Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 188

Terence approached the easel with curiosity.

The lights in the room were almost all turned off, so the room had only dim light. Terence could only vaguely make out an outline on the canvas.

He didn't really expect that Carla would do a portrait of him, and as he came to stand in front of the canvas, his suspicions were confirmed. He saw an image of a pig on the paper.

The pig was drawn in great detail. It had a fat body and cute ears, but the most striking feature was its uplifted plump butt and behind it a puff of air. The pig was obviously farting.

"Oh my! I can't believe it—"

Terence removed the picture from the easel and studied it for a moment. He couldn't help but grin about it.

However, when he remembered how Carla made him sit still for two hours straight just to draw the silly pig picture, he was somewhat irritated. His back was still sore, even now. But he resisted the urge to tear it up.

Terence turned to leave, but something on the easel had caught his eye. He turned back and looked closer at another canvas on it. Because the room was so dimly lit, he hadn't noticed it initially when he removed the picture of the pig.

Terence stopped

and then his eyes lit up as soon as he saw what it was. His heart melted, and he was so happy.

He stood alone in the quiet room and

smiled joyfully.

His heart was filled with love and tenderness.

The picture of the pig that was in his hand dropped to the floor. Terence pulled up a chair and sat in front of the easel, admiring the painting that Carla had done.

It was after all a painted portrait of Terence on the canvas. The man staring back at him looked like Terence, although it wasn't as good as professional artistic work. But it did have Terence's unique characteristics. As an amateur painter, she showed true raw talent.

'Isn't this girl a treasure?

The odds were all against her. You would imagine that Carla would be an ordinary girl considering the family she grew up in and her education. However, she had surprised me with her excellent horsemanship and now with her talented painting skills.

She was born to be an outstanding person, but her real talents had been suppressed because of her misfortune in life.

Otherwise, who knows what she may have achieved by now given the opportunity, ' Terence thought proudly.

Terence remembered that Bryant mentioned once that Carla's and Sean's father was a teacher when he was alive. He liked to paint and do calligraphy as a hobby. Carla must have learned to paint from her father.

Carla had been taken away from the Hua family from when she was only one month old. And so she didn't have the opportunity to grow up in a wealthy family.

But, God smiled down upon her and blessed her with many gifts even though she didn't grow up with her biological family.

"Nathan, come upstairs and have this painting mounted for me. Use only the best quality method available," Terence said to Nathan on the phone.

Terence looked at the portrait once again and noticed a crucial detail was missing. He took a thin pencil and carefully wrote in the corner of the canvas—

by Carla.

When he went downstairs, he could hear from afar the happy laughter of Carla and Sean playing. He grinned and thought, 'As long as those two stayed in the house, the atmosphere would always be full of happiness and laughter.'

"Terence, finally you're here! Let's have dinner now,"

Sean said excitedly when he saw Terence.

Carla also stopped and turned to Terence. "Terence, do you have a boat here? Sean told me that you have taken him out to sea in it. I would also like to see what that's like, please!" Carla pleaded.

Terence sat down and took out his cellphone to check the weather. "Yes, we have a boat at the villa. But we can't go out tonight since the weather isn't good enough. Let's do it next time," Terence replied.

Moreover, there were many more things that he would need to prepare if they were to go out on the boat. It was too hasty and dangerous to sail out tonight. He wanted to give Carla a perfect 'first-time' experience when they did go out.

Carla nodded. She checked her phone and said, "It's going to rain the next two days. I'm worried it might affect my flight out tomorrow."

As soon as she said that Sean clapped his hands happily.

"Great! If it rains, will you stay for another day, Carla?" he asked joyfully.

Carla started to worry about her schedule. In fact, she should be in HA city today, but she chose to stop in JA City first. She was already one day late.

"Don't worry. The rain is not going to be severe enough to influence the flights. You can still be there on time," Terence comforted. Then he checked the weather broadcast in HA City and added, "It'll be sunny in HA City. Maybe tomorrow when you arrive at the airport it'll be better.