You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 608 No Heirs For The Family

Henry sent Julie to the hospital and arranged for her to stay in the same ward as his father, so they would be able to take care of each other.

Although Julie had done a lot of terrible things, Noah and Henry let her live in peace with their father. They considered it as their last favor for him. However, it also helped them put their conscience at ease. Neither of them felt comfortable to be with their father. After his mother passed away, Noah had grown more close to his aunt, Kristina, and distanced from his father. Although he did not want to go back to his family, he thought that he should be in his hometown, which was Lexingport City. That was the reason Noah had come there. But now, something made him feel that he wanted to be away from that place and live in Spring City, instead.

Spring City was a good place for him. He loved standing atop the reefs and staring into the distance.

Henry and his mother had been depending on each other for survival. Even after he came back to the Ye family, he was not close with his father.

After hearing about the cause of death of Noah's mother, Henry finally understood the reason why Gia had taken him away back then, keeping his identity hidden from him. If Gia had not done that, he or Gia would have been killed by Julie.

In the end, it was always his father's romantic relationships that caused trouble to the people around him.

Now that Gia lived in Lexingport City, Henry also considered it home. Moreover, her husband, Todd, and her daughter were always kind to him.

Howard had lived a glorious life. Even though he had done something filthy, no one knew about it as he had always taken the utmost care in keeping his reputation clean. Now he only had Julie accompanying him. Even his sons, whom he had considered most valuable in his life, had alienated him.

Henry arranged for the best medical care for his father and paid for all the treatments.

Once he was done, he went back to Gia's villa, instead of the Ye family residence.

John had told him earlier that he had something more important than work to discuss with them, and Henry had quickly guessed that it must be about the wedding.

At first, they had planned to meet at the company, but then, Gia called them and asked them to come to her house, instead.

Henry drove to her house, thinking that everyone else must have arrived.

Gia was a fun-loving woman. She was humming a tune while cutting fruits in her kitchen, and Todd was helping her. She loved Henry and wanted to welcome his friends warmly.

After sending her daughter away to the kindergarten, she cleaned up the living room. The marble table in the living room was set up with glassware and cutlery. They were going to have hotpot.

All of a sudden, Gia heard the doorbell ring. She quickly wiped her hands with a towel and walked over as she said, "I am coming!"

The moment she opened the door, she saw Adrian's warm smile. "Hello, Aunt Gia."

"Oh, hi, Adrian! Come on in." Gia then turned and looked at Noah, who was lean yet muscular. He had a friendly bright smile and features that looked similar to Henry's.

'He is so handsome.

This young man looks great!' she thought to herself.

"You must be Noah, am I right? Please, come in." After welcoming them, Gia looked out the door and asked, "Where is John?"

With a smile, Adrian replied, "He has gone to pick up Nina. He wouldn't even dare to eat one meal without her."

"All right, then." After closing the door, Gia noticed that Noah was a bit uncomfortable to be there, so she handed him a fresh peach and said, "Henry told me that you like peaches very much. I bought these for you from the supermarket. They are very fresh and juicy. Why don't you try one?"

Her quiet and cool nature only confused Noah.

It was the first time he was meeting her. Moreover, she was the one that his father had an affair with, which had caused his mother a lot of pain and heartbreak.

He had always felt uncomfortable when he saw Julie, and now, he was looking at his father's another woman. He had been wondering whether he should come here.

Luckily, Adrian had noticed his awkwardness and dragged him here. He told Noah that Gia was nothing like Julie.

Noah had not noticed it at first, but now, he saw that Gia looked a lot like his mother, especially her eyebrows and her cool nature.

When she handed him the peach, he felt as though his dead mother had come back alive. He remembered that she would always smile at him and give him the first peach when he was a kid. Awkwardly taking the peach from her, Noah said, "Thank you, Aunt Gia."

"You're welcome. I was about to dice it into chunks, but Henry told me that you liked them better when they were whole." Seeing Gia's kind expression, Noah felt as though his worries were starting to fade away.

In fact, Gia knew that Noah would feel uncomfortable to see her. After all, she was also one of his father's mistresses, even though she had never wanted to be with him.

At first she did not agree to Henry returning to Ye family because she thought that his siblings might bully him. Moreover, she had found Noah's overly friendly attitude towards Henry a bit suspicious.

But now, she felt as though she had judged Noah wrongly as he seemed like a true gentleman.

Gia never thought that a vile man like Howard could raise such a good son.

However, she did not know that Noah was not raised by Howard, but his aunt, Kristen, as Henry had not mentioned it before.

"Noah, Adrian, please sit down. I'll go to the kitchen and prepare some more fruits. Don't eat too much though. We'll have hotpot soon." Sensing that Noah would feel awkward as long as she was there, Gia found an excuse to leave them.

Adrian quickly stood up and asked, "Why don't I come and help, Aunt Gia?"

"No, I want you sit right here and talk to Noah. We can all have dinner when Henry and the others come home, okay? Noah, you're free to take whatever you like from the fridge!" Gia said with a smile as she walked into the kitchen.

"That's so nice of you, Aunt Gia," Noah replied with a warm smile.

Seeing that he was finally smiling, she went into the kitchen, feeling relieved.

The moment she was out of sight, Adrian teased, "She's treating you specially. The fruits and the drinks are all your favorites. She left the room to make you feel more comfortable. I would say that she's treating you even better than she does her own son and daughter-in-law."

Since Noah found that to be the case, he felt thankful for her effort and became more relaxed

"Should I call you my sister-in-law from now on? Well, the peach is really sweet. Why don't you try one, my dear sis-in-law?" Noah teased as he took a bite of the peach.

Adrian's expression darkened. He snatched the peach from Noah's hand and retorted, "Don't call me that! I'm a top, not a bottom."

"What do you mean?" Noah asked, looking at him in confusion.

Only then did Adrian realize that he was straight, so he said, "It's nothing."

Upon hearing that, Noah smiled.

However, Henry, who was just coming in, heard Adrian's words.

He opened the door and looked at Adrian with a faint smile, who looked back at him with a guilty expression.

"Well, since you're home, I will go and help Aunt Gia in the kitchen while you sit with your brother. Eat some peaches; they're sweet," Adrian replied in a hurry as he quickly got up, put the peach down and left. Looking at him stumble, Henry could not help but smile. Upon seeing him smile, Adrian stumbled again, almost spraining his ankle.

Seeing the two, Noah was speechless. Noah took another bite of the peach silently. He felt as though he had barged into their private space.

Henry then sat down next to him. Noah asked slowly, "How do you tell if you have fallen in love with a man?"

Stunned by the question, Henry turned to look at him with a blank expression.

He could not help but feel as though he was at a loss for words. 'Is he for real?

Does this mean that our family might not have any heirs at all?' Noah wondered in disbelief.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