You Are The Apple of My Eyes

Chapter 838 Flirting

That night, when Michelle got back home, she saw the lights were on in the guest bedroom.

She pushed the door open and found her mother busy making the bed.

"Mom, is someone staying the night?" Michelle walked over to help. The two women grabbed the four corners of the quilt and lay it on the bed neatly.

Elaine bent down to smooth the creases on the quilt and smiled. "It's Tim. He's going through something and has no place to stay, so he'll be staying with us."

"What?" Michelle's hand froze.

Her mind started to race. Leon had told her that Tim liked her, and she also recalled the three promises she made to him regarding Tim.

She had promised not to go to Tim's place. If he was staying in her house now, did that mean she was breaking her promise?

What was she supposed to do now?

Ask him to leave? She knew that this wasn't the best idea, since he'd be homeless if she kicked him out, and she couldn't bear to do such a thing.

Michelle frowned deeply.

Lost in her thoughts, she clutched the corner of the quilt tightly. Elaine tried to pull her end of the quilt and failed. Only then did she realize her daughter was in a daze.

"Mimi!"

When Michelle snapped back to her senses, she let go of the quilt and watched silently as Elaine tidied up by herself.

"Mom, did you say that Tim is going to live here—in our house?"

"Yes, we are neighbors. It's not a big deal." Elaine shrugged. "Didn't you run into him when you got here?"

Michelle shook her head.

"He's probably out jogging with your father. You should join them sometimes, you need the exercise." Elaine poked her daughter's forehead and clucked her tongue disapprovingly. "You never liked sports, ever since you were a child."

Michelle touched her forehead absentmindedly and turned around to leave. "Mom, I'm going to my room."

The second she closed the door behind her, she quickly took out her phone and typed a message.

"Leon, something's happened. Tim's in trouble and doesn't have a place to live, so now he lives in our house."

Leon replied with a question mark. Then, her phone started to ring.

Leon was requesting for a video call.

Michelle swiped to answer. "Leon?" she asked in surprise. "Aren't you busy?"

"It's okay." He cut straight to the chase. "Is Tim living in your house?"

Michelle tried to angle her phone in such a way that made her look flattering. "Mom just told me. He's supposedly out jogging with Dad right now, so I haven't seen him yet."

Leon frowned deeply.

Michelle's parents seemed to like Tim very much, it was almost as though they wanted him to become their son-in-law, which was bad news for Leon.

Now, Tim posed an even bigger threat to him.

He kept silent for a while, his mind racing to come up with a solution.

Seeing that he was obviously unhappy, Michelle tried to make the best of the situation.

"Leon, I can stay in the studio for a few days. The dormitory there isn't so bad, and I can bunk with one of my colleagues."

That colleague was the one who was also in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend.

Living together would not only enhance their camaraderie, but Michelle was also hoping she would also teach her how to maintain a long-distance relationship.

Her eyes lit up excitedly.

"Leon, that's it!" she said triumphantly, feeling quite proud of herself for coming up with such a great solution.

Seeing the excitement on her face, Leon couldn't help but lighten up and chuckle softly.

"What makes you so happy?" he asked.

"You'll see," she answered cryptically.

"I want to know now."

"No. I've made up my mind!"

"Michelle..." Leon shook his head firmly. "I'm worried about you living someplace else. As for Tim's housing situation, don't worry. I'll solve it."

Michelle had always trusted in Leon, but she was a little disappointed that he dismissed her proposal so quickly.

"Be good," he said in a voice that made Michelle's skin tingle. She nodded obediently.

With a gentle smile, Leon said, "We don't have to hang up. Go wash up and get settled in bed."

"Bed?" Michelle echoed in surprise. "Leon, I've slept all day. There's no way I'll be able to fall asleep so soon!"

"Then just lie down, close your eyes, and rest." His soothing voice washed over her.

"Okay. I'll go wash my face and brush my teeth now."

Just as she was about to put down her phone, Leon said, "Take your phone with you."

"What?" Her surprised expression reappeared on his screen. "Do you want to watch me wash up?"

"Yes." He smiled charmingly. "I want to watch you take a shower."

"Leon!" Michelle squeaked, her cheeks turning red instantly.

Leon chuckled devilishly.

"I was just kidding. Go ahead."

Embarrassed, Michelle cleared her throat and asked, "Should I put it on mute?"

"You don't need to do that."

Looking at her phone screen shyly, she protested, "But it will be very noisy."

"No, it won't." Seeing how flushed she was on camera, he couldn't help but tease her. "I like all the sounds you make."

Standing nearby, Wynn overheard this and slowly turned to look at Leon.

'He is flirting with Michelle again! NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

He takes every chance to tease her!'

Wynn thought.

Fortunately, Michelle was no expert in this field and didn't understand Leon's underlying meanings most of the time.

Feeling eyes on him, Leon raised his head to find Wynn staring at him.

The two men stared at each other in silence.

Finally, Wynn cleared his throat awkwardly.

"Go on." Then he turned to look elsewhere.

"Wynn?" Michelle asked. She recognized his voice. "How's he been doing?"

Leon returned his gaze to the screen. "He's fine, he's been working hard. As for his relationship, it's going well, right?" This last sentence was directed at Wynn.

"No." Wynn's face turned pink but he didn't turn around.

Leon was stunned to see his expression.

This was his first time to see Wynn blush.

It was so strange.

Leon was tempted to tease him, but decided against it since it was so rare to see him so vulnerable.

Just then, he heard the sounds of flowing water and the buzz of an electric toothbrush.

Leon put on his Bluetooth headset and muted the call to avoid disturbing Michelle.

After washing her face and brushing her teeth, Michelle came out and saw through the window that there were people streaming in and out of the house Tim rented. Two people stood guard by the door; they looked like policemen in civilian clothes.

"Why are the police here?" Michelle murmured to herself curiously. "I wonder what Tim did."

She slipped her phone into her pajama pocket and went downstairs in her slippers. Adams and Tim had just come back, sweating profusely from their night run.

Elaine was handing them clean towels.

"Thank you, Mrs. He." Tim politely took the towel and wiped the sweat off his forehead. When he looked up, he saw Michelle rushing down the stairs and he smiled. "You're back."

Michelle walked over apprehensively, remembering her promises to Leon. "There are a lot of people in your house. They look like police."

"I know." Tim was very calm. However, when he looked out the door, he frowned.

Why couldn't they wait until morning before checking his place? They could have taken things slowly.

Elaine also poked her head out and asked worriedly, "Is something wrong?"

"No," Tim said reassuringly. "I didn't commit any crime. Unless they're trying to frame me, I should be fine."

"Oh, okay." Elaine seemed relieved.

Adams then advised him to go to bed early and get some rest.

But before he could do so, a man walked up to them. He greeted the family politely, and then his eyes fell on Tim.

The man told him that he could go back to his place because the investigation was over.

There was neither happiness nor relief on Tim's face.

"Really?" Unable to conceal her excitement, Michelle's eyes lit up. Overjoyed, she said to Tim, "That means nothing's wrong, right? You can go back and live in your house!"

"Yes," Tim replied desolately.

"You won't have to live in our small guest room," Michelle said sincerely.

She was worried that Tim felt uncomfortably in their tiny guest room. After all, Tim was a boss and owned many properties.

However, unbeknownst to her, her words were like a knife stabbing into Tim's heart.

When he was jogging, he was excited to live under the same roof as her, but the minute he came back, his dreams were shattered.

Depressed, he said nothing in reply and just nodded curtly.

Meanwhile, all the way on C Island, Leon narrowed his eyes and smiled in satisfaction.