Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 78 My Shoulder Is All Yours! (Part Two)

"Sean. I feel so lucky to have you as my little brother. If that's what you really want, then I look forward

to seeing the day you turn all of that into reality."

Tears started welling up in her bloodshot eyes. She wrapped her arms around Sean and had him in her

clutch for a long while, much like how they had always depended on each other through the years.

The night soon grew darker. Carla tucked Sean in his bed moments after he fell asleep. As she was

walking toward her room, her phone suddenly buzzed.

Without even checking who was calling her, she immediately picked up the phone. "Who is this?" she

asked.

"It's me."

From the sound of her voice, Terence could easily tell that she seemed quite exhausted and was about

to go to bed. With a heavy heart, he got so infuriated, "Are you seriously about to go to bed? You've got

to be kidding me. How can you sleep so easily knowing everything that happened?!"

Realizing that it was Terence calling, she yawned and took a glance at the clock hanging on the wall.

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she squinted and saw that the clock was about to strike one in the morning.

With a lazy voice, she replied, "What are you on about? So what if I'm going to bed? It's already way

past midnight. What else should I possibly be doing at this time?"

Terence couldn't stop himself from getting upset, but he tried his best to, at least, calm himself down a

bit. Taking in a deep breath, he blurted out, "Woman, how cold of you. I thought that you might be

losing sleep tonight after the conversation we had earlier. I've been patiently waiting for quite a long

time for an opportunity to sneak out of my ward. They finally let their guard down just so I could call you

and explain everything to you.

It seems like you were never really interested to hear my explanation at all. You don't seem to care

about everything that's happening regarding the engagement nor with whom I am going to be engaged

with! You're really breaking my heart, Carla. Do you know that?"

Only then was Carla finally able to understand why he was so pissed off that she was about to go to

bed. He had been caught up in a difficult situation, and yet, there she was, about to sleep soundly at

night. She didn't turn the lights on in her room, so as she was staring blankly in the darkness, she

calmly mumbled, "Terence, it's not that I don't care. I don't really have any right to say anything about

your engagement, do I? Most of all, I've seen this day coming from a mile away. I've told you not just

once, but countless times before. A man of your caliber can't be together with a woman like me. I've

been preparing myself for this day ever since we got together, possibly even way before that so it didn't

come as a surprise when I found out that you were bound to get married to another woman. No matter

how hard you have tried, what's not meant to be, won't be."

All that followed was a moment of silence after Carla said her piece.

"So, that's why you never gave me a chance to be intimate with you. You never really believed that I

was being true to you, and in turn, you've persuaded yourself that one day, I'll be leaving you. Is that

correct? Instead of falling so deeply in love with me and looking forward to our future together, you

chose to let go and give up on us so easily just like that. Is that right?" Terence carefully asked.

Carla didn't deny any of his accusations.

She kept her cool and replied, "If you really have to ask, then yes. That is my answer. If you were

somebody else, and if you weren't the 'golden bachelor' of the wealthiest, most influential, most

reputable, and most powerful family in all of JA City, I wouldn't have hesitated a thing and dove right in

head first in love with you. Because in that case, at least, I'll know that we could be considered equals

in our relationship.

But the moment I saw you get in that Rose-Royce Limousine, I lost faith that the two of us could ever Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

work out. We clearly weren't destined to be together. Even if we try to run away and fight it, reality

would just catch up to us and we'll just get hurt even more. So, you have to learn to face the truth and

accept the fact that the best way for me to protect you from getting hurt is to keep a proper distance

between us, and in turn, I'll be able to protect myself as well."

She wanted Terence to understand that she wasn't merely playing hard-to-get. Even if they eventually

got married for real, exchanged their vows and finally put a ring on their fingers, she wouldn't be willing

to risk everything just to be with him. Between the choice of having a meager chance to be with him

while possibly losing everything important to her, and staying as far away from him as possible yet still

having her boring but normal life, she wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter no matter what.

"Very well, Carla, if that's how you really feel."

He bit his lower lip and responded with a downcast voice. As he raised his head and gazed far beyond

the night sky, he thought that the stars were definitely shining but they weren't as big and bright as

people make them out to be, nothing more than an eyesore. Desperation and his faint hope swirled up

together in his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

He was feeling so hopeless after doing everything he could just to show her how he really felt, but she

had no faith in him whatsoever. However, at the very least, this time she said those things because she

was being honest and not just because being influenced by anyone else. That could be a good thing

because, by then, he wouldn't have to worry about whether she could handle the risky steps he

planned to take in the future.

"Carla, you've made yourself very clear. The engagement is true, so I guess that means you were right

after all. I'll give you some time to think things through. Until then, I won't be bothering you. I apologize

for getting you caught up in a lot of things. I know that I've broken all my promises to you, so this is all

on me. It's all my fault. I am in no place to blame you. Carla... I'm so sorry."

The darkness enveloping her inside that room turned out to be the best way to cover-up and prevent

the tears from seeing the light of day. She tilted her head up, staring into the ceiling, and wouldn't let

the tears run down her face.

"Terence, there's no need for you to apologize. You didn't do anything wrong. After all, I never really did

agree to be your girlfriend anyway." She bit her lips hard to stop the tears from coming and faked a

bitter smile with her brows intensely furrowed. "Don't do anything stupid or try to go against them in any

way. Most of all, don't you dare think that you have to prove that you're a man of your word and insist to

make all your promises come true.

You'd only be wasting your time because I don't care anymore."

The minute he said he'd give her some time to think it over, Carla knew instantly that he was up to no

good. Go against his family? Run away on the engagement day? Merely thinking about the plans he

might've laid out was enough to give Carla a headache. Even though it hadn't been so long since

they've been together, she knew Terence wouldn't just give up on her that easily. Therefore, she might

as well sprinkle some salt on his wounds by saying she didn't give a damn.

Upon hearing her response, he muted himself from the line and burst into laughter on the roof of the

hospital. 'This woman knows me so damn well. Of course, I won't be choosing any woman other than

her. God, she's perfect, ' Terence thought to himself feeling extremely elated. About two seconds later,

he cleared his throat and immediately got back on the line.

"Carla, I admit that I may not always be perfect, and I may not seem to be a man of my words, and I

may not always be able to keep all of my promises. However, for you, I will..."

He desperately wanted to tell Carla that no matter what, he would always be there to protect her and

fight for her. But before he could say anything else, the sound of some light footsteps coming from

behind him suddenly caught his attention.