Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 221 Be Your Only Man

As soon as they were done having lunch, they immediately left the An's Manor.

Instead of holding it at the company building, a meeting was arranged at some other business hotel of

the AJ Group. It seemed as though there was some pressing matter which Terence had to take care of.

It was something of high priority. The driver didn't really have the time to bring Carla back to the villa, so

Carla had no choice but to tag along and to come to the hotel too.

Terence headed straight upstairs to come to the meeting. Carla then had to be left to herself randomly

wandering around in the lounge. Finding some interesting computer games, she stayed for a while in

the fancy break-room and had fun playing a couple of video games.

But still, she felt as if time had been passing by much slower as she waited. She just couldn't help but

shoot quick glances at the elevator and thinking, 'What's taking them too long? isn't it over yet?'

Shrugging it off, she just went ahead and resumed what she had been doing, 'Well, he's just doing his

job. He's such a busy man.'

Carla shrugged again as she resigned herself to just be patient and keep on waiting.

A feeling of uselessness crept down Carla all of a sudden. The things she had learned wouldn't be of

any help to Terence whatsoever.

He had himself surrounded by a group of talented people. While Carla, on the other hand, had neither

a higher education nor a substantial amount of practical work knowledge. If she didn't really have

anything to do with Terence, it was quite certain that she might not be able to step a foot into their

building to receive an interview from his company.

"Carla?"

A familiar voice helped Carla come to her senses. She turned around reflexively and found Evan

standing there, someone whom she hadn't seen in quite a while.

"Evan?" Carla called out to him, feeling so astonished. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

"I can't believe it! It really is you! I thought I might have just been seeing things!" Evan blurted out

before approaching her. Taking a good look at Carla, he said with a big smile on his face, "It's been

such a long time since the last time I saw you. I never would've imagined we would bump into each

other at a place like this."

"You could say the same for me! You haven't changed at all!" Carla remarked.

Stepping out of the treadmill, she instantly wiped away the sweat off of her forehead and smiled back at

him.

He seemed just as lively, not to mention just as handsome, as the last time Carla laid her eyes on him.

Back then, his gentle smile had the power of lighting her up and bringing warmth into her heart. But in

contrast, she didn't feel a thing anymore right now.

Sometimes, distance can cause a person to feel some things that shouldn't have been there otherwise.

Meaning to say, getting closer wouldn't be a good move, because then it would cause those feelings to

die down little by little.

"I'm still the same. But if I may say so, you look so nice! Much like a beautiful swan! I'm well aware that

you're a pretty girl. But how come I never realized before just how stunning you can become?" Even

teased her a little.

Checking out her pretty face and round eyes, she still exuded the same purity and innocence just as

she used to way back when. But all of the sharp features had gotten so smoothed out.

Evan had known since forever that she was unlike any other girls. He somewhat had the idea even

then that her natural beauty would surface one in time, bursting out from underneath its cover.

That being said, it came as no surprise how she turned out to be such a stunning lady akin to a

beautiful orchid just after a little drizzle, glistening with exuberant hues. She was the spitting image of

an angel if he ever saw one. Along with her alluring glow, any man would find it hard to look away, but it

was not like anyone would ever want to do so anyway.

"Ha..." Carla let out an audible chuckle. Receiving a flattering remark coming from him, Carla couldn't

help herself from laughing out loud. She wasn't quite sure what she was laughing about though,

whether it was her past innocence or his sudden realization.

"Thank you, Evan! That lightened me up. By the way, what have you been up to lately? Are you already

married?" Carla curiously asked.

She knew full well that he had been engaged with Nina for quite some time.

However, Even simply shook his head and didn't say a word at first. A bitter smile crept up onto his

face and he sighed, "No, I'm not. The engagement actually got cancelled. Nina and I, the two of us just

aren't made for each other."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I apologize for asking so insensitively. But let me just say that you deserve

someone much better!" Even if Carla didn't really find this news so surprising, she still tried to lighten

up his mood even if just a little.

