Noah kept silent for a while, and then looked away awkwardly. He said, "Carla, I'll take you to visit the art exhibition tomorrow so we can see their process. And when your painting skills improve a little, I'll help you hold an art exhibit."
"Really? I'll remember that! You have to keep your word, okay?"
Carla said while she blinked her eyes.
"Also, it's getting late. I'll help you get back to your room. You should go to bed early,"
Noah stated, already standing up.
"Okay, I'm actually tired," Carla said while she nodded.
Noah helped her leave the painting room. Then, he came back and put the books he brought her onto the bookshelf.
Only then did he leave her room.
After Noah left, Carla realized that her drowsiness wore off from their walk towards her bedroom. So she idly leaned on the cane chair by the window, enjoying the moonlight outside.
She hadn't seen Terence after the engagement banquet. In fact, she hadn't seen anyone other than Noah, Andrea, and their servants. She just stayed at the mansion and didn't go out for the past half a month.
Therefore, there wouldn't be a chance for her to meet Terence.
No words could express how much she missed him and Sean. Sometimes, she would also miss Nicholas.
Carla could guess that the news of her engagement with Noah had already spread all over the city and the business industry. The AJ Group was updated on all the news within the industry, so the Ans would have certainly heard about the news by now.
Carla took the mobile phone on the small round table and looked through the pictures she had taken with Terence one by one. While scrolling through the pictures, every happy memory that she had with Terence replayed in her mind. Soon, tears began to flow from her eyes.
She couldn't take it anymore and placed the phone on the table.
Terence hadn't made any call to her after the engagement banquet. It had already happened twice when she couldn't help but dial his number. But she would immediately hang up before the call could get through. The reality was that she didn't have the courage to talk to him.
Terence didn't call her back as well. So she hadn't heard his voice and seen his face for almost twenty days.
Carla was now finding out that Terence was right. Things were not that simple.
Before their engagement, Noah told her that he wouldn't stop her if she wanted to go back to JA City as long as she took part in the engagement banquet.
But the reality was far from what she had expected.
Now that she was Noah's fiancee, how could she go back to JA City?
And even if she were to go back, she would always be reminded that she was already engaged. How could she be happy with Terence then?
This invisible chain had bound her and separated her from Terence. It didn't just distance her from Terence. It also created a wall between them where they could no longer ignore the circumstances.
Therefore, she thought that it would be better not to go back.
All these thoughts in her head made her unable to sleep or even feel drowsy. What was worse, there was nothing that she could do to take her mind off it.
She looked at the clock and was disappointed to find out that it was only ten o'clock.
She suddenly thought of her brother and thought, 'Is Sean already sleeping right now?'
Carla took out her phone and sent a message to Sean. Recently, she had been in contact with him through text messages. She would sometimes send him some pictures to let him know that she lived happily here.
And Sean would send her voice messages.
After a while, a message came from the mobile phone.
—"Sean is asleep."
When Carla saw the message, she immediately became exhilarated. She sat up and replied to his message.
—"Terence, is that you?"
—"Are you in Sean's bedroom? Why haven't you slept?"
But after waiting for a while, there was no response from the other side...
Carla waited until midnight, but still, there was no reply.
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