Bonnie's eyes gazed at Terence who stood behind Carla through the cellphone camera. She noticed how soft his eyes were when he looked at Carla. She chewed her lip as jealousy gradually filled her chest.
She ignored that feeling and tapped the phone several times.
After the photo was taken, it looked a bit different. It was hard to tell whether it was because of the lighting or the angle.
Carla took the phone so she could see the photo. It seemed like Terence, who stood behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist.
Nathan and Rainer looked like two door-gods due to the expression of their faces. Nathan had a solemn expression while Rainer flashed a gleaming smile.
"This photo looks so good. And I applaud Bonnie for taking such a wonderful photo,"
Terence looked at the photo and glanced at Bonnie as he praised her.
The unpleasant look on Bonnie's face faded a bit and it turned into a smile. She was kind of distracted while she walked all by herself.
"Ms. Carla, if you would be so kind, please send the photo to me! This is the first time I got a photo with Mr. Terence and I want to frame it!"
Rainer said with an enthusiastic smile.
"Alright. I will be sending it!"
Carla replied and sent it to Rainer via WeChat.
At long last, their group had finally reached the mountaintop.
Carla smiled as she couldn't help but admire the majestic scenery before her. There was a cave with stones elegantly dipped around it.
Some caves were embellished with lighting, making it appear as if it was sparkling. Some caves were beautiful but not suitable for sightseeing due to being too dark.
There was a beautiful pavilion near a babbling spring. The special light made the running water look as if it was sparkling.
Furthermore, some caves were rebuilt into commercial establishments such as restaurants, hotels, and entertainment places.
"Don't take too many photos or else you'll drain your battery."
Terence reminded Carla as she was snapping away ceaselessly.
As he finished his word, she shouted, "Ah!
Ugh. You jinxed me!"
She groaned. If she could remember correctly, she had charged her phone up a bit inside the car. But unfortunately, it was far from enough and because she kept snapping photos along the way, her phone died just when she was about to take another photo.
Terence glanced at her phone and said, "It's alright. You can use mine."
Carla put her phone back into her pocket and stretched out her hand towards him, "Very well then. Give it to me."
Terence shook his head with an amused smile and handed his phone to her.
"Is there any private information that I should avoid in your phone?" Carla then asked him to tell her the phone's passwords. She glanced at him with a questioning look.
"You are free to search anything in my phone," Terence took the phone from her with a smile, typed in his password, and handed it back to her.
Bonnie just came out from the wash room and saw the interaction between them.
She was not in a hurry to come out. After all, she was curious on how familiar they were towards each other.
When Terence mentioned how he got acquainted with Carla, Bonnie could feel that he didn't tell her the whole truth.
Bonnie had a gut feeling that Terence and Carla must have been through a lot together before she came into the picture. They wouldn't have been so intimate if they were just regular friends like they said.
It had been only a month since Bonnie got engaged to Terence. At this point, she suddenly realized that she hardly knew much about Terence and there was little hope that he would love her back.
She felt afraid of losing him. But at this point, Terence was only driving needles into her heart.
When she turned around, she saw a familiar woman walking out from the wash room.
"Julie?"
Bonnie called out to the woman and that woman turned her head at Bonnie. "Oh, Bonnie!" Julie exclaimed as she walked towards Bonnie. "What brings you here? Is my elder brother here too?"
Julie gave her a hug and smiled, "Of course. I came here with Noah."
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