You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 400 I Beg Of You

Nina could read John's lips.

She opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. A trail of hot tears flowed down her cheeks.

The faint blue light shone on her silently crying face, and John's heart broke.

The worry that had been weighing down on him for not having seen her for several days, the anxiety of not being able to get in touch with her, and the terrifying prospect of living without her all of these emotions made the man's tears fall.

John whispered softly, "Don't cry."

Nina bit her lips tightly. When she released them, her lips were red and tear-stained. One look at her pitiful appearance, and John was ready to fly out wherever she was right now to be at her side. John sent a message to her. "Don't cry. You know I feel bad when you cry."

Nina stared at the emotion-filled words, and the dam that kept her grievances and hurts of the past few days hidden inside her heart finally broke.

Her tears fell unchecked, and pitiful sobs escaped her. Her mouth twitched, and a cry accidentally escaped her. Nina nervously pressed a fist to stave off her sobs, and her tears constantly leaked out of her eyes.

John found this sight to be unbearable. He reached out a hand, but he could not touch her.

His fingers only touched the cold screen.

"Please don't cry. Don't cry." The only thing John could do was to repeat this sentence. His voice was low, faint, and full of suppressed emotions. "Wait for me."

'Wait for me. I'll come and take you home."

"Okay." Nina nodded, her shoulder still shaking with sobs. She was about to say something else when footsteps sounded outside the room.

Anne asked, "Is Nina asleep?"

Rebecca quickly pulled on her coat and answered truthfully, "Yes, Your Majesty. Princess Nina has gone to bed early."

"That was a ruse. Open the door." Anne waved her hand, and Rebecca opened the door.

The sound of the door knob twisting was like an alarm bell. Nina whispered urgently, "Honey, I'll be waiting for you. You must come to pick me up."

As soon as she finished speaking, Nina turned off the virtual screen. She hid the watch under her pillow, lay down, and pulled the quilt over her head.

At the exact moment that Rebecca opened the door, Nina closed her eyes. With a click, the room became bright.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Nina tried to adjust her breathing.

"The princess is asleep," Rebecca said in a low voice, looking at Nina's closed eyes.

However, Anne didn't believe it. She went straight to the bedside and said, "Get up. I know you are awake."

Nina pretended not to hear it and continued to feign sleep with her eyelids closed. All the while, her heart thundered in her ears.

How did her mother know?

In the next second, Anne gave her the answer. "Nina, you grew up on Scher Mountain. You can't possibly have forgotten that there is a dedicated person who monitors our home network. Only those who are registered to the network with their real names can use the network."

Nina's heart gave a jolt. How could she forget this?

She should have been more careful just now-she should have stolen somebody else's connection instead of using her own.

She gave herself away.

Nina gritted her teeth, and pretended to stir by moving her body. She opened her eyes, seemingly in a daze, blinked two times, and then rubbed her fists against them.

"Mom, Rebecca, why are you here?" Nina moved her body lazily, and she peered up at them with heavy, seemingly sleepy-looking eyes. 'Keep acting!

You haven't been born yet when I was recognized as an outstanding actress,' Anne thought.

Displeasure colored Anne's voice as she stripped Nina of her ruse. "Stop pretending. Take out the device that you used to contact others." "Mom, what are you talking about?" Nina slowly sat up and opened her eyes wide in a picture of innocence. "I didn't contact anyone." Anne was a person who would rather do things than speak. She ordered, "Rebecca, search her room."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Rebecca began to search the room with her staff.

Nina didn't care. "Well, go ahead and search."

In her search, Rebecca nearly overturned every piece of furniture and decor in Nina's room, but she failed to replace anything suspicious. She came to Anne and shook her head. "There's nothing here, Your Majesty.'

"Didn't I say so? Why didn't you believe me?" Nina said slowly. "You can leave after your search. I am ready to drop dead."

She yawned again for emphasis.

Anne looked around the room. Rebecca and her staff had been thorough in their search. How could they not replace anything? Wait, there was one place that hadn't been searched yet.

She looked at the bed in which her daughter was sleeping. "Nina, get up."

Nina froze. "What?"

"Be a good girl and get out of bed," Anne coaxed her patiently.

Nina couldn't take it anymore. She tensed up and looked into her mother's shrewd eyes.

If Nina didn't get out of bed, her suspicion would only increase.

However, her watch would be found if she got out of bed.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons in her heart, Nina relented and stood up.

Even if the watch was found, they probably wouldn't replace out about the virtual computer.

Anne looked at Nina up and down. The thin slip nightgown that Nina was wearing couldn't hide anything.

Therefore, the device could only be on the bed.

Anne bent down and rummaged among the covers. When Anne took one of the pillows away, she saw the watch lying innocuously underneath.

"Mom, that's the watch that you promised to give back to me. Leon gave it to me." Panic flashed through Nina's eyes.

Anne held the watch in her hand and checked it carefully. She felt something warm that was similar to that of a radiator. Then, she touched the button on the side of the watch, and her finger lingered there for a moment.

Nina's breathing almost stopped.

'Please don't replace it, please don't replace it,'

Nina chanted in her mind.

"What's this button?" Anne pressed the button, and a red light flashed.

It was like a warning that indicated an incorrect password.

Before Nina could open her mouth to explain, her mother had turned around and handed her the watch. "Press it."

The watch's button had a biometric fingerprint identification function. Nina had only entered hers and John's fingerprints, so the system did not react when her mother pressed it just now.

Now that she was asked to press the button, Nina realized that her mother must have found something strange.

Nina didn't press the button for a long time, which confirmed Anne's guess. "So...you used this to contact John?"

The cat was already out of the bag anyway. Nina gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. "Yes. Mom, you have already given it back to me. You can't take it back."

Anne ignored Nina and turned the watch over and over in her hands. She said calmly, "I'm taking this away. I forgive you this time. Don't do it again."

Seeing that the only device that could help her reach the outside world was about to be taken away, Nina was enraged. "Give it back to me!"

Nina's voice was tough and unquestionable, and her eyes were even colder and more impenetrable than Anne's.

Anne was stunned.

Nina grabbed the watch and said, "This is mine. You have no right to confiscate it."

"Nina, who gave you the guts to talk to me like that?" Anne, who came to her senses, flew into a rage and made a grab for Nina's hand. "Hand it over," she said through gritted teeth.

"Why should I?" Nina hid the watch behind her back and took a few steps back to keep them away.

Anne was so angry that she ordered the bodyguards outside the door to come in. "Go and grab the watch from her."

The two bodyguards approached Nina and politely said, "Your Highness, please excuse us. Please hand over your watch."

"No way." Nina raised her chin obstinately, not backing away from their fierce looks.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness." After saying that, the bodyguards made a grab for her hand.

With Nina being as agile as she was, she was able to dodge the guards twice. And because she was a princess, the two bodyguards didn't dare be serious in their chase for fear of hurting the princess, which would definitely get them in trouble.

Anne saw that the bodyguards were at a disadvantage and said in a curt voice, "Grab it. I'll take responsibility if anything happens."

With the queen's words, one of the bodyguards quickly approached Nina, grabbed her arm, and pressed it against her back. Nina hunched forward and took a deep breath.

It hurt.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." Another bodyguard reached out to take the watch from Nina's hand.

Nina fought so hard to keep the hand close. Her palm was sweating.

Finally, the watch was about to be taken away. Nina chose another approach.

Her head bowed, she pleaded, "No, Mom. Please don't take it away, I beg of you!"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