You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 9

Isabella's face was so swollen that she could scarcely be recognized in her current state.

"Are you okay?" Holding her arm, Nina wiped the dirty, foul-smelling water on Isabella's face with her sleeve. All the while, she had been pretending to be concerned for Isabella.

"How can you say I'm okay? I am calling the police. I will catch each and every one of them! I'm going to kill them all!" Isabella was gnashing her teeth arduously and was trembling all over with anger.

But Nina grabbed her phone and persuaded her in a soft voice, "Isabella, don't. You can't call the police at a time like this. What if news spreads out that a lady like you has been beaten up by several hooligans? I'm afraid that it will only cause a big scandal and it will be a disgrace to your family."

"So you want me to just give up and let them go?" Isabella gnashed her teeth with contempt and stamped her feet like a brat. It seemed that that she was about to fall apart.

"My body is so painful all over. Even my face must be swollen and bleeding." Never before had she been treated like this. She had been constantly pampered since childhood. The pain she felt all over her body made her feel even more aggrieved and pitiful. But the ironic point was that she couldn't even call the police to lodge a complaint.

If this matter were to really spread out, how would she be able to face people and live in the future?

Isabella could do nothing but stare at the end of the alley indignantly with hatred blazing out of her eyes. What made it more depressing was that she couldn't do anything but keep her silence.

"Ouch, it's really painful. I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to the hospital."

"Okay, let's go. I'll bring you there,"

Nina said as she held Isabella's arm and walked to the intersection. When she was about to hail a taxi, she heard a harsh whistle and looked around casually.

'Huh?

It was really him. Why is he here?' Nina wondered.

A taxi stopped right in front of her. Without giving it much thought, Nina pushed Isabella into the car. When she was about to get in, she suddenly thought of something.

'Well, since he's here, I have to talk to him.'

"Isabella, I can't go with you now. I have to attend to something. Please bring her to central hospital," Nina instructed the driver. Then, she slammed the car door with anticipation.

Thinking of their agreement, Nina smiled from ear to ear.

"Good afternoon, Uncle," Nina flashed him a sweet smile.

All the while, John had been staring at her from a short distance. He had not expected her to react so quickly, so he looked straight at her and began the countdown with her. "This is the first time we met after we made the deal."

"Yes, it is," she replied eagerly. But why did it seem like he was excited by their chance meeting?

It was so strange.

"Thank you, Uncle. We shall meet again soon. Bye!" Nina still had to go to the hospital to take care of Isabella. After all, she should play-act in accordance with her pretense to the end.

More importantly, she wanted to know the reason why Isabella had betrayed her.

"What?" John felt a little annoyed. "You want to leave now?"

However, Nina was no longer able to hear his last sentence.

Henry nodded in confirmation, "Yes, she has left. It could be said that a friendly warning was always hard to accept. John gloomily stared at the direction where Nina had disappeared, deep in impish thought.

Actually, he had come here on purpose so that the two of them could meet each other.

However, she had left immediately after saying "Hi" without any hesitation. This made him angry.

"Stop!" With a cold overbearing face, John shouted at Nina who hadn't run far yet. His stern voice made Henry tremble with fear.

Nina stopped in her tracks. Why did this man always like to order her around?

'It must be because his parents used to be very strict with him when he was a child, ' she thought.

Nina was not stupid and had no intentions of talking with him any longer than necessary, so she just continued to run away. Suddenly, she heard a cold, threatening voice behind her, "You will regret this!"

Regret? That was not in her vocabulary.

She didn't even regret it at all when she sneaked out of her home, although the consequence was she might be locked up in a small, dark, secluded room once she got caught.

The car behind her revved up to catch up with her, and deliberately drove slowly when it passed by her. The devilish handsome man flashed her a smug, complacent smile.

And then, he stretched out his hand outside the window with the phone held between his two fingers. He waved his phone triumphantly, as if in provocation, or giving a hidden warning.

She took a closer look at it and saw that it was a video recording.

Although the car was moving, she could clearly see that the person in the video was none other than her.