Bonnie despised Carla so much to the point that she resorted to hiring gunmen to abduct her.
Noah was Bonnie's elder brother and the eldest of the four Hua siblings. Needless to say, being next to him made Carla feel so uneasy.
The hand that Noah reached out to Carla was shaking. Realizing that Carla suddenly went on the defensive, he let out a soft smile on that lean and handsome face of his.
Taking a small step forward, he looked down at Carla, seeming to be in a state of shock. "Carla, even though Bonnie is my sister, we are totally different. I'm not like her. You don't have to keep your guard up when you're around me. Whatever it is that happened between you and my sister won't affect our friendship."
After saying that in an attempt to reassure her that she could trust him, Noah grabbed onto her arm and snatched the heavy bag from her hand, then he walked over to his Land Rover which was parked just across the road.
He placed the bag right in the back seat of his car and, just like any gentleman would, he opened the door of the front passenger seat for her.
Noah could see as bright as day that Carla was still so hesitant about getting into his car or not, so he nudged her to get in and carefully closed the door.
"Mr. Noah, I'm not sure... Oh, my God!" Before she could finish what she was trying to say, Noah suddenly hit the ignition without warning. She was so startled that she couldn't hold herself back from screaming.
As it turned out, he was a bit upset. Despite the fact that it wasn't literally written on his face that he was angry, she was somehow able to sense it.
She had no clue why Noah could possibly be mad.
'If he wasn't really happy to see me, then he can just ignore me for all I care!' Carla thought.
She took a deep breath once she got used to his driving speed. Then, she fastened her seat belt and held on for dear life with a tight grip on the handrail on the roof of the car.
"... Mr. Noah, I didn't see Miss Julie back there. Have you already driven her back?"
She tried striking up a conversation to ease up the tension inside the car.
Carla glanced at Noah and saw a deadpan look on his face. She wasn't able to get a read on him, so she was beginning to get even more scared.
Terence was far from being like that. No matter how furious he might get whenever he was in front of her, Carla couldn't ever sense the slightest tinge of danger coming from him.
Noah always seemed like such a shrewd and cunning man that Carla tended to get nervous and defensive whenever she was around him.
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