You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 837

Michelle subconsciously looked down at her own legs. She recalled that night when their bodies intertwined in bed. Leon had said he liked her legs, too.

Ever since then, she had religiously applied lotion on her legs. Now, they were as smooth and supple as a baby's buttocks.

There was no way she'd let him break her legs!

"Leon, I'll be good," Michelle said, sticking out her lower lip. "Leon, I'll listen to whatever you say.

But if you do fall in love with someone else one day..."

"Michelle." Leon interrupted her sternly. Michelle then held her breath. She knew she had said something wrong.

But she knew that, if Leon did fall for another girl, she would let him go.

She was willing to do anything for his happiness.

"Michelle, I know what you were about to say." Leon sighed. "I can't fix your messy thoughts just yet, but I will—someday. But whatever happens, Michelle, please do your best for me, okay?"

The obstruction in their relationship was clear to the two of them, but neither of them dared say it aloud.

Leon had thought that he could always protect Michelle.

However, if there was one thing Barbie had taught him, it was that he and Michelle needed to work together to prepare her for the role she was about to play in his life.

Even if he wanted to be with her as soon as possible, she wasn't ready yet. They both needed to work harder in order for their relationship to work out.

"Michelle, Nini will help us," Leon said gently. "It'll take time, though. You'll have to suffer a little."

However, Michelle misunderstood him;

she thought he was saying Nina would help correct her way of thinking.

Thus, she nodded obediently.

"Anyway, how come you've been suffering from insomnia?" Leon returned to his previous question.

Michelle swallowed nervously. She thought they had dropped the subject, but Leon was keen to find out what was plaguing her mind. Seeing the concern in Leon's eyes, she decided to tell him the truth.

"Leon, I miss you so much. That's why I can't sleep properly."

Leon's heart fell. "But I didn't hang up the phone until you fell asleep!"

"I would fall asleep, but whenever you hung up, I'd wake up looking for you," Michelle admitted guiltily.

She lowered her head to gather her bearings, then raised her head again to look into Leon's eyes.

"Leon, am I too clingy? You're the first person I've ever fallen in love with, so I don't know how to do in a relationship. Someone at work is also in a long-distance relationship, but she isn't like me. She's able to sleep soundly at night.

Whenever I remember that you're far away, I start to miss you so much. Even talking on the phone isn't enough. I just want to be with you every day. I hope you won't grow tired of me, Leon.

I can only fall asleep when you're there, talking to me—not because you're boring, but because I feel safe when you're with me." Michelle's smile turned genuine and she seemed to be in a better mood. This made Leon smile, too.

She continued, "I feel safe when you're with me. Even if I'm not saying anything, as long as the phone's still connected and I know you're still there, I'll feel safe."

She smiled into the camera with bright, twinkling eyes.

Her love and longing for him was painfully obvious, which made him feel nice and warm.

"Michelle, I can't talk to you the whole night, but I can stay on the phone and mute my microphone. Will you be able to sleep like that?"

"I'll be fine as long as you don't hang up," she said, perking up instantly.