Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 162

Carla was too caught up in her thoughts to notice Terence. When she finally noticed his presence, she composed herself and looked at him.

"You... haven't left yet," Carla said softly.

For a moment, all the rage she had in her disappeared. All she could do then was look at the suitcase in her hand.

She intended to return to BH City but things didn't quite turn out the way she wanted them to.

"Rainer, can you please help me with my suitcase?" Carla addressed Rainer as she put her suitcase down.

Rainer nodded, took her suitcase and placed it in the trunk. Then, he turned to her with a gentle smile, "Ms. Carla, forgive me for saying this but please don't be upset with what Mr. Terence said earlier."

In reality, Carla knew Terence well enough to know that those harsh words were not for her.

She looked at the man who had done a lot of things for her that she couldn't even count all of them even if she tried to. All he did earlier was to protect her from his aunt and uncle.

Feeling her eyes on him, Terence turned his eyes on her. Still on his immobile position, he stared at her.

Carla raised her eyebrows and approached him. "Terence, let's talk somewhere quiet," Carla stated.

For the longest time, she had been holding back a lot of her feelings.

It was time for him to know.

Carla was not the kind of girl who can hide her emotions and pretend like everything was fine. But for Terence, she managed to hold it in her for so long.

Today, she decided that she needed to tell him everything!

At that moment, Carla didn't care about picking a fight with him anymore. She would rather end the relationship than stay and suffer more.

Terence went inside the car as a response to Carla's suggestion.

"Rainer, take us to the An's Mansion," Terence plainly ordered.

The An's Mansion was an exclusive property for the members of the An family. They only came to the place for important or confidential meetings, because the place provided a venue for quiet and discreet matters.

The ride to the mansion was silent. Only the car engine and the screeching of tires as it hit the road could be heard. Carla and Terence did not utter a word. If one listened closely, their breaths could be heard. Soon enough, the car stopped in front of the An's Mansion.

The two of them walked towards a small conference room.

Upon entering the said room, Carla went straight for the window. She stared at the view that it allowed as she pondered on how to start the conversation. They kept quiet for a while. Finally, Terence broke the silence. "Alright, what's on your mind?" Terence asked. He sat on the table with his arm crossed and his eyes focused on Carla. However, it seemed like what was outside had caught every bit of her attention. She remained mum and didn't answer his question. Terence took a deep breath and continued with a cold tone, "I told you. I don't like to force people into anything. If you wanted to leave, you just needed to tell me. I would have let you go."

Carla shivered a little. Not knowing whether it was from his words or what, she immediately turned away from the windows and turned to his direction.

"Terence," Carla started.

She then ironically asked, "May I ask you a question?"

Terence had already taken off his sunglasses. He looked at her with a small frown. "Go ahead," Terence replied.

"Is it true that you're still going to end up marrying Bonnie no matter how hard we try and how much effort we put into our relationship?" Carla finally asked.

Their relationship was the kind that had a deadline before they could even start. For the longest time, Carla could hear the clock. 'Tick Tock Tick Tock, ' like a ticking time bomb. There were times when she could ignore it but the time had come when she no longer could. The ticks and tocks were up in her ears. It was deafening. She already knew the answer, but for some reason, she wanted to hear it from him. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, she just really wanted to know if he really cared about her feelings.

"What do you mean?" Terence asked, clearly with confusion on his face.

Carla looked away and sneered, "You know I wouldn't be mad at you without a good reason. And you also know how I feel about you. I trusted our relationship. But everyone kept on telling me that you would marry someone else. It's becoming harder and harder to ignore them. I started to believe what they're saying. I began to wonder..."

Carla was on the edge of tears. She paused to calm herself a little and continued, "I really wanted to believe you. And I did! I tried to believe you even though more often than not, it's hard.

It was one thing to hear it from people that I don't care about. It's completely another thing to hear it from you! I don't know how to continue lying to myself anymore after that."

Carla couldn't hold her emotions anymore. Tears poured out from her eyes without her permission. But still, she managed to say, "I thought we could overcome any differences between us. But, we're just from completely different worlds. You have a villa that overlooks the sea and I... I have nothing."

