You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 741 Are You Kissing

One by one, the parents who picked up their children left. With the kindergarten's gate no longer crowded, Michelle finally had the space to move her body.

An old woman, who was in her fifties, was standing next to Leon. When she heard what Don had said, she looked at Michelle and smiled. "Little boy, isn't your aunt here? She was just talking with your uncle. They're both here to pick you up and drive you home."

Michelle heard what the old lady had said and looked confused. Unsure what she was talking about, Michelle pointed at herself and asked, "Are you talking about me?"

She chuckled beneath her breath and waved her hand. "No, no. I think you misunderstood. He's my brother."

Don turned around and saw Michelle. He let go of Leon's leg and hugged Michelle instead. "Aunt Michelle, are you here to pick up me and my brother from school?" he asked in a sweet voice.

"Yes." She noticed Don clinging to her leg and Leon's before that. "Don, it seems that you like hugging people's legs." She rubbed his head, and in turn, he stretched out his hands towards her and asked for a hug.

Michelle bent down to hug him, but Leon intercepted and caught Don's embrace first. "Let me hug you. Michelle isn't strong enough to pick you up."

"Okay." Don pouted and sulked.

Meanwhile, Van and Kian headed outside the kindergarten's gate. Kian saw his grandmother and happily called her. She was the old woman who had just spoken to Michelle.

Michelle held Van's hand.

"Hello, Uncle Leon, Aunt Michelle, Grandma," Van greeted everyone politely.

Kian's grandma helped her grandson carry his schoolbag. She turned to Michelle and Leon with a smile. "Are you siblings? But you don't look like each other. At first, I thought you were a couple."

"A couple? No, no. I think you misunderstood," Michelle stammered as she shook her head. While she was busy denying, she didn't notice she was squeezing Van's hand too hard. "Aunt Michelle!" Van winced in pain.

"Ah!" Michelle looked down and saw Van's little hand had turned red. She quickly squatted down and blew his hand. "I'm sorry, Van. Does it hurt? Let me blow on it."

"I'm fine, Aunt Michelle." Van smiled and showed her that he wasn't in pain.

Leon held up Don with one hand, and then Van with the other. Before leaving, he said to Kian's grandma, "She's a good friend of my sister. That's why she treats me as her brother." "No wonder. You don't look like siblings. Do you have a girlfriend?" Kian's grandma asked Leon enthusiastically. Her eyes were fixed on both him and Michelle.

Michelle pricked her ears up and stretched her neck to listen to what they were saying. When Leon turned around to look at her, their eyes met. Her heart began to race as she immediately retracted her neck. "I don't have a girlfriend yet," Leon replied with a smile.

"I see. Then it's time for you to replace a girlfriend. Look at your two nephews. They're already going to kindergarten, asking for their aunt. Do you need me to introduce a girlfriend to you?" 'Old people really like matchmaking and gossiping as their pastime, ' Leon thought.

"I have a niece who's twenty-six years old. She's very beautiful, and she just finished her postgrad studies. Her job..."

Leon interrupted her with a smile. "Thank you for your kindness, but I already have someone I like."

"Oh? Is that so?" Kian's grandma looked disheartened. When she turned around and saw Michelle, her spirits seemed to have been lifted again. "Is she the girl you like?"

When Michelle heard this, she wanted to deny it but chose not to. Instead, she turned around and pretended that she didn't hear anything.

After glancing in Michelle's direction, Leon changed the topic to avoid answering. "We're about to take the children home. It's been nice talking to you. Goodbye!"

"Okay, goodbye." The old lady smiled. "Come, Kian. Let's go home." She held Kian's hand as he waved goodbye to Van and Don. They left shortly after.

"Is that girl my classmates' aunt?" Michelle heard Kian ask his grandma.

"Not now."

"Will she be in the future?"

"Maybe."

"Wow! Van and Don will have aunts, just like Eileen."

Even though their voices had grown faint, Michelle was still able to hear what they said word for word. Her face turned red as she imagined the possibility of what Kian and his grandma said turning into reality. Leon parked the car in front as he motioned for them to come in. The two kids sat in the back, and before Michelle could sit with them, Leon turned around and looked at her. "Michelle, come sit in front." She hesitated. The thoughts in her head started to run wild.

