Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 144

After Terence heard Rainer's report, anger gathered in his eyes. He was beside himself full of rage but he still managed to control himself.

"Dear guests, the meeting today is over. Let's call it a day and I'll have my secretary inform you of the next meeting." Terence smiled.

He was trying hard to retain his composure. Since he was going to be the leader of AJ Group in the future, he would never allow himself to show a hint of panic in public no matter how urgent the situation was.

He left the meeting room immediately, and strode to the direction of the elevator with a sullen face. "How did it happen? What was the driver doing at that time? Why didn't he follow the kidnappers?" Terence shouted.

Rainer and Nathan quickly followed after him.

"Mr. Terence, Wade is a very experienced driver in the group. If the kidnappers dared to commit the crime in such a public place they must have been extremely cautious. They would have noticed that someone was following them. However, Wade did mark the plate number of the vehicle and texted it to me already,"

Rainer replied carefully as he wiped the nervous sweat from his brow. He knew that Terence must be very worried for Carla. Rainer was confused as to why someone would dare to kidnap Carla.

It was obviously done to provoke Terence. Rainer shuddered at the thought of what Terence would do to them when he found out who was behind it all.

Terence glanced at the phone to check the plate number and threw it to Nathan. "Check this plate! I want to know where that fucking car is! You've got five minutes!" he shouted.

Meanwhile, in a deserted building, a few men gathered.

A bearded man, by the name of Quintin, asked the man with dark sunglasses, "Boss, why did you change your mind all of a sudden? We don't have to kill her, right?"

Once he was instructed to kill Carla, Quintin was unwilling to accept it. He couldn't bear to kill a beautiful and harmless girl and commit a deadly sin.

"Quite simple. We have more than one client now, Quintin. This one has offered a much higher price. The first client hired us to rape her and the other— Wants her dead!

We can make double on this girl. Why would I turn such a good offer down?"

The man in the dark sunglasses sneered as he took a long drag on his cigarette.

"Our business is always dangerous and risky. But the money we are going to get from this sweet deal will set us up for life. We would be insane not to do it," said the man in the glasses known as, the boss.

Quintin listened carefully and glanced in the direction of the room where Carla was being held.

"Boss, who could this woman be? Why would so many people want to hurt her? Have you ever thought about that?" he asked.

The boss held the cigarette in the corner of his mouth and thought for a moment. "I have no idea. That's not my business. It doesn't matter who she is. It's not going to change anything.

Go ahead, give her the aphrodisiac. When it takes effect it will make things easier and more fun for us,"

the boss ordered. Quitin nodded. He took the bottle from the window sill and headed to the room where Carla was.

Carla was tied tightly in the chair. The sudden appearance of Quintin shocked her.

"You must be really thirsty now? Here, drink some water and relax. It's okay. I mean you no harm." He took the bottle of water that had been mixed with the aphrodisiac

and slowly removed the tape from her mouth. Then he brought the bottle up to her lips and said, "Come on, drink some water."

"Can you let me drink it by myself? My hands are so numb and sore since they have been tied for so long. There are so many men here and I won't escape. Please—" Carla pleaded.

As she spoke she glanced suspiciously at the bottle of water. She could tell that something had been put in it, because there were still remains of a substance on the bottom.

'They're being very careless about hiding their ploys since they know that I can't escape anyway, ' Carla sighed to herself.

Quintin glanced at the two men that were standing guard outside the door. The thought that she would die soon, softened his heart. After some hesitation he untied the rope from her hands and handed her the bottle. "Here, drink it yourself."

"Thanks."

Carla was finally set free to some extent. She took the bottle from him slowly.

Carla was trying to buy herself some valuable time. If Wade wasn't able to find her, she knew that he would immediately inform Terence.

She might still have a chance to survive this with a little more time.