Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 10

Gripping her hand tightly, Terence leaned close to Carla and whispered in her ear,"I'll pay you back in the future. It'll be my treat. I promise that I won't take advantage of you."

Even though he said it sincerely, Carla didn't have it in her to believe his words.

It was not her first time to hear promises such as these. From her experience, this kind of promise was nothing but empty words. She raised her head and gave Terence the most menacing glare that she could manage. Pulling her hand from his, she sped up and tried to catch up with Sean who was walking ahead of her.

Terence shook his head, arched an eyebrow and smiled. His offer was well meant, and he was very serious when he made that promise. However, it seemed as if Carla did not appreciate his suggestion.

He felt that she was angry at Nina. How could she not? She had been glaring at Nina since they ran into each other. That was why he suggested that they had lunch at a fancy restaurant. Everyone knew that revenge was a dish best served cold, and where better to serve it than in a very fancy restaurant? Besides, it was always best to deal with the problem now rather than prolong it.

At the fancy Michelin-starred restaurant.

It was Sean's first time to eat in a restaurant as fancy as this. Hell, it was even his first time to enter a place so luxurious as this! The decoration was so beautiful he couldn't help but look around. He saw marble statues strewn around the room and giant crystal chandelier was hanging in the center of the ceiling! Everything was so new to him that he couldn't help but comment about the decoration.

He tugged at Carla's sleeve, and whispered,"Carla, look up! Look at the circular chandelier. It's so beautiful. I've never seen such a unique chandelier. I bet it's made of diamonds! l wonder how much it must have cost the owner to buy that. I bet that it's really expensive."

"Hey! Look over there! The fish tank is so big. It's as high as the wall. At first glance I thought it was a wall, but then I saw the fishes move. Look at all the different fishes they have inside. They even have corals! I bet that fish tank can rival an aquarium. I already feel as if we really are in one!" he continued.

Carla looked at Sean and smiled bitterly. She knew that he was just excited to be in a place like this but she couldn't help but feel a bit sad. Their parents died a long time ago and since then, money had been scarce and difficult to come by. They were always having a hard time, sometimes, they even struggled to put food on the table. It was the first time for both of them to enter such a fancy restaurant. Sean found everything interesting but she couldn't help but feel as if they didn't belong here.

Nina was holding Evan's arm and was walking ahead of them. She heard Sean's words and found it very ridiculous. "Such a country bumpkin! Pathetic," she sneered in a low voice.

Terence had been walking in the back and was following them. There was a tender look in his eyes that even he wasn't aware of. He couldn't help but smile. He lengthened his stride, and decided that he should keep up with them.

They approached their table and Terence stepped forward and pulled the beautiful blue fabric chair for Carla, then he helped Sean to properly be seated at the table.

Evan and Nina sat down by themselves. They couldn't help but notice how Terence meticulously attended to Carla and Sean. They exchanged a glance with each other.

Terence had been taking good care of Carla and Sean, and he behaved decently around them. He was nothing but a complete gentleman. They wondered how Carla managed to get a man like him.

"You said your name is Terence An. Am I right? Are you in any way related to the famous An family in JA City?" asked Evan.

Evan had been wanting to ask this question ever since Terence said that his last name was An.

Terence didn't answer his question right away. He placed Sean's napkin on his lap carefully and made sure that Sean was properly seated first before answering the question.

"No," he replied curtly.

"No" was the answer that Nina had expected. She turned to Evan, who was sitting next to her and said,"Evan, the An Family is a very famous family. It is a great clan respected by many. Even though his last name is An, it doesn't mean that he is related to the An Family."

"Even though your family is merely distantly related to the An Family, your family is also a very notable family. If he is a relative, don't you think that you would be able to recognize him? You're so silly. How can you think that he is in any way related to you? You don't even know the man," she added.

Nina was arrogant, but what she said was undeniably the truth. The An Family was a noble clan. Majority of the family members were senior politicians or successful businessmen. Even though he was merely a distant relative, he was already pretty popular. It seemed almost impossible to meet a relative that he did not know or a relative that did not know him.

Evan knew that Nina had a point, but Terence looked oddly familiar, so he kept wondering if he had seen him somewhere before.

Evan kept on thinking that he might have met Terence before, but he wasn't entirely sure.

After looking at the strange looks on Evan's and Nina's faces, Carla began to wonder about Terence and his real identity. Terence had already finished placing their order and already handed back the menu to the waiter. Carla glanced at him curiously.

"I'm sure that there are a lot of families that are even richer than the An family. Money is not everything. Besides, 'An' is a very common last name. Not everyone whose last name is An wants to be linked with the An family you're talking about. It's not that big of a deal," Carla retorted.

She hated to see Nina looking down on Terence. The An family they had been talking about might be rich people, but it didn't mean that they were better people than Terence.

She believed that whether or not Terence was a good person did not depend on his last name.

Not everyone with the last name An was rich. It might be true that Terence was poor, but....... when she first met him, he seemed like a good person.

After speaking her mind, she prodded Terence on the side with her elbow.

Terence smiled softly at her, with tenderness in his eyes.

"No, I don't think the An family is a big deal. Everything in the world is a drop in the ocean after all," he added.