Evan glanced at Carla. The usual way that she talked to him as well as the things she told him made

him feel as though things were still the same as they were back in BH City. Always so brimming with

energy, there wasn't anything that could get Carla down.

Aware that Carla had been waiting for quite some time down at the lobby, Terence was in a hurry to get

everything taken care, so he could come to her as soon as he could.

The moment the doors opened, Terence stepped out of the elevator and saw Carla, who seemed to

have been having a great time catching up with Evan.

Carla had been keeping an eye on the elevator, waiting for so long for him to come down. So, as soon

as the doors opened, she noticed Terence right away. A wide smile instantly appeared across her face,

and she promptly dashed toward him.

Evan was caught by surprise. He had mistaken that Carla's innocent smile was for him. But then she

just went past him.

Evan turned around to check who it was and saw that a good-looking man just walked out of the

elevator.

"If you took just another minute longer, you would gotten here and found me dead out of boredom!"

Carla mumbled as she wrapped her arms around his waist.

She really sucked at lying and keeping her thoughts to herself. She just couldn't pull off a lie in front of

Terence. That being said, he could easily tell that she had been truly bored out of her wits aimlessly

roaming around the lounge and waiting for his meeting to end.

"Were you really? I got here and saw that someone had been keeping you company," Terence

remarked. With Carla wrapped up in his clutch, he shot Evan a quick glance.

Carla was just too thrilled to finally see Terence again that she had completely forgotten all about Evan.

She playfully stuck her tongue out and dragged Terence over to where Evan was. "Evan! Do you still

remember this guy? He is... Terence!"

She introduced Terence to Evan feeling quite proud of him.

If he was being completely honest, Evan actually got a bit intimated from Terence's stare. He tried his

best to gather himself up and gave him a disgruntled smile. Extending his hand over to him, he said,

"Terence, it's nice to see you again! If I'm not mistaken, the two of us might be cousins."

He thought that it was quite ironic. Never would he have thought Terence would end up being the next

in line to inherit the An's properties when they first met each other back in BH City.

"... might be," Terence just politely shook Evan's hand. Then, he sarcastically went on and said, "Carla,

you heard that, right? The two of us are cousins. So, the next time you happen to bump into him, call

him cousin Evan. He's family!"

Utterly disregarding Evan's awkward reaction, he added, "It's nice to see you again as well. I really

would've loved to catch up with you a little, but there's some pressing matters which we still have to

take care of. I guess we'll see you around!"

Terence had no intention of staying there for too long whatsoever. Grabbing Carla by the hand, they

headed out of the hotel without delay.

Terence saw no point of acting nice and wasting his precious time on Evan. The two of them could

never be friends.

The moment Carla stepped foot into the car, she pondered about it for a while and wrapped her head

around the idea that Evan and Terence were actually related.

A voice abruptly brought her back into reality, "Carla, I won't allow you to go around thinking about

anyone other than me! You're only permitted to think about your own man!"

Carla couldn't find the strength to hold it in and burst out laughing. Staring at the man sitting next to her,

she teased him, "My own man, you say? Are you sure about that? You sure you want to be my only

man?"

Raising his eyebrows a tad bit, Terence instantaneously fixated his gaze on her and responded in an

earnest tone, "Of course, I am a hundred percent sure about this. I want to be your one and only man."

Just as he was about to lean in and kiss her, she caught him off guard and beat him to it.

With her arms wrapped around Terence's neck, she pressed her lips on his so swiftly.

Rainer forced out a cough.

He wanted those two love birds to realize his existence and that they weren't alone in there.

Terence was so disappointed that his precious moment had gotten interrupted.

He picked up the drink on the side of the car and furiously threw it at Rainer. He said, "If you're not

feeling well, go take some medicine. There's no need for you to get in my way."

Carla got a bit flushed red and hid her face right between her arms. Rainer accompanied Terence

everywhere, so she got kind of used to it that she forgot his presence at times.

Heading back over to the Seaview Villa, Terence couldn't wait to bring Carla upstairs in his room and

was so raring to go.