Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 209

"What a wonderful metaphor! What Mr. Theo said is exactly on point,"

Carla exclaimed with a smile, irony flooding in her voice.

As she walked towards them, she added, "A teapot always comes with a couple of cups, but it only has one lid. The cups are for drinking but they're not really part of the teapot. As for the lid, it's inseparable from the teapot.

Without the cups, one can also drink straight from the teapot. However, without the lid, the teapot is not complete at all."

Theo didn't expect that Carla would happen to hear what he had just said. After hearing Carla's argument, he was rendered speechless. His face became pale due to the embarrassment.

Seeing the commotion, Terence took Carla's hand and started to teach her how to fire a gun. He then kissed her by the cheek and said with a tender smile, "Carla is right! A couple belongs to each other like how a teapot belongs with the lid.

As for those cups, they could be like a married couple's kids. It's not bad to have some kids. Am I right, Carla?"

As her face flushed red, Carla elbowed Terence on his arm and warned him to focus on teaching her how to fire.

Terence was born to be dedicated and focused. But when it came to teaching Carla, it turned out to be a challenge for him.

"Carla, how about I teach you?" Sean suggested with a big smile after taking off his earmuffs.

Nonetheless, as soon as Sean finished asking, Terence turned him down at once. "Save it," Terence firmly stated. Then, he positioned himself between Sean and Carla and softly said, "Carla, you should pose like this at first."

After hanging around for a while, they stepped out of the club.

It was not extremely hot any more which was suitable to play sports outside.

So Theo brought Ashley up the mountain for bungee jumping. It was way too scary for Carla.

She hadn't experienced bungee jumping at all and didn't have any plans of trying it out. Therefore, she chose to stay at the foot of the mountain to wait with Sean, Rainer, and Nathan.

The problem was...

Terence felt bored with jumping by himself. Since he had received a lot of harsh training years ago, bungee jumping was just a piece of cake for him. After seeing Theo and Ashley jumped down together, an idea came to Terence all of a sudden.

At that moment, Carla was watching Theo and Ashley who had just jumped off the platform. She couldn't help but feel petrified so she tightened her arms around Sean.

Sean was a little scared as well. After all, he was still a kid.

Bungee jumping was too much for him just like with most adults.

While Carla and Sean focused all of their attention to the bungee jumpers, a man approached them in haste.

It was Terence.

"Carla, come here. I need to talk to you," he said without showing much emotion in his voice.

"What's the matter?" she asked. Carla didn't think too much while she stood up and walked towards him.

Lifting the corners of his lips, Terence looked into her eyes and cheekily said, "Bungee jumping or gliding? Pick one."

Upon hearing Terence's suggestion, Carla turned her back on him and walked towards Sean immediately.

However, before she could make a step forward, Terence grabbed her by the waist. His dominating voice whispered in her ear, "We're already here. It's a pity not to give it a try. Besides, I'll be with you. So what are you afraid of?"

"Save it! It has nothing to do with you, being with me or not. The problem is I'm scared!" Carla exclaimed with conviction. Carla was not so easily persuaded especially when it came to things like that. Since she was way too afraid, she was determined not to join him.

But of course, Terence wouldn't just give up. He lifted her chin and kissed her in front of everyone.

Not expecting his kiss, Carla's eyes widened instantly. When she saw the numerous tourists crowd around them, she tried to push him away but she miserably failed.

"Pick one or I will keep kissing you until you agree,"

Terence threatened in a low voice.

Carla felt extremely embarrassed about kissing in front of so many strangers. Her face was already flushed red, and she could be compared to a tomato already.

'It was already embarrassing to kiss in front of so many people but he wants to do it again?' Carla thought.

"Alright. Fine. I'm in," Carla said defeatedly.

Eyebrows furrowed, Carla finally gave in. But her glare was telling him how wicked he was.

Seeing the expression on her face, Terence felt even more delighted. He kissed her again by her flushed cheek and told her, "Good girl. This way. Have a look and pick one that you want to play."

