bounced off the room's walls, but Nina seemed to be unaware of them.

Hearing the babies crying over the phone, Leon knew that he had made a big mistake. He asked anxiously, "Have you found her? What happened? Why are the babies crying like that? Damn, I shouldn't have told her anything."

Ignoring Leon, John shoved his phone into his pocket and ran to Nina. He crouched down beside her, put his hands on her shoulders, and shook her hard.

"What's wrong, little girl? What happened? What did Leon say to you? I'm going to take you to the hospital. Let's go to the hospital."

"Little girl? What little girl? Why did you call me that?"

When John was about to reach out to hug her, Nina suddenly grabbed his arm and looked up at him.

Because he went to check on her in a hurry, he forgot to put on his mask.0000