Carla felt a bit complicated. She pretended to put on her clothes under the quilt while glancing at Noah who was standing at the door.
"What's wrong? I don't remember what happened just now, Noah. And please don't give nonsense talks. Otherwise, I'll be mad!" she deliberately said, acting to be shy.
She was secretly wondering who substituted her to make love with Noah.
Carla could see her substitute hiding behind the bed right now as if the woman didn't want Carla to see her face.
She hadn't slept with Noah before and Terence strategically broke the electric brake. With all lights turned off, she was pretty sure that Noah wouldn't figure out the difference between her and any other woman as long as the substitute's figure was similar to hers.
Thinking about it, Carla couldn't help but smirk. Terence could obviously read and anticipate Noah's plan. Although the solution he had was too risky, Carla still thought that he was amazing.
Little did she know that Terence had always been on her back since her engagement to Noah. He was silently observing and controlling each of their actions as his care for her never stopped.
"Is it really that easy to ignore me, Carla? Aren't you the one who lured me just a while back..."
"Stop!"
Carla interrupted him, pushed the quilt away from her, and walked towards Noah. She then continued acting. "Stop talking about it, please. I've managed to forget Terence. I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't drunk..."
That was when something came to her mind. Thus, she raised her chin and asked, "What kind of wine did you make me drink, Noah? I'm not supposed to get drunk that fast."
Hearing her suspicion over the wine, Noah coughed softly and immediately changed the topic. "You're probably just not good at drinking. Let's go! The driver has been waiting outside."
"Okay," she replied. She decided not to unmask Noah even though she knew that he was lying. She had no plans of blowing out the fact that she wasn't the one he made love with just yet. Carla and Noah went out of the room together.
After the two left, the substitute woman hiding behind the bed slowly sat up from the ground. She was still naked. She had a wry smile on her face albeit the willingness and sweetness in her eyes.
The substitute woman was no other than Julie.
Terence's love for Carla was indeed undeniable.
However, Julie's love for Noah was just as deep.
That was the reason why it didn't even take her a second to agree on Terence's plan.
This wasn't the first time she made love to Noah. It was just that he hadn't gone to find her for a long time. She terribly missed him and feeling his touches and kisses just now made her satisfied. If only he wasn't chanting "Carla" or "Callie" while kissing her, she could have felt even happier.
On the other hand, Carla and Noah just got into the car.
They were sitting close to each other in the backseat.
Upon turning to Carla and seeing her shy, Noah let out a hearty laugh. Who would have thought that she would feel so shy after what they did?
"What's wrong with you, Callie?" he asked while smiling. He had only seen her this shyness once and that was when she was still in the hospital after her car accident. Thus, he treasured every second of seeing her like this again.
"Stop laughing at me, okay? We are keeping the same relationship as we had before," said Carla before glaring at him.
Nodding, Noah smiled at her and embraced her shoulder. "Yeah, I know."
Carla then leaned on Noah's shoulder although her thoughts were flying away.
Terence had made so much effort to design this trick. It was more than enough proof that he still deeply cared about her. Realizing how far Terence would go to protect her, Carla felt relieved.
Having understood everything, Carla could now say that the only reason why Terence wasn't moving against Noah was that he knew her intention.
She needed to earn Noah's trust if she wanted to become the Hua Group's owner.
It seemed that Terence also understood that being "Noah's woman" was the fastest and most effective way to get her goal.
It was obvious that Terence couldn't stand Carla staying with Noah, so he chose to trick him in this way. She couldn't agree more that this was indeed the fastest way. She knew that Terence was doing everything to end her nightmare brought by her identity as the Hua family's daughter.
Noah and Carla arrived at the villa after a while.
Knowing that Carla wasn't used to sleeping next to someone, he went back to his own room to sleep.
Carla acted with utmost caution the following days.
Noah never doubted that the woman he made love to was not her. He was totally believing that their relationship had reached a new stage.
The sticky situation continued for a month and Carla could only sigh at how difficult it was. It was tiring to respond to Noah's loving eyes. She was caught in limbo of pretending that she was enthusiastic. Worst of all, she still needed to act well up until now to avoid Noah from finding the truth.
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