The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 695 How Do You Define Our Relationship

He paused for a while and continued, "Don't worry, I don't mean anything. I just want to take care of you because you are injured. Even going to the restroom might be difficult for you now. At least I can help you. I can clean your room and cook for you."

"Don't bother about it. I really don't need help," Sue declined Anthony's offer. She felt mixed emotions. She laughed wryly and urged him, "You must leave now. I don't need your pity."

"You..." Anthony was upset by Sue's instant refusal. But he tried to pacify himself before he said, "Whatever you say, I still won't leave. I intend to stay here until you recover."

He cast a glance at Sue and added, "If you don't trust me enough, you can lock your room in the evening. I will sleep on the sofa."

Sue couldn't really understand why Anthony would insist to stay. He was already caught by Sheryl coming out of her apartment a few times. She stared at Anthony intently and asked, "Aren't you afraid that Sheryl might replace out? Aren't you afraid that she might misunderstand you again?"

"No, she won't," Anthony replied with confidence. With hand movement stopping for a while, Anthony eventually replied Sue's question.

"How are you sure that she won't replace out?" Sue asked again. Sue laughed wryly and sarcastically said, "She lives just opposite to my door. It's so easy for us to see each other. Have you forgotten we met her outside twice? Aren't you afraid that such thing will happen again?"

Anthony sighed deeply and opened his mouth to speak. "Don't forget that Sheryl will go hiking with Charles tomorrow. She won't be back soon."

Anthony's voice sounded so sad that Sue's heart melted for him.

A strong and a tall man with the height of 1.8 meters like Anthony expressed his grievance. Sue's heart ached for him.

Sue laughed wryly again. "No wonder you are very confident to stay here. You don't worry because you've already known that Sheryl will be out for two days."

Anthony paused for a while. He knew that Sue misunderstood him but he didn't have any intent to explain. Whatever happened, it would be impossible for Sue and him to be together. He should make it clear to Sue the sooner the better so that she wouldn't have any false hopes.

Anthony went to the kitchen first. He saw that all the pots and pans were steeped in the water. He guessed it had been several days that Sue didn't wash them. He stayed in the kitchen for a little while to clean up everything. When he stepped out of the kitchen, he saw Sue drinking a bottle of red wine.

His brows furrowed while staring at her. He angrily seized the bottle and said, "How can you drink wine when you are still injured?"

"So what?" Sue eyed Anthony and laughed sarcastically. "I feel slightly fretful so I want to drink a little to feel relaxed."

"No way!" Anthony sternly looked at Sue. Then he added, "You better take a bath and go to sleep now. I won't allow you to drink again."

"Can you watch over me all the time? I don't think so. That means, I can still drink whenever you are not around." Sue was very calm like as if it was no big deal at all.

"You..." Anthony gave in. He knew he couldn't stop Sue anymore. After contemplating for a while, Anthony took out two glasses from the shelf and poured some wine in them. He then gave one glass to Sue. He stared at her and said faintly, "You want to drink? Sure! Let's drink together."

It took a moment before Sue took the glass from Anthony.

Then they drank silently. Sue noticed that Anthony drank faster than her so she warned him, "Don't drink too much. If you get drunk, how will you be able to take care of me?"

Actually, Anthony's alcohol tolerance wasn't so high so Sue only made sense.

"Don't you want to drink? So, let's drink! Let's keep drinking until we get drunk!" Anthony stared at the bleary-eyed Sue. Only then that he noticed Sue's beauty. A silly grin appeared on his face as he commented, "You are very beautiful, Sue. You can definitely replace a man who can truly love you. I don't understand why do you still waste your time on me."

Blue veins stood out at the back of Sue's hand when she held the glass. She laughed at Anthony's comment and responded, "I don't understand either." Waiting for a man who didn't love her was really no pleasure at all.

As she stared at him, Sue noticed that there were still traces of blood under his nose due to the fight earlier. She pulled out a piece of wet tissue and wiped it. No matter how bitter she felt, she couldn't afford to be cruel-hearted on him.

Anthony simpered as he looked at Sue and cursed softly, "Fool! You are utterly fool."

"Yes, you're right. I am such a fool," Sue agreed with a bitter smile. Sue knew that Anthony was already drunk so she just didn't take his words to heart.

"We are both fools," Anthony moaned as he fell back on the sofa. His expression was smiling but almost like crying at the same time. "That person doesn't love you but you still keep on waiting for him. If you are not a fool, then, what are you?"

"Yes, I am definitely a fool." Sue had a pained expressions while looking at Anthony. "But that's what love is all about, right?" Anthony said "You love me but I don't love you. I love her but she doesn't love me. Although there are many couples who really love each other, there are also people like us. Suffering from a one-sided love.

Otherwise, why are there so many couples getting divorced?"

"That person just doesn't love you at all..." Anthony moaned again. He simpered. It wasn't sure whether he was talking to himself or to Sue.

Melancholy shadowed him so he sought solace in wine. Due to drunkenness, he mistook Sue for Sheryl. He grabbed Sue's shoulders with full strength but she just endured the agony.

"Tell me, why can't I rival him? Why can't you love me the way you love him?"

Although Sue knew that Anthony mistook her for Sheryl, she still answered him with knitted eyebrows, "Anthony, you are a good person."

"But you still love Charles, right?" Anthony countered. He wasn't delighted with Sue's answer. Before Sue could speak again, he continued, "Yes, you do. It's only him that you love."

Sue didn't say a word so Anthony continued with sadness in his voice, "If not for that incident three years ago, you're probably still his wife until now... the mother of his children. We wouldn't have been together..."

Anthony spoke intermittently and unconsciously. "Sher, can you still remember? It was me who helped you flee because you told me that you wanted to forget him. But why don't you keep your words now?"

He laughed wryly, "If you still couldn't forget him, why did you accept me? If you still love him, what about me? How do you define our relationship for three years? Can you tell me what place do I have in your heart?"