Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 166

But Carla still didn't agree though and tried persuading him once more, "Sean, the boys look much more handsome whenever they're playing the piano. It's a sure-fire way of grabbing a girl's attention. As for basketball, I honestly think you're already playing it quite well. Are you really sure you don't want to learn something different such as the piano?"

Carla was acting just like any other typical parent would. Of course, they would support their children and let them learn what they liked. Even though Sean was just her brother, there was still a part of her that wished for him to learn something she was passionate about. Ever since she was a little girl, she had always been amused by watching the boys play the piano. There was just something about it that seemed to have charmed her.

Be that as it may, Sean couldn't help rolling his eyes at his sister. "Carla, I'm just ten years old. Don't you think it's still a bit too soon for me to think about stuff like how to dazzle the girls? Apart from that, if you're really that fond of the piano, why don't you just have your own child learn how to play it? You're bound to have one eventually, right?

And aren't you forgetting that Terence is an extremely good piano player? That should be enough for you."

The minute he was done spouting that nonsense (to Carla's point-of-view anyway), Carla was evidently raging with anger.

'This and that are two different things! I just sincerely believe it would be much more awesome to learn the piano instead of some sport. Am I wrong to think that?' Carla said to herself.

As anyone might have expected, Terence was on Sean's side on this one. With tears in his eyes as he desperately tried holding back his chuckle, his face broke into a smile and said to Carla, "Carla, Sean is right. Don't you think so, too? It wouldn't be right to force him to do something he doesn't like. If you truly like the piano that much, then we can just ask our child to learn how to play in the future."

Glancing over to Sean, he reassured him, "Don't you worry. Since you like playing basketball a lot, I'm going to hire a tutor for you right after we're done having dinner."

Beaming with so much pleasure and satisfaction, Sean hunched up and gave Terence a high-five. "Apparently, women won't ever be able to get how we feel," Sean concluded.

Not taking kindly to what Sean had just said, Carla raised her hand a little bit and playfully slapped the side of his head.

"You're still just a ten-year-old boy! You're not even a teenager yet, for goodness' sake! Stop spouting that nonsense and just finish eating your meal."

Sean, feeling a bit annoyed, whined to Terence, "Well, I'm not a little kid anymore either, yet there ain't no stopping my sister from hitting me on the head."

With a smile on his face, Terence assisted Sean and carefully rubbed the side of his head to comfort him, "Sean, keep in mind that she's a girl. We should act like gentlemen and just get over it. For now, why don't you just go ahead and eat your fill? When we're done having dinner, the two of us can go play basketball together."

"Really? That would be great! I would love that!" After hearing Terence tell him that he'd be playing basketball with him after dinner, Sean behaved himself and leaned toward his plate and ate to his heart's content without saying a single word.

As she was observing Sean, Carla realized that he was becoming more and more capricious even though they had only been staying at Terence's villa for just several days. This caused her to seriously think that it would be a good idea to bring him back to BH City in order to have him taste the harsh truths of life again.

Later that evening, she changed into some athletic wear and warmed herself up to go for a run.

As the cold breeze whistled against her, she could make out two silhouettes playing basketball on the field under the moonlit night, that of an adult and of a child. Then Carla started running on the red track.

Since she rarely ever did any outdoor activities, the only thing Carla could manage was a sprint. She couldn't run for long periods of time though. She then suddenly thought about the robbery back in BH City. If only she had run just a little bit faster and pushed herself to her limits the last time, she could've probably caught the thief who snatched her bag.

Terence was on the defense as Sean handled the ball for his shooting practice. Shifting his gaze over to Carla, he noticed that she was already running out of breath after just briefly running around the track.

"Sean, you wait here for a while and just work on your dribbling. I'll just head over to your sister to check up on her for a second," Terence advised Sean, looking a little concerned.

Naturally, this caused Sean to glance at his sister as well. He simply bobbed his head and replied, "Okay, go ahead. Please make sure she's doing fine."

Just as Carla was about to sit on the ground to catch her breath, someone suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her up.

"Don't just sit there now. Let's go for a run together," Terence encouraged her, holing her hand as they ran.

Helplessly looking at his charming face, Carla couldn't say no and stood up immediately. When the two of them started running again. Terence purposefully slowed down his pace to match Carla's as she was still trying to find her rhythm.

"Terence, how were you able to get such great stamina and endurance?"

After one more cycle of running around the track, Carla, gasping for air, stopped abruptly and asked him curiously.

Grabbing a bottle of water, Terence unscrewed the cap and handed it over to her. "Back when I was still in the army, I had no choice but to practice running every single day. Surely enough, little by little, I got so fond of it that it became a hobby and I couldn't stop running even after I had already left the army."

Taking a good hard look at Terence, Carla promptly took the bottle from his hand.

At that moment, it suddenly came to her that

Terence's grandfather used to be the military chief of JA City at one time. Therefore, it shouldn't be surprising for him to send his favorite grandson to enlist and serve in the army.

From what she heard from other people, it seemed that when Terence's father opted to start his own business instead of enlisting in the army, his grandfather had been so dejected of his decision. Based on all of that, Carla surmised that Terence must have done so in order to make up for his father's actions.

"Now I know why you're as strong as a horse and as fit as a fiddle. But why is it that I can't seem to get the feeling that you're related to anything about the military?" Terence never really gave Carla the impression that he had any experience being in the army at all, and that was mostly because he always gave off that classy vibe. When people talked about soldiers, Carla always thought of them as valiant, undaunted, and passionate. At the very least, they always appeared to be high-spirited.

"Actually, I've never really enjoyed serving in the army. Bearing that in mind, there's really no reason for me to give off the aura of being someone from the military, aren't there?" Terence retorted, taking a sip from the bottled water and fixating his eyes on the coast far from where they were standing.

He might not have been fond of contributing to the army, but that didn't necessarily mean he didn't like serving his country. The only reason he had was that he truly believed it wasn't right to solve conflicts by using violence.

Upon hearing his answer, Carla stopped asking any follow-up questions. It was at that moment that she was finally able to wrap her mind around the reason why he was able to stealthily slip from the watchful eyes of his numerous enemies. On top of that, he was actually much lighter on his feet compared to any typical person.

Deep in thought trying to take all of that in, she realized that

everything made sense once she found out that he had at least gotten some sort of training while he was still in the army.

When she was finally done catching her breath, Carla sprinted around the track two more times. After getting some good strenuous activities, she then headed back to the villa and went straight upstairs intending to have a quick bath to rinse off the sweat before going to bed.

Upon getting a whiff of her scent and smelling the sweat from all that running, Carla immediately rushed toward the bathroom inside her bedroom.

Meanwhile, in the hallway, carrying a black tote bag in his hand, Nathan walked closer toward Terence as he was standing motionless beside the window, staring at the beautiful night sky.