You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 515 Hickeys

Vicente knocked on the door and yelled, "Can I come in? Are you decent?"

"Come on in."

Hearing Nina's answer, Vicente pushed the door open and walked in the ward. John and Nina were sitting on the sofa and having breakfast. Nina was drinking soybean milk with a straw. Seeing Vicente come in, she picked up the other cup of soybean milk and offered, "Would you like some soybean milk?"

John was sitting half a meter away from Nina and eating a bun slowly and elegantly.

"Thanks. Don't pretend. I know what you were doing." Vicente shut the door behind her and locked it so that they would not be disturbed.

He walked toward Nina and took the soybean milk that was supposed to be John's. She took a seat beside her and said, "Can you scoot a little bit, please?"

Nina slid closer to John, making space for Vicente on the sofa. She then said defensively, "We were just having breakfast. We weren't doing anything else."

John silently put his arm around Nina's waist, which he had been thinking about for a long time.

Vicente flashed them a knowing smile. She turned her head to look at them and then took a sip of her soybean milk. "I wasn't born yesterday, my dear princess. Even if you two are completely dressed, I know what you were doing before I walked in."

Then, Vicente bent down and pulled out John's tie from under the sofa. She waved it in front of them and asked, "Case in point."

Nina's eyes widened.

She swiped the tie off Vicente's grasp as her cheeks flared furiously.

With an embarrassed smile, she stuffed the tie behind her.

"Besides, you have a lot of hickeys on your neck." Vicente looked sidelong at Nina's neck and collarbone.

Nina looked down and found the love bites on her skin. She raised her hand in panic but could only cover a few of the marks. Embarrassed and annoyed, she glared at Vicente.

"What are you glaring at me for? He's the one who gave you the hickeys," Vicente said discontentedly, nodding at John. Feeling genuinely amused, John only snickered.

It was not his fault. Nina's skin was so tender that even the gentlest kisses left marks on it that lasted for several days.

Noticing the anger in her eyes, John quickly stopped smiling and turned to comfort Nina, "It doesn't matter. You can just wear a cheongsam to cover them up."

"A cheongsam?" Nina asked in confusion. "You got me a cheongsam?"

Vicente asked in surprise, "How did you know that the cheongsams I had bought for Nina arrived last night?"

"I didn't," John answered.

Turning her head toward Vicente, Nina said, "You bought cheongsams for me?"

"Yes." Vicente nodded. "Didn't you say that you wanted to wear a cheongsam? The craftsmanship here isn't that good, so I especially sent someone to Z Country to customize several cheongsams for you. They just arrived last night, and I thought you could wear one of them when you get discharged from the hospital today."

"Oh, Vicente, that's so nice of you." Nina was deeply touched. She mentioned the cheongsam to Vicente before because she was missing John, but she did not expect that she would remember it. "The man...woman who will marry you in the future will be very lucky." Nina almost spilled the beans. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and changed her words.

She reached out and was about to hug Vicente. She was suddenly reminded of Michelle who always jumped into her arms when she got excited.

"Ahem." John cleared his throat loudly and grabbed her hand. He quickly stood up and sat between Nina and Vicente.

Vicente could only shake her head.

She thought, 'Wow, this man is really possessive.

He not only guards Nina from Noah but also from me. What the hell is wrong with this guy? Haven't I working my butt off to get him back together with his wife? Maybe I shouldn't be so kind to him after all.'

"I have to remind you two that you're now involved in a secret love affair. You should try harder to hold yourselves back now," Vicente said in a soft voice with a bit of toughness. "Especially you, John. No, Sean. If you expose your relationship with Nina, I won't be able to help you when others take you down for it.

After all, you two are technically cuckolding me." Vicente raised her chin.

Nina did not know what to say.

She thought, 'This person really has a special way of speaking.

Which man would sound so arrogant after being cuckolded?'

"We're not cuckolding you, Vicente." Nina leaned forward. "Our marriage is a political move. When your power is stabilized, I will go back to Lexingport City with John."

Vicente also leaned forward and whispered back, "Well, I haven't stabilized my power yet, have I? That's why I'm telling you two to be careful. A couple, even a fake one, share weal and woe. If anything bad happens to you, I will also be seriously affected."

"I suppose you're right."

"So you and Sean should restrain yourselves and keep your relationship a secret."

"Okay, fine."

Their voices became lower and lower as if they were preventing themselves from being overheard.

John did not want to hear the conversation, but he was sitting between Nina and Vicente and heard everything.

"Why are you two whispering in front of me? You know I can hear you, right?" John blinked, feeling a little confused.

Vicente turned her head at him and retorted, "I just started whispering because Nina started whispering." Then, John and Vicente stared at Nina.

Nina whipped her head at them. "What? It's a secret I don't want strangers to overhear. I was being careful."

Vicente pointed to John and asked, "I take it he's not a stranger anymore."

John narrowed his eyes at her.

Nina blinked and then smiled widely. She twined her arm with John's and said, "We're a couple. We are one."

"All right, that's enough." Vicente rolled her eyes. "You don't need to rub it in my face, you know."

Nina laughed heartily and answered, "But thank you for everything, Vicente. I really appreciate it. We'll try our best to act normally until you attain your goals."

As she spoke, she gave John a soft kiss on the cheek.

Vicente raised her hands to cover her eyes. She roared in her heart, 'Damn, no single person needs these blatant displays of affection!'

"Good. Then I'm leaving." Vicente stood up and walked out with her eyes half-covered.

When Vicente was gone, John snaked his arm around Nina's waist and pulled her close. He raised his hand and ran his thumb on her lower lip. "Did you just steal a kiss from me?" "No," Nina said confidently. "I didn't steal it if it belonged to me to begin with."

A gentle smile spread across John's face. He put down his hand, leaned in, and said, "Then take as many kisses as you want."

"And what if I no longer want to?" She kept her face neutral and slightly leaned back.

He gently pinched her cheek and threatened in a deep, seductive voice, "Then I'll just give you more reasons to wear a cheongsam."

Thinking of the marks on her neck, Nina stood up, braced her hands on John's shoulders, and straddled him. She grabbed his collar and pulled him close until their breaths mingled. "Excuse me, I..." Vicente returned. Thinking that John and Nina would restrain themselves, she just pushed the door open without warning. What she saw surprised the hell out of her. She finally understood what Nina meant the previous night, how she and John were just completely incapable of controlling themselves around each other.

It turned out that she was worried that she was unable to resist John's charms.

She was on top of him!

Vicente was so shocked that she stammered, "I...I came back for something. Demi's handbag. I want to return it to her on my way to see Cali.

Don't worry. I wasn't here. I didn't see anything. Go on, Nina." A hint of admiration flashed in Vicente's eyes. She really wanted to give Nina a thumbs-up sign.

Nina just chuckled and did not say anything. It seemed that she had understood what she meant.

Seeing the couple on the precipice of getting busy, Vicente quickly half-covered her eyes once again. She mindlessly reached out for the handbag and accidentally knocked it over, scattering its contents all over the floor.

Demi left the handbag unzipped, so stuff just came tumbling out of it.

There was a tube of lipstick, a compact mirror, a silk scarf, a pair of headphones, and a pen.

And then there was also a dazzling sapphire necklace.

Nina stopped and stared at the piece of exquisite jewelry. She had seen that necklace before.0000