Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 80

The restaurant seemed to be packed with guests. Luckily for her, it was not a weekend and Carla was told that there was one private room remaining. Since she rated it as being good enough, she booked it without hesitation. Soon they arrived at the restaurant and were led into the private room.

"Mr. Noah, please feel free to order anything that suits your liking,"

said Carla, pressing her fingernails deeply into the skin of her leg under the table when she alarmingly noticed the prices on the menu. Her heart wrenched.

Noah was amused to watch her pretending to be generous while her attempts to conceal the pain in her heart was failing miserably. She reminded him of a cute little fox trying hard to hide its disproportionately large tail.

"Okay, thank you for your hospitality," said Noah. He took up the menu and quickly scanned the golden letters on the black paper. He quickly ordered a few dishes.

Every time he uttered the name of a dish, Carla's eyes frantically searched the menu to calculate the total. One thousand, two thousand, three thousand…

Noah was from a financially sound family. Of course, he ordered the most tasty and expensive dishes.

"That is all. Miss Carla, take a peep and choose your dishes, will you?" Noah asked politely. He knew very well that she couldn't afford to order anything else after his order.

Hence, he had already ordered food and deserts enough for both of them.

"No, thanks. I think you have ordered enough for both of us. It would be a waste to order even more." Carla waved her hand hastily and returned the menu back to the waiter.

Noah reckoned that she never came to this kind of place from her frugal manners and he suddenly felt pity for her.

As the only daughter of the Hua family, she should have lived an extravagant life with luxurious clothes and tasty food. But look at her, she was struggling to afford one fancy meal.

Bonnie was only the adopted daughter of the Hua family, but the money she paid to get her hair styled, would probably be enough for Carla to live for a year.

"Wow, the food tastes really good. No wonder it is the most expensive restaurant in BH City." Carla enjoyed the food and appraised whole-heartedly.

She wasn't a picky person on food but she could still tell that the food was really good. So this place actually deserved its reputation.

Noah took a small cut of the steak and chewed it slowly. After he swallowed it, he commented unhurriedly," Right, not bad. The steak is fresh enough, and is from Japan, but it is not the real Kobe beef. It tastes just a little bit less than perfect in texture."

Carla was taken aback. She couldn't tell it was Japanese cattle. She thought it was just an ordinary domestic cattle.

"If we do get a chance in the future, I shall take you to Gangnam Building of HA City. There is one top-ranked restaurant there. All ingredients used are the most expensive ones,"

said Noah, but he smiled regretfully as he figured out that there would be no chance for Carl to taste those things.

'She won't live to see such a time.

Even if not for me, the adopted son and adopted daughter would all turn out to be predators that would devour her in a single piece. They won't give her any chance to survive.

Otherwise, as soon as she returns, there will be no position for them in the Hua family, let alone splitting the family fortune they have always longing for.'

"Yeah, HA City is beautiful. They say it has very beautiful natural scenery and very nice people. It can compete with JA City,"

said Carla, putting down her fork. She hadn't been there but she had definitely heard about it. HA City was probably not as magnificent as JA City, but it had its own style of beauty, subtle and graceful, delicate and quiet.

After the meal, Carla strode over to pay the bill.

Noah hadn't planned on letting her pay the bill. When she stopped him from going to the cashier counter and paid the bill adamantly, he suddenly felt guilty.

The robbery was set up by him and he acquiesced whereby it harmed her eventually.

And she remained adamant on paying the bill.

Noah wasn't a soft guy, but at this moment, he felt pitiful and disgusted.

They got out of the restaurant and Carla got in Noah's car. She planned to get off at the next cross and then get a taxi. Since the taxi drivers were all unscrupulous, they knew all guests here were rich people and didn't care about the extra taxi fare, they would rip you off if you hailed a taxi just outside a restaurant.

"Carla, where is your home? I can just drop you home," said Noah.

Carla slid back her eyes from outside the window and said with a smile," No, thanks. My home is too far from here. I don't want to be a source of trouble to you."

"Don't be so formal. You just gave me a treat. It is just return to your hospitality. I owe you that much."

As he finished with his sentence, he passed a bottle of water to Carla. "We are friends now. You see we have been through something together. We are not just any random acquaintances now."

Hearing him say that, she couldn't refuse him and rendered a tired smile at him in order to accept his offering.

Suddenly, Noah's cell phone rang. He pressed the button of his bluetooth headset and answered the call promptly.

"Mr. Noah, we have every one in position, just waiting for you to escort the person here. This will leave no trace. It will be untraceable back to us."

Noah took a glance at Carla reflexively, who was still ignorant of everything that was going on.

She spilled some water on the seat as the car jolted. She fumbled in her bag hurriedly for a paper towel and wiped it off.

When she happened to raised her head, she caught Noah staring at her. She stuck out her tongue and grinned at him. He was touched by her pure and innocent eyes and he smiled back naturally.

"Maybe another time. I have something else to do now."

For unknown reasons, Noah turned his eyes away and said to the phone.

"Mr. Noah? Are we to abort the plan? It is a god-given golden opportunity. You can't be soft-hearted on her!" His man tried to bring his logic and wits back.

'It is a rare opportunity one can't necessarily hope to get another time in a lifetime. A serial killer has escaped to BH City. He kills a pretty young girl just for the sake of it. Nothing could be better than framing him for the killing.'

Noah hesitated.

Looking at Carla with such a innocent smile, Noah thought that having her raped, killed and dumped to the wilderness sounded really cruel at this moment. A surge of pity rose in his heart.

'Maybe wait for some more time. York and Tristan can't track Carla in such a short time with their intelligence. So I may just let her live for a few more days.

"I've got to go. I am busy right now." Noah hung up the phone and his face remained gloomy and terrified.

He had never been so soft. At this moment, he hated himself for being indecisive and rather confused.

"What's wrong, Mr. Noah? Maybe you can let me get off here. I don't want to get in the way of your work and disturb you," Carla spoke when she saw he was unhappy, absolutely ignorant this man's real sinister agenda.

'It'd be better if he doesn't delay his work in order to drop me back home.'

"Miss Carla, do you think I look like a nice and decent person?" Noah asked abruptly.

Carla laughed as an initial reaction to his question. And then she started to observe him carefully and asked," Why do you ask this question? You are refined and graceful in your etiquettes and manners. You should be from a very wealthy and honorable family.

Moreover, it was a noble and brave act by you when you saved me. I am really grateful for your kindness. Of course, you are a nice and decent person."

Hearing her compliment, Noah gave out a laughter, perhaps mocking her innocence, or out of guilt.

"Miss Carla, you do realize that it isn't right to judge a book by it's cover, don't you? By the way, do you have any family members around?" He asked deliberately.

He had already dug into her background and understood it cautiously. He simply asked like a stranger, in case he spilled off some information about her accidentally. He had to be more careful and discreet.

"Oh, right. Mr. Noah, could you please drive faster? I forgot I have left my brother alone at home. He probably hasn't had dinner yet."

Carla nodded her head regretfully, blaming herself for forgetting about Sean entirely.

'Poor Sean, he probably is starving. How could I forget about my dear brother entirely?'