Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 101

Carla told herself repeatedly not to care about Terence.

But, could she really deny her love for him?

After spending a long time together, Carla and Terence knew each other like a couple. Thinking back to those happy days, she felt like she was watching a movie, remembering everything as if it were only yesterday.

Ironically, the more she tried to resist the urge to see Terence, the more she told herself that she really cared about him.

Though she didn't want to admit her love for Terence, she had fallen deeply in love with him.

The more she tried to suppress her true feelings, the more she missed him.

Carla had to admit that she really cared about him a lot, but she was afraid that she was too humble to be his girlfriend.

Despite of her sense of inferiority, she loved him from the bottom of her heart.

She actually cared about him so much, but she always assumed an air of indifference. She had masked her feelings well.

All she had left was her dignity.

She would rather keep her dignity than humbly entreat him to pity her. Even if he left, she hoped that she would be able to survive without him.

Carla curled up into a ball and covered herself with the quilt, trying to soothe herself.

Still, she felt sad with longing.

She often recalled Terence's handsome picture from the cover of a magazine where he was formally dressed and had a broad smile. The more he smiled brightly, the more she felt pain in her heart.

The feeling of heartache almost engulfed and choked her.

Sean came back from school. He called out to her as soon as he came into the house.

"Carla, Carla.

Where are you, sister?"

Hearing her brother's voice, Carla quickly wiped away her tears, combed her tangled hair and got dressed. Then she went out to greet him.

"Have you finished your class?"

She didn't want her brother to see how helpless and depressed she felt at the moment. After all, she was his older sister who was responsible for protecting him. She had to make herself strong because he looked up to her for guidance and relied on her.

"Yes, Carla. Have you been crying?"

Although Carla smiled, Sean could see the sadness in her eyes.

"No. My eyes are sore. Why did you come home so early today? I'll start dinner for you," she said, trying to change the subject. Carla hurried off into the kitchen.

Sean followed her and grabbed her by the arm suddenly to attract her attention.

"Carla, I have something to tell you."

He looked up at her and said, "I mentioned this to you last year, but you have probably forgotten about it since you are really busy. Anyway, our teacher said that seven outstanding students would be selected and sent to study in the best school in JA City for one month this year.

It's an inter-school communication program that has been running for a while now. Well, the teacher said it would be implemented this year.

The school selects seven of the best students according to their comprehensive performance and results—"

Sean blinked and furrowed his brows, looking at her. It seemed that he had something to say but stopped for some reason.

Carla was thinking about something else then. After hearing his words, she woke up from her daydream. She smiled and looked down at him, saying, "My dear brother, you have been selected, haven't you?"

She knew that Sean had excellent grades. Although she always criticized him in order that he wouldn't become too proud and complacent with his studies, she admitted that he was really good in all aspects.

"Yes!" Sean nodded, still looking at her with expectant eyes.

Carla ruffled his hair up and said, "You're very good. I'm so proud of you. But I will be worried about you when you go so far away."

Sean was worried that Carla might not let him go. But when he heard what she had said, his heart was filled with joy and he smiled happily back at her.

"You don't have to worry about that. The teacher also said that we could ask an elder to accompany us. After all, we are still primary school students. There will be a unified apartment for us to live in. Except for some accommodation fees, we don't have to pay for anything else!"

Carla went silent for a moment and Sean noticed the hesitation in her eyes.

"Carla, this is a very rare opportunity and only a select few are chosen. I have heard that there are professional foreign language teachers in the school of JA City. Their education is very advanced and very outstanding. If I go there to study, I will benefit a lot from it!"

Sean held her by the arm again and looked at her with pleading eyes.

Her silence was not entirely due to the fact that Terence was in JA City. After all, her brother's education was much more important than that.

Didn't she work so hard so that her brother could have a better education?

The problem was that she had been working at this new place for only a short time. If she asked for a month's leave during this critical time, she wondered what the manager would think and if she would even be approved for a month off of work.