'They say that you can only sit in the front passenger seat if you are the driver's girlfriend. Since Leon has no girlfriend, it doesn't matter if I sit there for a while, right?'

The thought made her feel a little excited. 'Okay, for the time being, I will pretend that I'm his girlfriend.'

She became both nervous and excited. As soon as she sat, she straightened her back and looked straight ahead.

When she didn't hear the rev of the engine, she started to feel confused. She turned her head to see what was going on and almost bumped into Leon's nose.

Michelle was startled. Out of nowhere, this handsome man's face was just a breath away from hers that she could almost feel their skin touch. Leon's distinct fragrance started to climb up her nostrils as well, further enchanting her. He leaned closer, and she could feel his breath blow against her mouth.

They were too close with each other.

If she leaned forward just a little bit, the tips of their noses would touch each other.

Michelle held her breath and pressed her lips nervously. She could feel her heart pound against her chest as it grew faster and more violent with each second passing. With her face red as a tomato, she pulled her head back. "Leon, what are you doing?"

The softness in her voice swept through Leon's heart like a feather freefalling from the sky. Looking at her flustered face made his ears turn red.

It had been quite a while since both of them had been this close.

The urge to wrap his arms around her grew stronger.

Despite that, Leon was able to control his impulses. He stretched out his hand and pulled the seat belt. "Nothing. I'm just fastening your seat belt for you. Next time, you should make it a habit to fasten your seat belt every time you enter a car, okay?"

Michelle breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Leon was leaning in for something else. In a flustered manner, she pulled her seat belt and fastened it herself.

"I do fasten my seat belt as a habit. I just forgot about it."

"Really?" Leon stared her down with a seductive look and leaned closer towards her ear. "Did you really forget it, or did you want me to fasten your seat belt for you personally?"

Shivers ran down Michelle's spine as his breath tickled her ear. Her body started to heat up again.

Michelle's chest was heaving. She tried to push him away but found that she was too weakened by his aura.

"Uncle Leon, Aunt Michelle, what are you doing?" Don asked. "Are you two dating?" He peeked his head into the front area of the car, wondering why the car hadn't started for a long time. "Ahem!" Michelle coughed and finally mustered the strength to push Leon away. She turned to Don with her face still red. "No, we're not dating."

However, Don didn't believe it. He stretched his neck forward eagerly and turned to his uncle. With a pair of innocent eyes, he asked, "Aren't you two in love? I saw you kissing!"

"No! Don't talk nonsense. You're still young! You don't know anything." Michelle cupped her hands in front of Don's mouth. Her cheeks grew so red they looked as though they were burning.

Van pulled his brother back to his seat and sat down. "Our mom said that stuff like that is adults' business. We're children; we don't need to worry about it."

"But Uncle Leon and Aunt Michelle were kissing, I swear! I saw it," Don insisted.

"Shhh. It's a secret." Van placed his finger in the middle of his lips. Knowing his brother, if he tried to argue with him, they would reach nowhere. So he chose not to argue with his brother anymore and simply believed what he was saying.

Don suddenly realized what Van was trying to say. "Ohhhh. I see."

Their voices were loud enough for Michelle and Leon to hear them. She was so shy that she buried her head onto her lap, and wished that the ground would swallow her whole so that no one could see her. Leon, on the other hand, felt differently. He smiled at her and said, "Van and Don are not like other children. Sometimes, they know more than their peers." Michelle was shocked. Not only did Leon not scold the children for talking nonsense, but it also appeared to her that he approved of what they were saying.

Then, the unrealistic fantasy that had been growing in her mind withered. 'Maybe I thought wrong.

Maybe Leon's thinking that children say what they like, and he doesn't care much about it. No wonder he is so calm.'

Yet that night before she went to sleep, she was still blushing, thinking of the scene when he was trying to fasten her seat belt for her.

The next day, Michelle went to pick up Van and Don again from school. She looked around, expecting to see Leon standing around somewhere, but couldn't replace him. She breathed a quiet sigh of disappointment and looked down.

"Michelle, are you looking for me?" She heard a clear and pleasant voice coming from behind her.00000