"Did you drug her?" Carla asked gaping in shock.
She was worried about Bonnie's well being and moved closer to check her. 'Thank goodness, her breathing is smooth and stable.'
Carla thought that Terence was violent enough to knock Bonnie out because she was too annoying. It turned out he used drugs instead of fists.
"Where did you get the knock-out drops?" Carla asked, still confused.
Terence pulled her into his arms after canoodling her and he answered, "I got Nathan to prepare some before we got into the vehicle."
Carla fell silent.
'Did he know already that Bonnie would be coming with us?
But wait, why would he have knockout drops at all? Or, wasn't this the first time that he has used the drug?' Carla thought concerned.
Since Bonnie was out cold, Terence could kiss and cuddle Carla as much as he wanted without worrying about Bonnie. He held her in his arms until they had almost reached the destination. Finally, when they were nearly there he let Carla go. With a bit more time left on her hands, she took her phone and began to play games.
"Carla, can you pretend to be asleep?" Terence asked as he caressed her hair.
"What?" His random question distracted her from the game she was playing and she looked up at him in confusion.
Terence explained, "Bonnie will wake up soon after the drug wears off. If she wakes up and sees that she was the only one asleep, she will get suspicious. The best solution is that we both pretend to be asleep as well."
Carla nodded and plugged her mobile to charge before she lay down across the seats and closed her eyes.
Terence grinned satisfactorily when he saw Carla sprawled across the seats. He leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.
Then he returned to his own seat and leaned against it as if dozing.
As they lay in their positions, Bonnie woke shortly afterwards.
Bonnie blinked several times and shook her groggy head. Shocked, she wondered, 'When did I suddenly fall asleep?'
Then she looked around for Carla and noticed her sprawled across the seat sleeping. 'Vulgar girl!' thought Bonnie resentfully.
Then she felt strong shoulders next to her, she looked across and noticed that she was still leaning on Terence. Just like she had been before she had dozed off. Terence had his eyes closed and looked to be sleeping.
After a short while, Terence opened his eyes and glanced at Bonnie saying, "You're awake."
He pretended to yawn and stretch as he sat up. He didn't sleep last night, thinking what he should do to protect Carla and carry on his plans, so he looked tired and exhausted. But to Bonnie, she just thought that he looked as if he had just woken up.
"Carla, wake up! We'll arrive soon!" Terence called to her.
Carla opened her eyes slowly and stretched her body lazily. Then she yawned and sat up, still dull. With her eyes half open, she pushed the curtain aside and murmured, "So soon?"
Terence controlled his urge to laugh and answered, "Yes, we're here."
He didn't expect that Carla was such a talented actress.
This would come in handy if she was to survive among the Hua family. She needed those sort of skills to manipulate them.
He recalled the incident with Megan and he was further convinced that Carla was a good pretender. After some training she would definitely be able to deal with different challenges in the future.
Bonnie breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she wasn't the only one that had fallen into a deep slumber. To see Carla sprawled out in such an undignified manner all of her doubts were cast aside. She put it down to being a long bumpy road that had made her sleep and so dizzy.
They had arrived at the destination
and they all got out of the off-road vehicle one by one.
Carla was the first to get out. The deck of the off-road vehicle was usually higher than ordinary cars. Girls who wanted to remain graceful always needed help getting down.
However, Carla wasn't aware nor trained in this so-called vehicle etiquette and so she just grasped the door and jumped off from it without any fuss.
Terence followed after her. He gave Rainer a glance and Rainer nodded knowingly.
"Miss Bonnie, let me help you!"
Rainer stepped forward and held a hand out for her.
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