Carla stopped before a wooden plank where the introduction of the two sports was posted. The bungee jumping in there was not like in other parks. It was much more terrifying. And every extreme sport in there was famous for being exhilarating.

She hesitated for quite a while between bungee jumping and gliding.

Eventually, Carla picked gliding since both were terrifying but this one could allow her to enjoy the scenery.

"Great! The wind is fine right now. Let's go gliding!" Terence excitedly said. Holding Carla's hand, he guided her on a tour bus which was headed for the gliding site.

Carla had seen a lot of people glide before, whether in person or in movies. But she had never imagined herself doing it.

And now, she was being forced to actually do it.

"Carla, watch out for your expressions later. Just relax. The camera will shoot us throughout our glide," Terence reminded her as he checked her safety guard device again.

Watch out for her expressions? Carla was already extremely nervous before the actual gliding. She couldn't care less about her expressions at that moment.

When the actual gliding came, Carla had already closed her eyes tightly since she felt that that way would be less scary for her.

Nevertheless, Carla screamed out anyway when they left the ground. Terence tightened his hand on hers and soothed her, "Carla, open your eyes. Look, it's so beautiful around!"

Terence didn't want to waste the chance to have that moment with Carla. That was why he persuaded her to join him.

The more thrilling it was, the harder for the memory to be forgotten.

Upon hearing Terence's comforting voice, she took a deep breath and then opened her eyes slowly. However, the moment she did so, she looked down and saw what was under them.

Nothing reliable was under her feet! It was exactly like standing on transparent glass. Only there was nothing there between the air and her feet.

"Relax! You're safe. Don't look down. Take a look at the sky and the scenery around. You won't feel so scared then." Noticing that Carla was about to scream out again, Terence comforted her. His voice was so gentle that Carla relaxed for a little bit.

"Carla, I have something to tell you," Terence said, suddenly changing the topic.

Being distracted by his words, Carla felt her anxiety die a little bit so she managed to ask, "What is it?"

As he stared at the surreal scenery in front of them, Terence said, "My father told me to get married in a year."

Carla was in a daze for a moment when she heard Terence. At that time, she had no time to think about the gliding or the scary view at her feet. She couldn't help but ask, "With whom?"

Terence lifted his eyebrows, looked into her eyes and asked, "Who else besides you?"

After the incident with Bonnie, his father didn't dare to meddle with his personal affairs anymore. Besides, he lied to his father and told him that Carla was already pregnant. Therefore, his father had almost given up on interfering with his love life.

Instead of choosing a fiancee for his son, Terence's father asked him to get married and have babies as soon as possible.

Terence told Carla about all of that since he wanted her to believe that he was determined to marry her from the very beginning.

And now, he was moving forward towards that goal step by step.

Carla felt a lot of emotions at that moment. It felt strange to be proposed to when both of you were a hundred feet from the ground. She looked around and felt a little bashful.

Face flushed, Carla could sense her happiness at the moment. It was the first proposal that she had received.

"Carla? I just want you to know that you are the woman that I want to get married to. There's no one else," Terence added with a tender smile as he looked into her eyes.

Upon hearing his words, Carla recovered from her daze. Just in time, since they were about to land at that time.

"Mr. Terence, that's so casual for you to do that. Did you just propose to me while we're gliding?" Carla immediately asked.

When they landed on the ground, Carla gave a huge sigh of relief. Her heart was still racing. It was hard to tell whether it was due to the terrifying experience of gliding or Terence's words.

Terence helped her take off the safety device first and then he whispered by her ear, "Carla, trust me. I'll give you a decent proposal. And whatever you ask then, I'll promise to give it to you."

Carla took off the device completely and looked into his eyes, "Alright. You said it yourself. No matter what I ask, you'll promise to give it to me."

"Yes, just as I said," Terence assured her with sincerity.

There would only be one proposal for her in this lifetime so he would make sure that it would be a special and precious memory for her.