Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 286

"Carla, Father is in a critical condition right now and every member of our family are all here to take care of him. So I think you have to wait a few days if you want to go back,"

Noah said in a calm and collected tone. Then, he threw the bloodstained apple into the garbage can and pressed on his wound with a piece of tissue.

He continued, "If you're really bored, I'll ask the doctor to examine your injury tomorrow. If the doctor says you can leave the hospital, you can go back to my residence first."

He took another apple to peel when his wound stopped bleeding.

"My home is close to the hospital. If anything unexpected happened to Father, you could come over here easily," Noah said while he carefully peeled the apple this time.

As a matter of fact, Carla didn't care much about the things that Noah had just said. She had been worrying about something else. She bit her lower lip a little, sat up straight, looked at him and said, "Noah, I want you to discuss something with Father and Mother, would that be okay?"

"What's wrong?" Noah asked while he continued to peel the apple.

Carla hesitated for a while, then she looked down and said, "Father and Mother... They want me to marry you. But I know I'm not the kind of girl that you like. You like mature and considerate women such as Julie."

It took a few moments before Carla could continue speaking. "Noah, can you go and tell Father and Mother that you don't want to marry me?"

Noah took a small plate beside him, slowly cut the apple into smaller pieces and gave her one of them.

Then he said, "Father and Mother had already told me about this. I know that they don't trust me. So they want me to marry you, then I can be Hua family's son-in-law." He forced a smile then he sighed while he said, "After all, I'm not their biological son. Technically, I'm an outsider so they're not that convinced to hand over such a large company to me."

Upon hearing what he had to say, Carla also exhaled deeply before she ate the fruit.

"I think Father and Mother has a tendency to overthink things. You're a trustworthy person. If I were them, I would choose to believe you," Carla stated with determination.

Noah looked at her with a warm smile and said, "But not everyone trusts me as much as you do."

Carla returned the smile and they sat in silence for a while. After a few moments, Noah stated, "I thought of a solution just now. I think the only way to reassure Father is if we got engaged first. We could just act for a while to make him happy until everything about the inheritance had been settled. After a while, you can resume your relationship with Terence."

Upon hearing Noah's words, Carla became a little relieved. After all, the only thing she cared about was to be with Terence.

She nodded as she responded, "Right, this is the only way that we can make Father and ourselves happy."

When he noticed that Carla had finished a piece of apple, Noah gave her another one and said with a smile, "You should eat more. The doctor asked you to eat more fruits so you can have more nutrients in your body. That way, you can recover faster."

Carla took the piece of apple that he gave her and looked at him with some embarrassment. She then said, "Noah, I'm sorry. Did I do something out of the line when I haven't regained my memory?"

She was ashamed to think about her thoughts and actions when her brain was still impaired.

"What do you mean? Are you talking about the time when you said that you liked me a few days ago?" Noah asked with a smile. In reality, he didn't think that it was hard to say that out loud. After all, he was completely aware that what she said at that time was not from her real heart.

When she heard Noah's question, Carla immediately looked down and then nodded slightly.

"Carla, as a matter of fact, I really like you. So when you said that you liked me, I was really surprised but delighted. But I know who you really love so I won't force you to love me. Do you understand me?" Noah explained.

He reached out his one hand in an attempt to hold her hand but he stopped midway.

She had regained her memory now. She was no longer the Carla who leaned on him, the Carla who liked him. He felt a little sad since the happiness that he felt was cut too short.

Carla heard the pain and sadness in his voice no matter how much he tried to hide it. She raised her head to look at him. She wanted to comfort him but the only thing she could say was, "Noah..."

Noah forced a smiled while he said, "Carla, I saved you once and you also saved my life. Now, we don't owe each other anything. But we're still sworn friends. Last time I saved you, it wasn't forced. I wasn't asking for anything in return. I just did that because I wanted to, because I care about you. So when you saved me, to say that I was touched was an understatement. I think our relationship had already exceeded beyond acquaintances."

Noah looked at her sincerely, then he continued, "I would never want to do anything that would hurt you. And it's not just because you're my friend, but it's because you're Carla. Not only are you my savior, but you're also my father's only biological daughter."

Then, Noah cast his gaze on the floor while he breathed deeply.

In the past, he did a lot of unpleasant things to her. He lied to her and tried to control her. He was even close to killing her.

But the only thing that he didn't lie about was his love for her.

He loved her. It was as simple as that but the circumstances that had been brought between them was not that simple. For the longest time, he had tried to deceive her that he didn't love her. And for so long, it worked. He even made himself believe that his feelings for her were superficial. However, he couldn't go on lying anymore. There was no denying that what he felt for Carla was love and nothing else.

He continued, "At first, I didn't want to tell you. After all, I knew that you like Terence. But I know now that one can't hide his or her love for so long."