When Terence heard Noah's words, his anger burst into flames, yet again. He clenched his fist and prepared himself to punch Noah. But Carla came to the rescue and avoided a physical confrontation between the two of them.
"Terence, calm down. You really can't hit him anymore!" Carla shouted, afraid that Terence just might hit Noah to death.
Terence, who was still burning with rage, struggled to control himself. "Carla, what do you mean? Didn't you hear what he said just? Why are you still stopping me despite that?!" he roared with his cold eyes flashing slightly.
"…… Don't tell me what he said was indeed true," Terence stated, his face screaming astonishment and fear concomitantly.
Before Carla could utter another word, Noah, who was sitting on the ground, opened his mouth again.
"Of course, it's true."
Noah wiped the blood around his mouth, and then continued to manufacture his long list of blatant lies. "Carla slept with me every night when you were not with her! Oh, if you don't believe my words, I can prove it. There is a small mole on her back, which can only be seen when she unfastens her underwear belt. I wonder if you've ever noticed it? Have you?"
Noah looked at Carla affectionately after finishing his words. He knew the slightest mistrust he could sow in between them was his victory.
Hearing Noah's words, Terence's eyebrows trembled. He was familiar with every inch of Carla's skin. So he knew that there was indeed a small mole on her back, which was definitely an information privy to very few people. And Noah definitely shouldn't be one of them.
Terence couldn't help but wonder, 'Noah Hua, how do you know that...'
Terence looked at Carla whose eyes still could not conceal her concern for Noah. But after hearing Noah's latest accusation, she shook her head desperately.
"Terence, no! He is lying! Let me explain. Please believe me..." Carla cried.
She had panicked. She wasn't prepared for a level of personal attack to this extent out of nowhere. She was prepared to explain because she was very sure that she had never done anything that may be considered as inappropriate with Noah, but she really could not remember when Noah had seen her mole. She realized that her side of the argument couldn't be effectively defended unless she can explain that.
Terence looked at the woman before him who was trembling in fear and panic but didn't know how to explain. Suddenly, Terence burst into a cold sneer. His deep dark eyes seemed to be filled with disappointment and despair.
"Terence!"
"Terence An!"
Carla looked at Terence who turned around and left. She ran to him, grabbed his clothes and attempted to utter something.
But Terence threw her hand away with total disregard.
Terence did not say a word and walked out of the room.
"Carla... Don't cry. I'm still here. I'll always be with you!" Noah said loudly, quite intentionally.
He stood up from the ground and walked towards her.
Carla pushed Noah away and rushed out of the door in spite of the endless stream of tears descending down her cheeks and her injured leg which hadn't fully recovered. She limped down the stairs, in a miserable state.
"Terence An, stop, please! I remember that. I'll tell you...
…… Listen to my explanation, Terence An!
…… Terence An! For God's sake, please listen to me!"
Carla shouted, her voice now sounding more hysterical than normal.
However, all she could do was to watch the off-road car drive away from the villa helplessly.
Carla collapsed on the ground at once as her face and clothes got drenched in tears and sweat. She clutched her hair powerlessly with her hands, and sat on the ground crying, loudly. She could only curse the merciless fate that had bought this unforeseen tragedy upon her.
When Noah made the groundbreaking revelation about her mole a while ago, she was really unable to recall when Noah had seen her back. She didn't even know whether there actually was a mole on her back or not.
But just as Terence was about to leave, she suddenly remembered.
When she had accompanied Noah to visit the Dragon King Temple in BH City last time, she had suffered some back injuries. Because it was inconvenient to apply the medicine all by herself, Noah had offered to help her once.
Carla was very sure that it was the only time when Noah had either seen or touched her back.
So it must be that time! Noah saw her mole during that time!
When Carla was sitting on the ground and crying, Noah ran down the stairs and walked over to her side. He tried to hold her up from the ground, and he said, "It is freezing on the ground and your leg hasn't recovered fully. Let me take you upstairs so that you can rest."
Out of the blue, a crisp slap hit him in the face!
"Don't touch me! Noah, are you satisfied now?" Carla yelled.
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