Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 175 Did You Miss Me

Terence's eyes grew wide and knocked over the camera with his pen. "Don't just show up like that. I

know you are skilful enough to hack into my computer. You can scare people at night!"

Bryant scratched his head while he chuckled.

"I thought it was you last time! I mean, you don't usually allow anyone into your study. I didn't expect it

to be Miss Carla..."

Bryant hastily explained his mistake from the last time.

"Fine. Go. What do you have for me this time?" Terence asked. He leaned against his chair and fiddled

with the pen he picked up from his table.

"Look, here's the problem. When I started to investigate into Miss Carla, I found that Noah had already

started an investigation before me. And York, the second son of the Hua family, also seemed to know

something."

Bryant continued, "Allen's health is getting worse by the minute. That's also why he has deployed more

people to find Miss Carla. His sons are eager to find her right now. That is also why I need to remind

you to take good care of your woman!"

Terence froze at what Bryant just shared with him. It took him a few seconds before he fidgeted with

the pen in his hand and replied, "Okay, yeah, got it."

The more his sons tried to covered the truth, the sooner Allen would know of Carla's existence.

It looked like Carla's family secret would be revealed and exposed soon.

In the BH City, after Carla arrived home from work, she remembered that Terence once placed

cameras in different areas of her house.

She rolled up her sleeves and searched for the cameras in every nook and cranny in her house.

She needed to dismantle all of them.

But she couldn't find a single camera. Where were they? Where could Terence have installed them?

But then, she recalled someone changed the bulbs for her.

Carla went back to her bedroom. She stood on a chair to remove the bulb from the ceiling light. As

expected, there was a pinhole camera inside it.

She checked the lights again one by one and found all the cameras. Carla exhaled a sigh of relief when

she found the last one. Finally, some privacy!

At the Seaview Villa in JA City, Terence returned to his bedroom and turned on the CCTV system on

his tablet like he always did. But this time, all he could see was static. He checked the camera in

Carla's living room and it was the same static.

He set his tablet on the desk, and his brows furrowed.

The cameras worked perfectly fine the past week. What had happened? Did Carla find them and

dismantle all of them? What happened?

Deep in thought, he jumped when his phone rang.

He checked his phone and saw Carla's name on the screen, requesting for a video call. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Terence hesitated but accepted the call anyway.

There was no one on the screen. "Hello?" he called out but no one appeared. "Carla?" he called for

her. He was about to say something again when a black mask appeared.

"Did I scare you?"

the masked person asked with a chuckle. The masked person sounded exactly like Carla.

Terence stared at the screen, at Carla's facial mask and smirked. His men reported that she worked

overtime almost every day.

He was right, all along.

He knew she left so suddenly because her company came calling and needed her help. She never

really learned how to say no to other people.

"What? You weren't scared? You're no fun!" Carla peeled off her mask and used her fingers to let her

skin absorb the serum. She looked straight at Terence on the screen.

"Why are you quiet, Terence? Are you still mad at me? I- I know I should have told you before I left. But

I was afraid that you wouldn't allow me to leave. But don't worry, okay? I've already decided that when I

finish my work, I'm going to resign. It won't be long now!"

Carla quickly explained to Terence when she saw his scowl.

Terence frowned when he saw her thinning face. Carla seemed to have lost more weight since she left,

even though he made sure she was eating a lot when they were together.

"Are you eating? Are you eating on time every day?" Terence asked sullenly.

Carla smiled and her eyes lit up when Terence spoke up. She was so happy he was finally talking to

her again. She moved closer to the phone and replied, "Of course! I always eat all my meals on time

every day."

Terence grunted.

'Eating on time. Yeah, right. Breakfast at street carts. Takeaway for lunch. And junk food for dinner!' he

screamed in his mind.

Her life was pretty predictable and he knew every minute of it.

How could he put on a smile in front of her, knowing that she lived such an unhealthy life without him?

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not lying! Hey, where's Sean? Is he sleeping now?" Terence's

stare was making her uneasy, so Carla changed the topic. Besides, he looked at her like he knew

everything about her.

"Yes. He's already asleep," Terence replied.

"Does he miss me?" Carla continued to ask.

"No, he doesn't," Terence replied curtly.

"What? How can he not miss me? You're lying to me," Carla exclaimed in disbelief. Sean had been

living with her since he had been born. How could he not miss her while she was away?

"If you don't believe me, come back and see for yourself,"

Terence responded.

Carla stood up and told Terence, "I have to wash my face now. You can hang up if you're busy." She

turned on her heels and marched to the bathroom.

When she turned around, Terence's face changed and he couldn't help but stare at Carla.

She liked to wear clothes that were airy and moved with her when she was at home. Tonight, she was

only wearing a short slip dress. When she moved, he saw her supple thighs on screen. The sight of her

reminded him of their wonderful times in bed. His breath grew heavier.

He had repressed his desire after she left. But it all came rushing back at that moment. He felt a fire lit

in his body and heat swallowed him.

When Carla came back, Terence was already gone.

She brushed her hair when she took the phone. She had wanted to tell him that he could see her at

any time.

And he didn't need to watch her through pinhole cameras. If he wanted to see her, all he had to do was

picking up the phone and starting a video call with her. He didn't need to do anything like that behind

her back.

Carla yawned and dragged herself to her bedroom so she could sleep.

It was already late and she needed to get up early to attend to pile of work in the morning.

At a little before 5 in the morning, small noises jolted Carla up and away from her beautiful dream. She

heard someone sneak into her home.

She lived alone so she had already trained herself to stay alert to any little noise.

Carla kept her eyes closed but she knew someone was already there and they were coming closer.

She slid her hand under her pillow and grasped the wooden stick underneath.

The stick was heavy and long and made a very useful weapon to drive away any thief. That was the

main reason she bought it.

She hurled the stick at the intruder with a scream but a familiar hand grasped it tight. She looked up

and discovered Terence in her bedroom. Terence took the stick away from Carla and shouted, "Carla,

stop! It's me! And why do you have a stick under your bed?"

Carla exhaled the breath she held when she swung the stick. She was relieved to hear Terence's voice

and not have to confront a thief.

"Terence, are you crazy? Why are you sneaking inside? Were you trying to scare me?" Carla yelled

and threw a pillow at him.

She always needed to be prepared, in case of another kidnapping.

She was alone in a big house and she didn't feel safe staying there by herself. How could she fall

asleep without being prepared?

Terence placed the stick on the table, safe from everyone. When he turned around to face Carla, she

had already gotten up and threw herself into his arms.

He smiled at her beautiful face and embraced her tightly.

"Did you miss me?" he asked Carla.