You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 439

"You know me well, Emma. James doesn't know me at all." Michelle fiercely glared at James.

Even though she had the makeup screaming arrogance and cool, she did not look threatening at all when she scowled.

Amused, James said, "You look as cool as Aunt Nina when you don't speak and show any emotion. But you lose your cool as soon as you open your mouth."

"Who cares about your stinking opinion, James?" Michelle rolled her eyes, bent over, and took firecrackers out of her trouser pocket. She showed them to everyone and said, "I'll use these to mess up the wedding."

"Are those firecrackers?" James walked over and picked up one of the firecrackers in Michelle's hand. "Why isn't there a fuse? How are you supposed to set them off without fuses?"

"You really don't know anything, do you?" Michelle snatched the firecracker from James' hand. "This is the most powerful rubbing firecracker. You ignite it by rubbing it against a piece of phosphorus paper. All the firecrackers I've brought are this kind."

With a curious look on his face, James asked, "Where did you get them?"

"We used to buy them when we went to our grandma's in the countryside during the Spring Festival. A child in the village blew up his fingers playing with these." Staring at the firecrackers in Michelle's hand, Emma found her mind flooded with fond memories of her childhood.

"They're that powerful?" James had never seen such firecrackers before, so he was interested. "Let's go and set them off together."

"It's your uncle John's wedding. Do you dare?" Michelle turned and looked at him.

Patting his chest, James replied, "I do."

Michelle looked down at her clothes again, put the firecrackers on the table, and opened her coat. "Do you want the rubbing firecrackers or normal firecrackers?"

Michelle had a bunch of firecrackers in her coat. It reminded James of those people in the movies with bombs strapped on themselves.

It frightened him so much that he took a step back.

While he pulled away, he tucked his wife in his arms and shielded her.

He could not help cursing. "Shit..."

It looked like Michelle was going to mess up everyone around her.

"What the hell, Mimi?" James growled at Michelle. "Honey, let's stay away from Mimi. We'll be doomed if we stay close." Then, with Emma in his arms, James took two more steps back.

He kept his posture on the defensive, completely blocking Emma from Michelle.

Even if Michelle's firecrackers exploded, his wife would not be hurt.

"Oh, cool your jets, James. I haven't even ignited them yet." Michelle took one step toward James and Emma, and James took another step back, desperately holding onto his wife.

Michelle snorted and said, "Coward."

"Coward? I don't care if you blow me up, Mimi, as long as Emma doesn't get caught in the crossfire. I swear you can't afford that," James said through gritted teeth, still shielding Emma.

Her boyfriend's actions just now knocked the breath out of Emma. She pressed her face against his chest, letting his scent fill up her nose. Her ears thundered with his strong, steady heartbeat.

Although she was already having a little difficulty breathing at the moment, she felt happy.

Just now, when James pulled her into his arms to protect her, her heart skipped a beat and then galloped.

He always protected her like this, and it made her feel like the most valued person in the world.

"It's okay, honey. Mimi doesn't have a lighter with her." Emma patted his waist, and James let go of her.

She finally could breathe, but then, the air became thin again as he grabbed and shielded her once more.

"Shit! Put the damn lighter away, Mimi!" With one hand on the back of Emma's head, James held her in his arms and more tightly this time.

He turned his back to Michelle.

Mimi lit the lighter in her hand, smiling mischievously. Seeing James' stiff back, she could not help giggling.

"Stop playing, Mimi! It's not funny anymore, okay? You're putting all of us in danger, and Auntie and Uncle are here."