Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 224 Losing Contact (Part One)

As soon as Carla got back to Terence's Seaview Villa, she immediately headed upstairs and shut

herself inside her room to inspect the ring. Be that as it might, no matter how she put it, in the end, she

was not a professional. So, as one might've expected, she wasted quite some time trying to figure

something out, only to end up empty-handed. All she noticed was how its color seemed somewhat

identical to that of Nicholas' gem.

From out of the blue, she suddenly remembered something. Carla brought out her phone, went ahead

and dialed Terence's number.

Terence mentioned something about how a wealthy man was the one who had given the ring to her

father. If that was really the case, then who could that rich man be?

Terence probably knew something about the mysterious man.

Even though she really couldn't wait to ask him, Terence wasn't picking up his phone.

Carla tried to call him again, but she didn't get any answer.

It was quite possible that he was still busy with work, so Carla decided not to bother him. She had been

looking into it for some time now, so it wouldn't hurt to wait some more.

But for some unexplainable reason, she just had an ominous feeling in her bones.

She just began feeling so anxious as soon as she hung up the phone.

One by one, a series of worrisome events cropped up without any sort of warning.

Carla decided to wait up until much, much later in the evening. Due to the different time zones, it

should be noontime in NF city right about now. Carla was under the assumption that Terence should be

having lunch around that time, so she tried calling him once more. She just couldn't simply go to sleep

without first making sure that he was doing fine.

That being said, Terence still wasn't picking up his phone at all for some reason.

She only got the automated response saying again and again, "Sorry, the number you have dialled is

powered off."

Without delay, Carla sat up from bed in an instant. Six hours had already passed since the last time

she made a call attempt. She found it hard to believe that Terence could go for six straight hours

without checking his phone at all. Why would he turn his phone off just like that?

Right then and there, an unfamiliar sense of panic sent shivers down her spine. She felt so distressed

and ill at ease not knowing how Terence was doing.

The thought of Rainer who was supposed to be accompanying him suddenly came to Carla's mind.

She wasted no time and dialed his number, starting to get more and more anxious, but sadly, he wasn't

answering his phone as well.

She was starting to lose it, with so much stress piling up. It was already the wee hours of the morning,

but she just couldn't get any sleep at all.

She knew next to nothing when it came to Terence's closest friends, and she also had no intentions of

disturbing Nicholas knowing full well how late it had gotten. The only thing she could do now was to

wait until the morning came and hope for the best. She kept tossing and turning all over her bed, calling

Rainer and Terence's number countless times even though she should be getting some rest.

Barely even two days had passed since the last time the two of them talked with each other over the

phone, so why on earth would he have lost contact from her out of nowhere?

Carla grabbed her phone and headed straight toward the living room. Sitting and fidgeting on the sofa,

she persistently dialed their numbers on five-minute intervals. She somewhat lost track of time that she

had no idea when she actually fell asleep. And when she finally opened her eyes again, she had been

welcomed by the morning already.

Carla had no plans to stay there and wait, wasting even more time. Pulling herself together, she got

herself ready and rushed downstairs instantaneously. Then, she promptly arranged for the driver to

bring her to the An's Manor. She was so desperate to find out what happened to Terence that she had

decided to directly ask Nicholas for some assistance.

Having said that, she tried to think it over the moment she stepped foot into the car.

She realized there was no way she could tell Nicholas about it since he was suffering from a serious

heart disease. What if, out of so much shock, he suddenly had a heart attack after finding out that she

couldn't get a hold of Terence?

Carla thought about it so hard. She opted not to get into the car and carefully closed the door,

appearing to be so deep in thought.

'Carla, you have to get your act together. You've got this. Terence could probably be in the middle of

such a crucial meeting, so that he couldn't find the time to answer my calls, right?

But, why was it that even Rainer himself wasn't answering my calls?' Carla tried the best she could, but

she couldn't convince herself that Terence was doing alright.

Shaking her head, which was currently under so much pain, Carla knew she couldn't just sit still and

wait like that any longer. Was there anyone else she could possibly turn to for help other than

Nicholas? Wait! There might just be! Edmund! A surprising name suddenly popped up into her head.

He was Terence's father after all. Despite the fact that he wasn't really so fond of his son, there was no

way he could just turn a blind eye if Terence had gotten in danger, right?

With that in mind, Carla swung open the door again, entered the car, instructing the driver, "Could you

bring me to the East Yard of An's Manor please?"

The second she got there, Carla sprung out of the vehicle and frantically ran toward the front door.

The attendant had been so utterly astonished to see her there. However, he didn't bother trying to stop

her since he knew full well who she was. All he did was ask the other attendants to inform Edmund

about her arrival straight away.

"Uncle Edmund! Uncle Edmund!" Carla called out to him as she hurriedly ran over to where he was.

"Would you please stop yelling and screaming?! You just never learn how to behave yourself, do you?"

Edmund had his eyebrows deeply knit the second he saw Carla dashing into his house looking so

tensed up.

Carla didn't have the time to be worrying about her actions. "Uncle, by any chance, have you... heard This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - ©.

from Terence?" she was panting, making it quite obvious she was so out of breath.

It was the only thing that mattered to her in that moment. The only things she had being dying to know.

Since he had actually just woken up for only a couple of minutes, her weird inquiry made him feel so

confused.