Terence's eyes grew wide and knocked over the camera with his pen. "Don't just show up like that. I know you are skilful enough to hack into my computer. You can scare people at night!"
Bryant scratched his head while he chuckled.
"I thought it was you last time! I mean, you don't usually allow anyone into your study. I didn't expect it to be Miss Carla..."
Bryant hastily explained his mistake from the last time.
"Fine. Go. What do you have for me this time?" Terence asked. He leaned against his chair and fiddled with the pen he picked up from his table.
"Look, here's the problem. When I started to investigate into Miss Carla, I found that Noah had already started an investigation before me. And York, the second son of the Hua family, also seemed to know something."
Bryant continued, "Allen's health is getting worse by the minute. That's also why he has deployed more people to find Miss Carla. His sons are eager to find her right now. That is also why I need to remind you to take good care of your woman!"
Terence froze at what Bryant just shared with him. It took him a few seconds before he fidgeted with the pen in his hand and replied, "Okay, yeah, got it."
The more his sons tried to covered the truth, the sooner Allen would know of Carla's existence.
It looked like Carla's family secret would be revealed and exposed soon.
In the BH City, after Carla arrived home from work, she remembered that Terence once placed cameras in different areas of her house.
She rolled up her sleeves and searched for the cameras in every nook and cranny in her house.
She needed to dismantle all of them.
But she couldn't find a single camera. Where were they? Where could Terence have installed them? But then, she recalled someone changed the bulbs for her.
Carla went back to her bedroom. She stood on a chair to remove the bulb from the ceiling light. As expected, there was a pinhole camera inside it.
She checked the lights again one by one and found all the cameras. Carla exhaled a sigh of relief when she found the last one. Finally, some privacy!
At the Seaview Villa in JA City, Terence returned to his bedroom and turned on the CCTV system on his tablet like he always did. But this time, all he could see was static. He checked the camera in Carla's living room and it was the same static.
He set his tablet on the desk, and his brows furrowed.
The cameras worked perfectly fine the past week. What had happened? Did Carla find them and dismantle all of them? What happened?
Deep in thought, he jumped when his phone rang.
He checked his phone and saw Carla's name on the screen, requesting for a video call.
Terence hesitated but accepted the call anyway.
There was no one on the screen. "Hello?" he called out but no one appeared. "Carla?" he called for her. He was about to say something again when a black mask appeared.
"Did I scare you?"
the masked person asked with a chuckle. The masked person sounded exactly like Carla.
Terence stared at the screen, at Carla's facial mask and smirked. His men reported that she worked overtime almost every day.
He was right, all along.
He knew she left so suddenly because her company came calling and needed her help. She never really learned how to say no to other people.
"What? You weren't scared? You're no fun!" Carla peeled off her mask and used her fingers to let her skin absorb the serum. She looked straight at Terence on the screen.
"Why are you quiet, Terence? Are you still mad at me? I- I know I should have told you before I left. But I was afraid that you wouldn't allow me to leave. But don't worry, okay? I've already decided that when I finish my work, I'm going to resign. It won't be long now!"
Carla quickly explained to Terence when she saw his scowl.
Terence frowned when he saw her thinning face. Carla seemed to have lost more weight since she left, even though he made sure she was eating a lot when they were together.
"Are you eating? Are you eating on time every day?" Terence asked sullenly.
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