Terence gazed upon himself along with everything else around him and smiled, feeling quite proud of himself and pulling over a thin Durham quilt to cover himself up. And then he laid right next to her and whispered closely to her ear, "You've been writing me off for so long, so I can't help but fall even more in love when there's a beauty right here by my side."
Carla didn't bother humoring him with a response. All she did was to gently bury her head into Terence's arms and pull the quilt over to herself as well, closing her eyes and snuggling into his arms to take a nap without a care in the world.
She had slept for more than an hour after that. When she finally woke up, Terence wasn't by her side anymore and had already gone.
She quickly scrambled for her mobile phone to check it, and found a single unread message.
"I'm sorry I left without saying a word. You looked so beautiful in your sleep that I didn't want to disturb you. I have to visit the hospital first, and then I'll just come over to see you and Sean later in the evening."
It was a message sent by Terence after he left.
Carla lay sprawled out on the bed, looking at this message, and even though she didn't really want to, she let a soft smile slip into her face.
Today, he answered Bonnie's call while he was in her presence, indicating that he did not intend to hide anything regarding his affair with Bonnie. He didn't seem to mind even if Carla was listening to their conversation.
Actually, Terence ?didn't bother to hide anything from her.
The bond between Bonnie and Terence was only driven by commercial interest, solely for financial gains. So, Terence didn't really feel anything for his so-called fiancee. It was nothing personal, strictly just business.
And it wasn't like there was anything he had to hide about the work that they do.
In the Hospital.
Due to the burns she received from the chili oil that got smeared onto her face, Bonnie's eyes had to be covered with eye patches, under which the medicine for immediate relief had been applied. The doctor advised her not to take it off until the wounds have fully healed.
"Terence, Terence, are you here? Answer me please."
Bonnie wanted to quickly rip the eye patch off the second she heard the doorbell ring. After squinting the tiniest bit possible and faintly recognizing the familiar figure who had just entered the room, she sprung up from her sickbed and excitedly rushed toward him!
As soon as Terence came in to check how she was doing, Bonnie hurriedly ran toward him at breakneck speed and wrapped her arms around him and embraced him. She let him go for just a brief moment, but, as if she was so afraid of losing him, she immediately hugged him again as tight as she possibly could.
"Terence, you're finally here!
Terence, tell me you won't ever leave me, that you'll fall in love with and yearn for me, won't you please?"
Bonnie implored him, in such great fear of losing his love.
Even though the time they had spent together might have been brief, it was more than enough to make an impact on Bonnie. From the beginning, she had always seen Terence as some sort of God high up on a floating island above, somewhere far beyond her reach. Although he was there, he still seemed so unattainable and so far away.
Terence rested his hands on her shoulders and patted her, then said in a voice so tender and warm, "Bonnie, you are the one and only beloved daughter of the Hua Family. Do you really think I would ever dare do anything to hurt you?"
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