You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 593 Children Comforting Their Father

The sun had just risen when John took his kids for a five-kilometer run. Nina was fast asleep. She was having a dream, so she did not know that John had taken the kids out. Although running with a bag of stones was a punishment for Don, Van did not stand by and watch as his brother ran. Instead, he too ran with a heavy bag on his shoulders. Running a five kilometer stretch would be hard for most adults; Don and Van were merely four years old, so it was obviously too hard for them.

After running a distance of three kilometers, they could not run any further. They were both exhausted as sweat was dripping from their body and their faces were flushed.

However, John did not allow them to stop, so they had no choice but to walk for the last two kilometers, holding each other's hand.

During that whole time, John stayed by their side. He felt bad for them every time they gasped for breath, but he was also glad that they kept going further, regardless of how hard he pushed them. Once they were done, Don ran up to his father, threw himself into his father's arms, crying bitterly. Van, on the other hand, panted heavily, and wanted to rest for a while.

Meanwhile, Sam woke up and saw his grandsons crying. Seeing that, he became furious in an instant.

In a fit of rage, he threw his walking stick at his son and roared, "How dare you abuse my grandsons like this?"

The stick hit the back of John's head, almost knocking him unconscious.

Rubbing the back of his head, John sat down, looking helplessly at his furious father.

Although he felt just fine, the act scared his kids, who cried even harder.

With tears in their eyes, they both walked to their father and stroked the back of his head lovingly, which moved John. However, the noise of their crying also made his head hurt. People had always told him that children were ungrateful, but John had never believed that. Even though he punished his sons, they still cared for him.

It was common for the father to console his crying child. However, in John's family, the children were the ones who comforted their father.

John did not know how to comfort the kids. He lifted them off the ground, held them in his arms and patted gently on their backs.

He had no choice but to ask his wife to help him.

As though she had a telepathic bond with her kids, Nina woke up from her sleep the moment they started crying.

She opened her eyes, thinking that she had heard them crying in her dream, but when she tried to find the kids, who were supposed to be in the room, she saw that they were not there. She immediately rushed downstairs, only to see them crying bitterly.

"What's the matter? Why are you two crying?" Nina asked as she took Don and Van from John. She then sat down on the couch, with her kids seated on her lap.

She wiped the tears off their cheeks and comforted them. "Don't cry. Tell me, what's the problem? Are you guys upset? Did you fall down and hurt yourselves?"

Don and Van looked pitiful, which made Nina's heart ache.

She looked at John and asked him the reason they were crying.

With a look of guilt, John said, "They're just too happy that they've successfully completed a goal!"

Nina was speechless when she heard that. 'I am not buying it,' she thought to herself.

No one would cry so bitterly when they were extremely happy.

Thinking of that, she patted the twins' backs and gently comforted them.

"Forgive me, Van, Don. I should not have hit your father. Please don't cry. Come on, please don't cry..." Sam said as he rushed over to them in his wheelchair. He could not help but blame himself when he saw his grandkids crying.

"What happened, Dad?" Nina asked with a puzzled expression.

"Well, this is all your husband's fault. I just feel sorry for the kids. My jerk of a son had made them run and they were crying from exhaustion. Seeing that, I became angry and hit John. Then, the kids started crying, feeling sorry for their father,"

Sam said with a heavy sigh.

Upon hearing that, Nina understood what had happened. She tried to comfort Sam and said, "Dad, they were just crying from the exhaustion, and that's perfectly normal. There is no need for you to get worked up about it. They have always been too softhearted, and that's the reason they cried."

Although Sam was not feeling as guilty as he did before, seeing the love that his grandsons had for their father, he felt a bit jealous.

"Why don't I have such a loving son who is kind to me and comforts me?"

Upon hearing that, Nina smiled playfully while Don and Van wiped their tears away, feeling much calmer.

"Van! Don! You both worried Grandpa. You both know what to do, don't you?" Nina said, gently tousling their hair.

The brothers immediately understood what she meant. They got off Nina's lap and walked to their grandfather to console him.

"Grandpa, I am so sorry to have worried you," Van said, wrapping his arms around Sam.

Dean gave his grandfather a kiss and said, "Don't be sad, Grandpa. Be happy!"

"Oh, my little darlings, I love you both so much! You two are adorable, aren't you?" Sam said with a laugh as he hugged them. All of a sudden, Nina realized something.

'I went to sleep in the guest room on the first floor. How did I end up on the second floor?'

Thinking of that, Nina's amber eyes glared at the suspect, John. "I want you to come with me," she said in a firm voice.

Since everything else seemed to have calmed down, John followed her obediently.

"Why wasn't I in the guest room where I slept last night? You must be the one who carried me to the bedroom. If it had been anyone else, I would have noticed. Only when you carry me, I can't even feel it," Nina said.

John seemed to be hurt by her words as he asked, "So you don't feel anything when I hold you in my arms?"

"Shut up!" Nina reached out and pinched him on the waist.

John lifted his shirt and said in a seductive voice, "Come on, pinch me some more. Haven't you always loved touching my abs?"

"Can you be any more perverted? Don't try to distract me. If you admit that you carried me to the bedroom, I will think of letting you go," Nina said as she adjusted his clothes.

John smiled playfully and said, "All right. I'll admit that I brought you upstairs. Take my life, do as you please! But I only did it because I saw James sneaking in through the guest room window to take his wife to his room."

"What, really?" Nina asked with her mouth wide open in shock.

At the same time, James said to Emma, "Last night, I saw Uncle John using his spare key to take Aunt Nina into his bedroom. I was worried that you might catch a cold sleeping there, so I had to bring you to our room."

Initially, Nina and Emma had believed their husbands, but when they met the next day, they spilled the beans.

After comparing their husband's answers, Nina and Emma figured that one of them must have lied, so they were about to question them. That moment, the cleaning lady came up to them and told them that she had found a thin iron wire just outside the guest bedroom door that morning.

Upon hearing that, Nina and Emma understood who was lying.

Emma's face turned red with embarrassment.

During the filming of her first movie with James, where James had played the role of a thief, he had learned the right way to pick a lock even though his role had a screen time of only five seconds.

Emma was conservative. She did not want her entire family to know that James had sneaked into the guest room to carry her, but now, they were going to.

For the next few days, she decided to avoid him, so that she would not have to deal with more embarrassment.

James felt wronged. 'Why does this keep happening to me?

Why am I so unlucky?' he thought to himself.