Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 535 Sweetheart, I Deserve Punishment

"Go to the laundry area and fetch a washboard for me."

"... Well, okay, Mrs. Carla."

After Carla said it one more time, Nathan went ahead and did as she instructed.

Terence was well aware that she wasn't planning to wash clothes with a washboard. So, there could

only be one possibility.

"Sweetheart, can't you just punish me tomorrow?"

Terrence asked, wearing a bittersweet smile on his face.

Pulling her hand back, she broke free from his grip and walked forward.

As that was happening, Lucy entered the room carrying her daughter in her arms. As always, her gaze

was completely glued to Terence.

It didn't take too long before Nathan came back holding a washboard in his hand.

"Mrs. Carla, I've got the washboard you asked for," he told her.

Nathan didn't have the faintest idea as to why Carla asked him to bring the washboard to this room.

Fortunately for him, Sophie was fond of doing the laundry using a washboard. If that wasn't the case,

then he wouldn't have a clue where to possibly find one. Since washing machine were more convenient

to use, washboards have become rare.

Carla grabbed the washboard he was holding and placed it right in the middle of the living room. "Get

down on your knees and kneel on this until midnight. You're only allowed to stand up during dinner

time."

When she was done giving her instructions, Carla turned around to leave. But then, Nathan suddenly

got down and knelt on the washboard.

"Nathan, what on earth are you doing?"

Hearing this, Nathan's jaw dropped. "Mrs. Carla, weren't you the one who asked me to kneel here? Do

you think you can ask Mr. Terence to do such a dreadful thing?"

"But of course! You're not the one who made a terrible mistake, right? So, why are you the one

kneeling there?"

Carla said, raising her eyebrows in the process. Then, she instructed him to stand up right away.

However, Nathan refused to do so and simply kept his head down. "No, Mrs. Carla, just please let me

do it instead of Mr. Terence. He shouldn't be doing something like this!"

'Mr. Terence's body is so precious! How on God's earth could she make him kneel on such a tough and

rough surface?' Nathan thought.

Just as Carla's was about to say something back, Terence walked over and quickly pulled Nathan up.

"Nathan, if you want me to be able to sleep after midnight, stop trying to help me like this. It's only

going to make things worse. Trust me."

After Nathan got up, Terence took off his coat and handed it over to him. Then, he went ahead and got

down on his knees himself.

Carla had a reason for asking Lucy to stay.

She wanted to establish her dominance for Lucy to realize that she, Carla, was the only hostess of the

Seaview Villa.

Terence understood that right away. For as long as it could help Carla feel even just a little bit better, he

was willing to do whatever it was that she asked him to do.

After that, Carla went upstairs, leaving him kneeling on the washboard in the middle of the living room

on the first floor.

Watching all of this made Lucy's blood run cold. As she held her daughter in her arms, she didn't know

what to say or do in that situation.

Upstairs.

Carla headed toward the main bedroom and took a look around. It still looked the way that it was

before. Nothing seemed to have changed inside the room.

When she opened the wardrobe to check its contents, she found out that they were all Terence's

clothes. Lucy's belongings were nowhere to be found.

"Mrs. Carla, are you going to make Sally stay in Gail's room?"

Sophie asked as she entered the room.

"No, just let her sleep in my room for a couple of days. For now, please redecorate the rooms where

Lucy and Gail have been staying. Make sure that everything inside is disposed of, then put some new

furniture instead."

Carla told her as she looked at Sally who was sleeping like a log in the master's bedroom.

She didn't want to see anything related to Lucy and Gail.

But it was not that she was being spiteful or mean.

It was just that, deep inside, she simply couldn't bear the thought of it.

Anything that reminded her of that mother and daughter was bound to make her feel uncomfortable in

her own home.

"As you wish, Mrs. Carla. I'm going to ask someone to do as you said first thing tomorrow morning."

After asking if there was anything else Carla might need, Sophie nodded her head and headed

downstairs.

Meanwhile, in the living room on the first floor.

Lucy couldn't do anything but watch as Terence knelt on the washboard. This was making her feel so

uneasy. With her daughter in her arms, she walked over toward him and knelt down right beside him.

"Terence... How can you possibly keep doing that? Does it hurt? Please get up!"

Lucy exclaimed, giving an expression of sympathy for him.

In her eyes, Terence was such a precious man. And yet Carla had the audacity to make him kneel on

the washboard! As if that wasn't bad enough, it all happened in front of so many servants without

showing any respect for him whatsoever! This was just too much!

She noticed that Terence wasn't answering her and simply kept kneeling with his eyes closed. It was as

though he didn't hear her at all.

In spite of everything, this was probably the happiest he had ever been in the past four years.

Even as he was being punished by Carla to kneel on the washboard, he couldn't care less about how

hard it was as he was still brimming with happiness at the moment.

"Terence, she just got back, but she's already treating you like this. Are you telling me that you're willing

to let her keep pushing you around for the rest of your life?" Lucy asked, feeling awful.

Gail, who was only one year old, was being held by her mother. The little girl was stretching out her

arms and trying to grab Terence's clothes as if she was asking him to hold her.

Noticing this, Terence opened his eyes and looked at the baby Lucy was holding in her arms. It looked

so cute and so damn precious.

Sally had also been at that age. Sad to say, he wasn't around to see her back then.

Raising a child at such an age was probably extremely difficult. During that time, Carla had to take care

of Sally all by herself. Just how much did Carla have to endure in the past three years?

Lucy noticed that Terence was looking at her daughter tenderly. For that reason, she thought that he

might be thinking of the happy times the two of them had spent together.

"Terence, to be honest, I never really wanted to ask anything from you. All I wanted was to stay with

you so that my daughter can grow up having a father she could look up to...

Never in my wildest dreams have I ever thought of taking her place. Terence, you're aware of all of this,

right?"

At that moment, Carla had just come downstairs after changing her clothes.

"Well, why is Miss Lucy also kneeling on the ground? You shouldn't do that! Please stand up. You are a

guest here. How can I just let you kneel like that?"

Carla said as she tried to help Lucy get up.

She had assumed that Lucy would go and talk to Terence. In truth, she didn't want Lucy to wait for

another opportunity, so she thought she should give her enough time now.

"Ms. Ji, don't you think that what you're doing to Terence is a bit too much? You've gone overboard. If

you want to drive me away, I will leave. But you shouldn't be treating Terence like that! He doesn't

deserve it!"

Lucy stood up and blurted out.

"What's more, Terence is your husband, as well as the president of the AJ Group. He has his own

pride. Don't you realize that what you asked him to do is really humiliating for him?

Carla blinked in surprise and burst into laughter. In Lucy's eyes, she was a very unreasonable woman.

"But he has made such a terrible mistake. If I don't let him know what he did wrong, then how is he

supposed to learn his lesson?"

Hearing her answer, Lucy couldn't help but laugh.

"What did he do wrong? At that time, he thought that you were already dead. You didn't show up for

four long years. Do you seriously believe that he should wait for you forever? Did you really want him to

be alone for the rest of his life without ever knowing if you were going to come back or not?"

Everyone around her told her that Carla was such a nice woman. But right now, seeing what was in

front of her, she truly believed that Carla was just a narrow-minded woman.

Hearing her remarks, Carla pursed her lips. She wasn't expecting that Lucy would say something like

that.

"Terence, could you please do the honor of telling her what you've done wrong? If you can answer the

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Carla told Terence, who was still quietly kneeling on the washboard.