Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 31

'What is she doing over there?' Terence wondered. Carla was acting a little weird, so Terence went straight up to her and found a gift box hidden in the grass. Confused, he decided to ask her, "Why did you hide it?" "Carla, is this what you've got for Sean's birthday? Why don't you give it to him then? Sean would be sad if he received this as a belated present."

Terrence ripped the wrapping paper carelessly as he spoke.

'What did she get for Sean? Why was she hiding it?' Terence's curiosity was piqued.

But when he saw what was inside, he was a bit surprised. Well, it turned out to be another drone. That was typical of her.

Terence was amused, "Correct me if I am wrong, Carla. You little fool. You thought that I've already given Sean a drone in front of everyone, a better drone, in fact, so you decided that you couldn't show him this one. Is that right?" Terence asked as he opened the packaging. A faint smile could be seen from his lips as he was handling the drone like a curious boy.

Carla rolled her eyes at him and snatched the drone out of his hands. After she shoved the gift back to where it belonged, she turned to him and started to play dumb after pausing for a moment, "You fool. But you know what? I am not gonna give this to him. I'm gonna return it and get a refund! I'm not made of money. A penny saved is a penny earned!"

Carla kept blabbering on and on and on, but she stopped all of a sudden, blushing because Terence had grasped her delicate hand with his sturdy one.

But the pink aura around her vanished quicker than expected because that dumb Terence reached out his arm and put his hands on the drone again. "Carla, how about giving it to me?" Terence focused on the drone and asked, "You don't have to return it. You can just give it to me."

Carla opened her mouth, but she was at a loss for words. Looking right at him, she thought, "Are you really an idiot? You could afford a much better and much more expensive drone. Why would you ask for this cheap one I bought at a discount?"

"So what do you think? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as a yes. You know, you've never bought me any gift yet," he tried putting on a pitiful look, "so I won't decline this silly little gift of yours." Terence tried to act as if he didn't value this children's toy that much, but he could barely fake a careless attitude, because he even started to wipe the dust off the packaging with his sleeves.

Carla was relieved, watching him put away his new toy. As a matter of fact, she didn't really know what to do with this big drone anyway.

It would be bad to just put it away and let it go unused, but she couldn't return it either. The store had emphasized to her that discounted drones were non-refundable when she bought it.

Carla just didn't want to lose face in front of Terence, so she tricked him.

On their way back home, little Sean was over the moon! He kept telling Carla and Terence that this was the coolest and the most memorable birthday he had ever had!

When they got back together, Sean dashed into his room and threw himself onto the bed. Tomorrow was Monday, and a good schoolboy like him had classes to attend to.

Carla also wanted to go back to her room to get some rest, but Terence stood right in front of her, not intending to move an inch.

"It's only 10 o'clock. How about you and I go out and have a date?" Terence blocked her way back to the room, smiling as if he was teasing a small cat.

Carla yawned, "I don't want to go out with you now. I still have work tomorrow, and besides, I'm tired."

She didn't lie about being tired, but she got a bit annoyed because he stood in her way, so she just answered him in a flat and unemotional tone.

But Terence didn't give up so easily, "Carla, don't be boring. Come on. Now that Sean had his dream birthday, it's time for you to take care of yourself." Terence refused to take no for an answer, suddenly hugging her around her waist without giving her any chance to say no. The couple went out the front door.

They didn't go anywhere fancy or romantic, or any place that would serve a candlelight dinner.

Instead, Terence and Carla went up to the rooftop.

On that moonlit night, they both sat on the roof. Raising her head, Carla gazed upon the beautiful night sky in silence. There were hundreds, possibly thousands, of bright stars there. She enjoyed the cool breeze. It felt so natural and refreshing.

"Carla, what do you think of my proposal?" Terence sat next to her, but he wasn't looking at the beautiful night sky. He was looking at her affectionately.

Carla was sitting with arms wrapped around her knees. Knowing he had something to tell her, she asked before he could say anything she didn't want to hear, "Terence An, why would you want to bring me home?"

Without answering right away, Terence opened a can of beer and drank some. This time he avoided any eye contact and looked right into the sky, though the smile on his face didn't fade. "You asked me why. Well, when a man wants to bring a woman home. What do you think this man is up to?" asked Terence.

It was clear that Terence was talking about himself. If he said he was only grateful to the woman, and the only thing he wanted to do was take good care of her, Carla would tell him that he was a hypocrite.

"But... I'm at a point in my life right now where I'm happy and very content. This is my way of life. I know this place, and I know the people here. And my friends, I'm not willing to leave them and elope with you."