Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 221

As soon as they were done having lunch, they immediately left the An's Manor.

Instead of holding it at the company building, a meeting was arranged at some other business hotel of the AJ Group. It seemed as though there was some pressing matter which Terence had to take care of.

It was something of high priority. The driver didn't really have the time to bring Carla back to the villa, so Carla had no choice but to tag along and to come to the hotel too.

Terence headed straight upstairs to come to the meeting. Carla then had to be left to herself randomly wandering around in the lounge. Finding some interesting computer games, she stayed for a while in the fancy break-room and had fun playing a couple of video games.

But still, she felt as if time had been passing by much slower as she waited. She just couldn't help but shoot quick glances at the elevator and thinking, 'What's taking them too long? isn't it over yet?'

Shrugging it off, she just went ahead and resumed what she had been doing, 'Well, he's just doing his job. He's such a busy man.'

Carla shrugged again as she resigned herself to just be patient and keep on waiting.

A feeling of uselessness crept down Carla all of a sudden. The things she had learned wouldn't be of any help to Terence whatsoever.

He had himself surrounded by a group of talented people. While Carla, on the other hand, had neither a higher education nor a substantial amount of practical work knowledge. If she didn't really have anything to do with Terence, it was quite certain that she might not be able to step a foot into their building to receive an interview from his company.

"Carla?"

A familiar voice helped Carla come to her senses. She turned around reflexively and found Evan standing there, someone whom she hadn't seen in quite a while.

"Evan?" Carla called out to him, feeling so astonished.

"I can't believe it! It really is you! I thought I might have just been seeing things!" Evan blurted out before approaching her. Taking a good look at Carla, he said with a big smile on his face, "It's been such a long time since the last time I saw you. I never would've imagined we would bump into each other at a place like this."

"You could say the same for me! You haven't changed at all!" Carla remarked.

Stepping out of the treadmill, she instantly wiped away the sweat off of her forehead and smiled back at him.

He seemed just as lively, not to mention just as handsome, as the last time Carla laid her eyes on him.

Back then, his gentle smile had the power of lighting her up and bringing warmth into her heart. But in contrast, she didn't feel a thing anymore right now.

Sometimes, distance can cause a person to feel some things that shouldn't have been there otherwise.

Meaning to say, getting closer wouldn't be a good move, because then it would cause those feelings to die down little by little.

"I'm still the same. But if I may say so, you look so nice! Much like a beautiful swan! I'm well aware that you're a pretty girl. But how come I never realized before just how stunning you can become?" Even teased her a little.

Checking out her pretty face and round eyes, she still exuded the same purity and innocence just as she used to way back when. But all of the sharp features had gotten so smoothed out.

Evan had known since forever that she was unlike any other girls. He somewhat had the idea even then that her natural beauty would surface one in time, bursting out from underneath its cover.

That being said, it came as no surprise how she turned out to be such a stunning lady akin to a beautiful orchid just after a little drizzle, glistening with exuberant hues. She was the spitting image of an angel if he ever saw one. Along with her alluring glow, any man would find it hard to look away, but it was not like anyone would ever want to do so anyway.

"Ha..." Carla let out an audible chuckle. Receiving a flattering remark coming from him, Carla couldn't help herself from laughing out loud. She wasn't quite sure what she was laughing about though, whether it was her past innocence or his sudden realization.

"Thank you, Evan! That lightened me up. By the way, what have you been up to lately? Are you already married?" Carla curiously asked.

She knew full well that he had been engaged with Nina for quite some time.

However, Even simply shook his head and didn't say a word at first. A bitter smile crept up onto his face and he sighed, "No, I'm not. The engagement actually got cancelled. Nina and I, the two of us just aren't made for each other."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I apologize for asking so insensitively. But let me just say that you deserve someone much better!" Even if Carla didn't really find this news so surprising, she still tried to lighten up his mood even if just a little.