Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 126

Terence furrowed his brows looking at Carla and then a smile appeared on his handsome face. Before Carla burst into tears, he held her in his arms. "You belong to me and only me. Since we will be getting married in the near future, I think it's okay for me to see you naked. I'll see it sooner or later anyway. Don't you think so?" Terence said to justify his wickedness.

But Carla didn't feel any comfort from his words. She was so angry that she could hardly speak. "Terence, you're such a horrible man! You don't have a sense of any boundaries, do you?" she sobbed.

"Yes, I do. But there is no limit to what's acceptable with you. Because you are my bottom line,"

Terence whispered as he held her tighter in his arms. When he was with Carla he felt totally at ease. He could truly be himself without worrying about his appearance or how he composed himself.

Everyone had their limits where they would draw the line.

As for Terence, the line that he would not cross was Carla. She was very important to him.

"Well, really? You are becoming better and better at flattery," mocked Carla trying to free herself out of his arms but failed.

Terence wouldn't let her go. He kissed her tears away and then looked her in the eyes. "Carla, I'm serious. I'm not just saying those words to make fun of you. I love you. I love everything about you. I love to see you naked and I will never tire of that. I watched your beautiful body the whole night, yet I am still hungry for more. To be honest, you're the first woman who has made me feel this way."

Even though Terence was giving her a compliment and was trying to make her feel better, Carla only felt angrier and more embarrassed. With flushed cheeks and gritted teeth, she teased, "So you are saying that you have seen many nude women before, aren't you? I'm not the only one, is that right?"

Terence couldn't contain himself and burst into laughter. He thought, 'It turns out that Carla is an expert in exploiting loopholes.'

Then he replied, "I don't want to lie to you. Yes, you aren't the only one that I have seen. But believe me that you are the first woman that I have fallen for. I have fallen for your heart, your body—"

Suddenly, Carla looked up at him with an angry frown. Her sweet and pure big eyes questioned, "Well, 'to be completely honest', exactly how many naked women have you seen?"

Terence sighed and rubbed his cheek with his hand. With a bitter smile he answered, "Carla, I'm a young man. No matter how many naked women I have seen and no matter where I have seen them, it's not important now. Not one of them had ever stayed in my mind. But you are different. After seeing you naked, I just can't get your figure out of my mind.

I'm different from most men. It is true that I have seen many naked women before. But that doesn't mean that I had a sexual relationship with them.

I have never had sex with any woman. I think that I'm deserving enough to be your husband!"

Carla blinked up at him. What Terence had said shocked her so much, that she even forgot why she felt angry in the first place.

Carla fixed her clothes before going to bed.

She thought, 'Terence is becoming more and more articulate.

Although I have proved that he did see me naked, yet there is nothing I can do about it.

Well, just forget it.'

Seeing Carla stride off, Terence let out a long frustrated sigh.

Terence was twenty-eight years old now. He was an intelligent man who could deal with anything that was thrown at him with extreme efficiency. However, when it came to matters of the heart with Carla, he would turn into a bumbling fool.

After Carla had left the room. Terence closed the door and turned the computer on in his study.

After a short wait a man appeared on the computer screen.

"Hey, Mr. Terence, what happened to your neck?"

The moment a video connection had established, Bryant saw a blood mark on Terence's neck.

Terence glanced at himself on the computer screen. Until then, he hadn't realized that he was bleeding. He couldn't remember what could have caused it. 'Perhaps Carla scratched me unintentionally just now, ' he thought.

"Mr. Terence, were you having so much fun with Miss Carla that you didn't even notice that you had a wound? Doesn't it hurt?" Bryant teased with a smile.

Bryant had a good relationship with Nathan and his brother. So he was up to date with what was happening in Terence's home.

"Shut up!" Terence wiped the blood off with a napkin not paying any more attention to it. He leaned back against his chair and asked, "Let's cut to the chase. Have you found anything out about Carla's background?"

Bryant stopped clowning around and suddenly became serious.

"I did find something out, but it's going to take a long time to explain it all to you, Mr. Terence. So you will have to be patient with me."

He knew that Terence liked to get the information as quickly as possible with only the key points. But what Bryant had found out was a complicated story that needed to be told from the start to the end, with no short cuts.

"Okay, I got it. So cut the crap and start your story now,"

urged Terence with raised eyebrows as he spun his pen twice.

After clearing his throat, Bryant began, "It all started about twenty years ago. When Miss Carla's parents got married they found out that Marian, Miss Carla's mother couldn't have children of her own. Miss Carla's father loved his wife very much and couldn't bear the thought of divorcing his wife because of that. So they both decided to keep the secret to themselves and not tell anyone, including their elders about it.