Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 190

After Nathan and Rainer left Terence frowned at the picture that was on the table. He then picked it up and fed it through the shredder and threw the shredded pieces in the trash.

Terence had long gone and forgotten about the love he once had for the girl in the picture. It was ten years ago. If it hadn't fallen from the bookshelf during their passionate lovemaking, he wouldn't have even known that it was still there and be reminded of it.

But Rainer was right. It was a thing of the past

even if he didn't remember it didn't matter. After all, it was no big deal. It was only an infatuation from his youthful years. Right now, he only had eyes for Carla and no one else.

Besides, it was a long time ago.

Terence decided that today he would turn a new leaf

no matter what had happened in the past or what might happen in the future. One thing he was certain was that Carla would be the only woman in his heart, and that wasn't going to change for anything or anyone.

Terence figured that Carla would have landed at the airport of HA City by now, so he picked up the cell phone on the table and dialed her number.

At the airport of HA City

as soon as Carla got off the plane with her luggage, she got a call from Terence.

"Have you arrived yet?"

Carla put her suitcase down and sat on it while she spoke to Terence. "Yes, I just arrived, and I was just about to go to the hotel that you booked for me."

"Okay, just wait on the curbside the car I have arranged to pick you up is on the way. I'll send you the license plate number to your phone, so you know which car to look out for," Terence said as he sent her the plate number of the car. "Carla, you're a stranger to HA City and not familiar with anyone or the place. Try to avoid going out at night."

"Come on, Terence. I'm not a little kid anymore. Don't worry about me. I'll stay safe," said Carla as she kept an eye on the cars passing by.

"I get what you are saying. But you can't be too careful. You've never been there, and I'm not there with you." Terence was still worried about her. Even though he had arranged his people to protect her. If she found herself in real danger, she would have to get out of it herself.

Carla suddenly smiled and guessed what Terence was anxious about. "Are you afraid that Bonnie will try to do something to hurt me? It will be okay. HA City is such a big city, and there are so many people here. How could she possibly know that I'm here?"

"Okay, well, if there is anything that you need or have a problem with whether it's to do with work or anything else, please don't hesitate to call me for anything. Okay?" said Terence.

"Yes, yes, yes. I get it," Carla answered before she said bye and hung up.

Then she saw the car that Terence had arranged to pick her up in.

When the car stopped, the driver got out and put her luggage into the trunk. He then asked politely, "Miss Carla, please get in the car."

Carla got in the car, and they soon left the airport and headed to the hotel.

But, at that time

a woman in the back seat of a white BMW slowly removed her dark sunglasses and looked at the car that had just left.

Then she said, "Burton, find out what she's doing here. I need to know why she's here, her work address and the hotel she is staying at."

That woman was Bonnie.

Bonnie had a good relationship with Julie. It was only when they spoke on the phone yesterday that Bonnie found out that her older brother had broken up with Julie. What made her angry was that Carla was the reason why they broke up.

In Bonnie's eyes, Carla was a promiscuous woman. She was wondering why Carla would seduce her older brother when she was still in love with Terence.

They were both important men in Bonnie's life. But they both fell in love with Carla, the person that she hated the most in the world.

'Why? What's so great about Carla? Why did my fiance and my brother both fall in love with her?' Bonnie thought resentfully.

When she learned from Julie that Carla would be coming to HA City within the next two days, Bonnie had asked her people to wait and watch out for her at the airport.

When Carla was in JA City, she was untouchable because Terence was there with her. But now, she was here all alone

in HA City.

It was Bonnie's domain.

She wanted to take revenge on Carla and make her suffer and experience the pain that she had suffered these past days.

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When Carla arrived at the hotel and entered her suite, she put her luggage down.

She then called the factory to say that she would be there in the afternoon.

After the call, Carla began to take out the items from her suitcase. There was also a small suitcase that Terence had given her, but she didn't want to open it just yet not until she hung up all of her clothes in the closet.

Once she had finished, she saved the best till last and opened the small suitcase.

As soon as she saw the contents inside, Carla laughed out loud. There were a few books, a tablet, and a charger, some cash and a folded plastic bag. When she opened the plastic bag, she found a plastic dagger inside.

Terence put it there for her safety knowing that it wouldn't have been detected when she went through airport security. Even though it was plastic, it still had a very sharp edge and could be just as lethal as a metal one.

Carla put the dagger into her handbag. After removing everything out of the small suitcase, she found a picture frame at the bottom.

It was a picture of Terence and Carla.

"Come on, Terence. Are you afraid that I'll forget you? I'll only stay here for a few days, okay?"

said Carla as she kept on poking the smiling handsome face of the man holding her in the picture. Then she placed the photo on the nightstand in her bedroom.

Terence had arranged a driver for her. His name was Hardy Lin. So if she needed to go anywhere, she only had to ask him instead of having to hail a taxi all the time.

She visited the factory in the afternoon and found everything to be in order, for now.

She also specifically asked the person in charge of the production workshop to finish their work diligently and responsibly. Even though her manager sent her to supervise their work, the quality of the work depended on the factory workers.

Carla thought that the workers would pay more attention to the quality of the products if they knew that she represented the company.

When Carla left the factory, it was already getting late.

"Hardy?"

She looked around, but she just saw the car parked there without the driver.

She remembered that Hardy Lin had told her that he would wait for her until she finished.

She waited for a while and then finally she saw Hardy Lin come from the direction of the toilets. He held his stomach as he walked. "Miss Carla, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. I have a stomach ache."

"It's okay. Are you feeling better?" Carla asked with concern in her eyes.

Hardy Lin shook his head and sat in the driver's seat, gritting his teeth in pain.

Carla sat in the back seat of the car and didn't notice the bruise on Hardy Lin's face.

"Miss Carla, why don't you have dinner first and then I will take you to the hotel? I know a nice restaurant. Let me take you there, okay?"

Hardy Lin suggested as he started the car.

Without giving it much thought, Carla nodded. Anyway, it was still early, and it was probably a good idea to have dinner first and then go back to the hotel.

"Well, okay, then. Thank you."

She trusted Hardy Lin because he was the one that Terence had arranged for her.

After driving for a while, Hardy Lin finally stopped the car at a remote location. Carla looked around a little confused and asked, "Hardy, is there a restaurant out here in the middle of nowhere?"

"Oh, well, Miss Carla, just as the old proverb goes, 'Good wine needs no bush.' Although this restaurant is a little secluded, the food is excellent and delicious. You'll know what I'm talking about when you try it," replied Hardy Lin whose eyes were shining strangely. He got out of the car and looked around nervously and then walked over to open the door for Carla and walked ahead with her leaving the car behind.

That was when Carla noticed that there was something wrong with the way he walked.

"Hardy, what's wrong with your legs?" Carla asked, surprised. 'Before I went into the factory, he was fine. Why is he limping now?' Carla wondered.

"Oh—I'm fine. It's just my rheumatism playing up," hesitated Hardy Lin. Then he suddenly stopped in his tracks and said anxiously, "Actually, Miss Carla, let's go back to the car."

Carla looked at him in surprise. She wondered what was going on with him. He was acting very peculiar.

'Why would he suggest to bring me out all this way to have dinner and then say that we should go back without even having dinner?' thought Carla.

But Hardy Lin seemed to have made up his mind. He grabbed her arm and began to nearly drag her back, hurriedly to the car.

Just at that moment before they made it back to the car, there was a loud gritty voice that called out from behind them.

"Stop right there! Since you're here, it's too late to run now!"