You Are The Apple of My Eyes

Chapter 803 Heavy Burden

After such a long time, Nina had almost forgotten about Vivian. She didn't expect her to survive after she was tortured by John's men.

What baffled her even more was the fact that she was pregnant. Thinking about the unborn child, Nina felt her heart soften since she was a mother of two children. She looked at John.

However, John was a cold-hearted man.

"Not a chance," he said indifferently. "She only has two options. It's either she gets rid of the child, or she finds a way to deliver the baby herself."

He glanced up at the two men pleading for Vivian. They had been his friends for many years.

"It's irresponsible for her to give birth to the baby because she won't be able to raise it anyway,"

Nina said. "Considering her situation, I think she should abort the baby."

"I know," Henry said with a sigh. "I was against her giving birth to a child in the beginning. And I don't even know who the father is. However, my father and Vivian's mother already know about it. After all, her child is still part of the Ye family. That's why they want her to continue with the pregnancy.

As you know, the Ye family doesn't have many heirs left these days." He cast a glance at Adrian.

"Ahem!" Adrian cleared his throat. "To be honest, the Song family is in the same situation."

And this was because he and Henry were gay.

Deep inside, he felt guilty.

Up to now, Adrian still hadn't come out of the closet. He was waiting for his sister, Evelyn, to get married.

Nina looked at the two men, and didn't know what to say.

After a few moments of silence, John asked Henry, "How about Noah?"

"Right. Is he seeing someone?" Nina asked.

"He..." Henry hesitated for a while before saying, "It's our fault. I think he has become gay because of us."

With eyes wide open, Nina asked curiously, "What? Are you sure?"

"Don't listen to them," John cut in. He put his arm around her waist and told the truth. "You can tell Noah that the one he likes is a woman dressing up as a man."

"Huh? A woman dressing up in men's clothes? This sounds a little familiar," Nina remarked.

She thought of Vicente. She had been disguising herself as a man for decades, and had successfully deceived many people.

"A woman?" Adrian was stunned.

"How do you know?" Henry asked.

"Yeah! How do you know?" Nina asked. She was baffled as to how John knew so much about the person.

And she was surprised to know that Noah was in love with someone.

She had never known any woman who was close to Noah. On the other hand, he was close to a lot of men, but they were all his colleagues.

The only one who was close to Noah and disguised herself as a man was Vicente.

At the thought of this, Nina's brain went blank.

Her amber eyes grew wide in disbelief. She looked at John and said, "No way! Really?"

Giving her a subtle smile, John bowed his head and said to her, "Congratulations! You finally got it."

Shocked, Nina just stood frozen beside him.

She tried to speak, but no words came out of her mouth. The situation was still difficult for her to wrap her mind around. She sat still while she tried to recall her memories of Vicente and Noah. While she did see them often together, she never thought of them in that light.

However, she knew that it would be difficult for them to have a romantic relationship.

She knew that it was going to be hard for them in the future.

Feeling sad, she couldn't help frowning as she thought about their situation.

John noticed her worry and patted her waist to calm her down. "Don't worry about them. I'm sure they'll be able to handle it."

Listening to them talk, both Henry and Adrian were confused.

"Wait a minute. What are you two talking about? Do you both know the person Noah likes?" Adrian asked curiously.

"We do," Nina answered. While she appeared calm on the outside, she felt all sorts of emotions mixing inside of her.

She had never imagined that Noah and Vicente would have a crush on each other.

When Henry was about to ask who it was, Nina saw it coming. "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you who she is. You already know that she's pretending to be a man. I can't let you know who she is. You don't have to tell Noah about it.

I'll tell him myself. It's just that the road ahead of them might be difficult if they want to be together."

It was going to be a long, tricky road for them.

Knowing Vicente, Nina knew that she had a lot of responsibilities on her shoulder.

Henry was visibly worried. Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

"Alright, let's get back to business. As we've said, we're still hoping that Vivian can give birth to the baby. The child will grow up without parents, but the Ye family will raise it well."

"But who will raise the baby?" Nina asked worriedly. "Are you sure you want the baby to be raised by its grandparents?"

Thinking of how vicious Julie was, Nina was sure that she would just produce another Vivian.

"I will raise the baby. I'll make sure the child will grow up to be a good person," Henry said.

Nina wasn't the only one to be shocked. John couldn't believe it as well. But after taking in what Henry said, he calmed down after a short while.

Most surprisingly, Adrian was shocked at what he heard.

He asked, "What? Why didn't you tell me about it?"

"Well, I made the decision on our way here." Henry looked at Adrian apologetically. Then he turned towards John and Nina. "My father knows that I will never get married or have children. There's nothing he can do with my brother's decisions, so he wants Vivian to give birth to the child. He wants me to raise the baby.

On the day the baby is born, we will make an announcement that its mother died due to a complicated delivery. We will announce that the baby is mine."

However, Henry also had his reservations. One of them was how to explain his relationship with Adrian once the child grew up.

But if he didn't agree, the Song family would soon find out that Adrian was gay.

The Song family had already lost Albert. Toby, on the other hand, was not a Song. Now there were only two people left—Adrian and his sister, Evelyn.

For Adrian's father, the dignity and reputation of the Song family came before anything else. So while he might have some illegitimate children, he had either made them disappear before they were born, or warned them not to covet Song family's properties.

The heavy burden of carrying on the family name lied with Adrian. And that included the duty of having male heirs.

If he found out that Adrian was gay, he would force him to marry a woman and have children to preserve family honor.

Henry couldn't let that happen.

"I promised that I would raise Vivian's baby. Her eyesight has grown weak, and she couldn't walk. If we don't get her out of there, I don't know what will happen to the baby.

Mr. Shi, please let her go." Henry lowered his head, begging John.

Adrian felt as if his heart was being stabbed inside his chest.

"Do you really want to raise the baby?" he asked him.

"Yes." The short and decisive answer made his determination clear to everyone.

With a sigh, Adrian looked at John and Nina. "If you agree, I'll do a favor in exchange."

The two of them were so affectionate.

And this wasn't the first time that they pleaded John.

Before giving birth, Nina felt that the two were a miserable couple. Now that she had two children, she felt as if the two of them were her sons.

She felt helpless and her heart softened.

Finally, she agreed to their request.

John could never refuse Nina's wishes, so he gave his nod of approval as well.