Chapter 486 An Ambush


    Nina said crossly, "Vicente, can’t you use a more proper term?"


    "Have I said anything wrong? You’re indeed going to beat him up," Vicente said bravely. However,


    when she saw Nina shooting daggers at her, she hurriedly said, "A friendlypetition!"


    "Yes. We''re going to have a friendlypetition," Nina said with a solemn expression. "I originally


    wanted to personally teach the children, but if he can defeat me, I’ll let him teach them. If he loses,


    however, I’ll get the children a new bodyguard."


    Just like that, the matter was unterally decided by Nina.


    Since she’d made up her mind, Nina thought it’d be better to carry out her n as soon as she


    could and decided to hold the fight after breakfast.


    Vicente was a little worried, so she slipped away to inform John about the matter.


    She had to look for quite a while before she finally found him in the garden. Vans and Don’s nanny


    was taking them for a walk, and John, as the children’s bodyguard, was following them closely like


    their shadow.


    It was early spring morning. Flowers had bloomed in the garden, and there were buzzes of insects


    and chirps of birds. The air was suffused with the smell of soil and the fragrance of flowers.


    "Sean," Vicente called. Both John and the nanny stopped and turned around.


    Vicente walked toward them, leaned over, and poked the gauze curtain with her finger to see the


    children in the stroller. "Van, Don, good morning!"


    Van and Don seemed to understand she was greeting them. Their amber eyes widened, and they


    waved their hands in excitement. However, their clothes were too thick for people to see their little


    movements.


    The two brothers grinned, but they didn''t have any teeth. They were drooling at their mouths.


    Vicente felt like her heart melted at this sight. A wide smile quickly bloomed on her face. "You two


    are so cute. Come and let me hug you."


    She put the gauze curtain up, intending to pick a baby up and hold him in her arms. Before she


    could do that, however, she felt a hard tug from her belt, and she was forcefully dragged back.


    "Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?!" Vicente turned around and red at John. "What the hell are


    you doing?! The children need their father''s hug!"


    John changed the topic. "Why are you looking for me?"


    "How do you know I’m looking for you?" Without waiting for an answer, Vicente beckoned at John,


    hinting at him toe over.


    Nevertheless, John stood still, turning a blind eye to her voiceless instruction, so she had no other


    choice but to walk over and tiptoe to get close to John''s ear. However, he unexpectedly took a step


    back.


    Aside from the two children and Nina, John didn''t allow any other people to get close to him.


    Vicente saw red. "What do you mean? I came to warn you out of the goodness of my heart, but


    you’re actually treating me like I’m some kind of a germ?"


    "Just cut the crap, will you?" John said bluntly.


    Vicente took a deep breath, trying to put her temper under control. She then put her hands on her


    waist and leaned close once again, though she kept a certain distance this time.


    "Nina wille to fight youter. No, I mean she’lle to have a friendlypetition with you. I


    know you don''t want to fight her, but you’ve got to know that if you lose, you can''t stay here any


    longer. Nina will get a new bodyguard to rece you. By then, it’ll practically be impossible for you


    to get close to her. Unless you continue to stay in this castle, you can only look at her from a


    distance in the future. This will be another stumbling block on your way to awaken her memories."


    John''s gaze became increasingly deeper the more he listened to what Vicente said.


    "So don''t lose." Upon saying that, Vicente went back to y with the children.


    Afraid that Nina would discover that she hade to John, she only yed with the children for


    less than two minutes before she made her way back from another route.


    At that moment, Nina and Noah were walking towards the garden.


    After quietly slipping back into her position behind them, Vicente walked calmly as if she never left.


    When Nina heard the footsteps, which at some point disappeared for a while, she asked, "Where


    have you been?"


    "What?" Vicente was taken aback. "The toilet. I drank too much water this morning."


    "Your breakfast included a ss of water and a ss of milk. While you drank one-third of the milk,


    the water was practically untouched." Nina sounded really calm. It was as if she was just stating the


    facts and didn''t really want to pursue the matter.


    Vicente smiled awkwardly.


    She forgot that Noah told her that Nina was extremely observant and smart, so it was almost


    impossible to lie to her.


    Since she couldn''t lie, she decided to keep her mouth shut and not defend herself.


    "He’s over there." Noah gestured with his chin. Since they walked side by side, he could only see


    Nina’s side profile. Even so, he could still see the excitement in her eyes. Such an apparent


    excitement really made him worry. "Nina, do you really want to spar with him? You’ve just been


    discharged from the hospital. Your health hasn’t really recovered."


    "It''s okay. I''m fine." Nina’s gaze was fixated on the tall man standing in the distance. Her heart was


    bubbling with excitement.


    Seeing as he couldn’t dissuade her, Noah just said, "Be careful then.


    Stop when you feel unwell. You mustn’t force yourself." But what he said seemed to fall on deaf


    ears. Nina’s whole focus was on the man who seemed to have a fatal attraction to her. She was


    really itching to spar with him.


    Vicente said, "I''ll call him over."


    "Wait!" Nina stopped her. A shrewd glint appeared in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Go ahead."


    Vicente was baffled, but she still made her way towards John.


    The moment she left, however, Nina also walked away though in an entirely different direction.


    "Nini..."


    "Shh!" Nina put her finger on her lips, cutting Noah off before he could say anything more. "Noah,


    just stay here. I don''t want you to get hurt. I remember that you are not good at fighting—you always


    got beaten by me."


    Her concern originally made Noah feel warm, but upon hearing thetter part of her words, the


    smile on his face froze.


    In fact, Nina had never forgotten John.


    John was protected by many strong bodyguards like Richard, so he didn''t need to personally learn


    any self-protection martial arts.


    "Noah, I''m off then." Nina smiled.


    "Go. Good luck" Noah smiled and nodded encouragingly. He then watched her crouching down and


    disappearing into the bushes.


    Although Nina was no longer visible, his guts told him that she was inching towards John. The thin


    layer of ice hidden at the bottom of his heart seemed to burst, creating countless imperceptible


    cracks.


    When he turned around, he saw Vicente looking at him. In Noah''s eyes, Vicente was a man with a


    feminine face and a tough personality.


    Noah thought that if Vicente were a woman, many outstanding men would fall in love with her.


    That was if they didn’t care about her bad temper.


    For some reason, Vicente felt like a warm spring breeze that blew in through one of the cracks.


    However, such a breeze was nothingpared to the ice covering Noah’s heart, so he couldn''t feel


    the warmth.


    Vicente was stunned to see the faint smile on Noah’s face.


    ''Is Noah smiling at me?


    Or is he smiling at John?


    But it is impossible for him to smile at John, his rival in love. I once heard that homosexuality is


    hereditary. His brother is gay. Could it be that he is also gay?''


    A sudden hup escaped her lips. Vicente was so frightened that she immediately covered her


    mouth. Her shock was written all over her face.


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    John frowned impatiently upon hearing Vicente hupping. Before he could speak, he sensed a


    murderous intent approaching from behind. A cold glint shed in his eyes.


    Nina, who had sneaked over, suddenly pounced forward and swung a punch to the back of John’s


    head.


    At this critical moment, John held out his hand and pushed Vicente away, while he himself moved


    his head slightly to dodge the blow.


    Vicente, who was still lost in her thought, was pushed away and fell into the shrubberies. "Ouch!"


    John turned around and retreated to the side. His ck eyes came into contact with Nina’s


    provocative gaze.


    With a smile, Nina once again pounced on John. In the blink of an eye, the two of them were


    already engaged in a fierce fight.