She sobbed some more before she could continue, "You promised me a future. I almost believed you when Grandpa came to see me. No, actually, I already believed you! But, what you... What you said on the phone..."

Because of her tears, she wasn't able to finish her sentence. Just thinking about the things that she heard Terence said took out all the air from her lungs.

It was so painful for Carla to hear them, much more to say it out loud herself. It felt like a sharp knife was mercilessly being stabbed into her heart.

In an instant, so many thoughts and feelings came rushing to Terence. He was becoming more and more confused with each word that Carla was uttering. His brain was spinning rapidly. He was trying really hard to comprehend what led her to misunderstand his intentions.

Finally, one thing came into his mind, one particular day to be exact. Although it was only through a quick glance, he was sure that he saw his computer in his study was turned on.

At the moment, he didn't pay it much attention because he never had anything to hide from her. On top of that, he had nothing to hide in that computer. The only possibility was the video

Bryant sent to him.

Was there anything else that he was missing?

There was another occasion when his father called him and he picked it up in his study.

When he finished the phone call, he saw Carla standing in the doorway. But what could she possible heard for her to be this upset and question his affections?

He didn't know it at the time, but now it seemed that there was one thing that could make her feel this way.

"Carla, did you hear me say that I would eventually marry the Hua family's daughter?" Terence seriously asked.

He looked at her with his dark bright eyes.

Upon hearing the words from Terence, Carla felt pain. She leaned against the windowsill and breathed tightly. "So you admit it," said Carla. Her tone was more of a statement than a question.

She took another deep breath and continued, "Terence, do you know how I felt when you told me over and over again about how our future would be? It made me dream Terence. It made me believe that we could have a future together."

Carla looked at Terence with tears in her eyes and asked, "The last time we fought, you were so angry with me and left in the middle of it. But, did you know I was actually doing it for you?"

Then, she quickly explained without giving him a chance to interrupt, "Since you're eventually going to marry Bonnie, it wasn't good for you to hurt her like that."

She wiped away the tears that had just formed in the corners of her eyes. She looked down and said, "I suddenly realized that I would eventually be your ex-girlfriend. I believe you really love me and want to be with me. But there's nothing that we can do about this situation.

So I forgive you. I did not break up with you at that time because I knew it was not easy for you too.

But do you know how cruel it was for me? On the one hand... I knew you won't be able to marry me in the future, but on the other hand, you kept telling me about how our future would be. My heart was broken over and over every time that I think about it."

She raised her head slowly and looked at him with swollen eyes.

Terence was surprised and hurt. It hurt him to see the woman he loved in this way.

It never occurred to him that she had spent the past few days in such a miserable way. No wonder she wasn't acting like herself and kept on talking like a sharp-tongued woman.

But he couldn't blame her. It was not her fault at all.

Carla never knew her true identity, nor did he reveal a word to her. There was no way for her to know that the daughter of the Hua family was actually herself!

Right now, Terence was certain that Carla never had any doubts about her own identity. It was impossible for her to know that he wasn't talking about Bonnie and that instead, it had been her all along.

She didn't know. She knew nothing about it.

No one even told her a word about it.

"Is there anything else that you want to say?" Carla asked. She took a deep breath and nodded with a tearful smile. She calmly started, "Terence, I don't blame you for anything. Even if you marry Bonnie, I won't hate you.

I have to admit that I was a little impulsive today and I have to say sorry for that. I stayed here because of you, but my existence only brought you more troubles. You can't even go back to your own house right now. There was no point for me to stay. That is why I want to go back to BH City without you."

Carla calmed down and continued, "When Sean finishes this semester, I will take him with me to BH City. Terence, I think it's time to stop fighting. It's our fate. We're not kids anymore. We have to accept it. We tried but it's catching up on us. We need to let go."

Without hesitation, Carla walked out to the conference room.

Before she could leave, Terence grabbed her arm and quickly said, "Carla, Please hear me out!"