You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 412

Mid July on C Island was sweltering hot. The sun in the sky shone down on the trestle bridge, where Nina was sitting under a massive sunshade. She turned her head and stared at her companion with narrowed eyes, and her expression was unreadable.

Her surprise lasted for a moment. Her eyes fell on the ring in Vicente's hand, and then her astonishment turned into delight.

Nina looked at Vicente excitedly.

Vicente smiled and winked at her. At that moment, Nina felt that the light in her eyes matched the glitter of the ring in her hand.

"Marry me?" Vicente shook the ring box on purpose, not hiding the sly look in her eyes.

Nina kept staring at the ring.

It was the ring that John put on her finger when he proposed to her. No other ring in the world looked exactly the same as this one.

She remembered the letters carved on the inner side of the ring: JN.

John and Nina.

She could hardly contain her excitement after she received the ring that night. On her way to see Vivian, she stroked the ring again and again. That was when she found the letters.

It was a pity that she passed out not long after. The next time she woke up, the ring was gone.

Now, the ring appeared in front of her again. With indescribable excitement and joy, she stared at the ring with tears in her eyes.

Vicente waited for her, a gentle smile on her face.

Unbeknownst to them, two people stood on the arched terrace at the top of the castle, observing the situation using binoculars.

Bruce saw Vicente kneeling on one knee to propose. His daughter, Nina, was standing in front of him, but she hadn't reached out her hand to take it.

Anne saw a frown form on his brows and patted his arm. "What's wrong? Did Nina refuse?"

"No," Bruce replied with a shake of his head. From what he could see, the two was looking at each other—one was looking up, and the other was looking down.

Anne's face was alight with curiosity. "She accepted?"

"Not really." Bruce continued to shake his head, focusing on the scene unfolding at the end of the trestle bridge.

If the sea breeze didn't lift Nina's hair and skirt, Bruce would have thought that the two were frozen by some enchantment.

"It's strange." When Bruce made the comment, Anne hurriedly grabbed the binoculars from him. "You're a fool. I'll do it myself."

Anne placed the binoculars over her eyes. The small, blurred scene they could see from a distance became magnified several times. She clearly saw Nina reach out a hand to take the ring from the box.

"What do you mean she did not accept? Nina obviously agreed to the proposal!" Anne was overjoyed. She threw the binoculars at her husband, who stood there in a daze, and left in a hurry.

"Where are you going?" Seeing his wife leaving, Bruce followed behind her, still full of skepticism. "Are you sure you saw it correctly? Did she really agree?"

"Why would I lie to you? She really accepted the ring." Anne stopped and waited for Bruce to catch up with her. The couple were so excited, as if they were the participants in the marriage proposal.

However, the real protagonist, Nina, looked strangely calm as her fingers touched the ring.

She calmly twirled the ring and finally slid it on her ring finger. She recalled the night when John slipped it on her ring finger during his proposal.

Feeling the heavy weight of the ring on her finger, Nina shed tears of happiness. Accompanied by the sea wind and sunshine, she pressed her lips together and tasted the salty water.

"It's back," she murmured. Then, she looked up at Vicente, who had by then risen to her feet. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Seeing the incandescent happiness on Nina's face, Vicente felt her mood lift up. Finally, her problems were solved.