Love is the Sunshine

Terence calmed down. He looked at the alarm clock on the table to see if enough time had passed since he placed the thermometer under Carla's armpit. Seeing that it was time he carefully removed the thermometer.

"It's 39℃. You have to take some medicine immediately."

Terence went into the living room and came back with a glass of water and antipyretics for Carla's fever.

Carla held his hand as he helped her take the medicine. She was delirious with fever and asked him, "Please tell me who you are. Why were those people trying to kill you? And how about your family?"

Carla rambled as she dropped in and out of consciousness. Terence's dark eyes narrowed at her questions. He put the pills in her mouth.

"It's okay. Take your medicine first."

The pills were very bitter and Carla gulped the water down to wash the taste out.

When the pills were finally swallowed, Carla got relieved. She heaved a deep sigh.

"Terence, I know, in your eyes, I am just a passer-by.

She propped herself up leaning against the bed head and said quietly, "You haven't told us any information about yourself because you don't expect to stay with us for very long. So you don't want us to know much about you. Is that right?"

Carla looked up at Terence who remained silent with misty eyes.

"Fine. Just take it that I am talking nonsense because of the fever. I will never ask you this again. After my brother's birthday, you can leave whenever you want. I won't try and persuade you to stay."

Carla lay down and tucked herself into the quilt.

"I'm okay now. I have taken the medicine and you don't need to stay. Just go back to sleep now and I'll be fine," she mumbled.

Even though Carla, was delirious from the temperature, she knew clearly

that Terence did have many secrets.

He seemed so indifferent to a lot of things, making it difficult for her to read him and distinguish from when he was joking and when he was serious.

This made Carla feel like she was in a dream

and when she woke up, he would no longer be there, leaving her life to be the same as it was before she met him.

"I will stay for a little while longer. Just close your eyes and get some sleep," said Terence.

on her bedside and acted as if Carla had said nothing.

deeply, but as the medicine began to wear off, she started to sweat again. She moved about

and hugged her, whispering, "It's okay. Don't

stared at the woman in his arms. His deep dark eyes were no longer as gentle as they were

different feelings of

returned to his former

much more soundly. She snuggled into the human

room Carla woke up, she yawned and opened her

in shock to

she was wearing was up around her waist exposing her pink underwear and her leg was pressed between

of her arms was wrapped around the man's waistline

and to her horror

hand was placed on her

him

'How dare you!'

hand and slapped Terence

until he felt a sharp pain on his cheek.

slap people when

my breast!" she said glaring angrily

raised his

didn't remember when the crime was committed. Terence was about to remove his hand, but lingered there a little longer, because it felt nice.

his thumb ever so lightly across the

"Te-ren-ce!"

warned, her eyes glaring at his hand which didn't want

"Knife!

Where's the knife?

me a knife!" she roared, looking around.

ready to get the knife and chop his hand off. He

you can touch back, for as long as

of the bed and out of her room. "Get

on. I swear that it wasn't

"Bang!"

to apologize but the door was slammed

had been kicked out.

laughed out loud when he looked at his hand that had been on Carla's breast. There had been quite a lot of women who had tried to seduce him. But Terence