Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 379

Carla was pacing to and fro inside her room. She gnawed on her fingernails as she pondered an excuse to refuse Noah. Then her thoughts were interrupted when she heard footsteps coming from the door.

She quickly sat back onto the sofa, pretending to watch the TV. She flashed a smile at Noah who had just come in. "Wow! That was quick. Have you taken a shower yet?"

She actually meant to tell Noah to go back and take another bath, but unfortunately, Noah took her words the wrong way.

"Ah, my dear Carla, what do you want from me?" Noah walked over to her, giving her a flirtatious smile. "Well, of course I have taken a shower. But I am a man, so I don't need to spend hours inside the bathroom for a shower."

Carla was momentarily stunned by his words. She was a bit distracted and she didn't notice that Noah's hair was still wet.

Suddenly, a light bulb flashed inside her head.

She fluttered her eyelids like a butterfly's wings as she grinned. "Noah, I feel too tired to walk. Could you carry me over to the bed?"

"Of course, milady, anything for you," Noah obliged immediately. His brown eyes lit up with willingness. He walked towards Carla, slowly bending over to pick her up, as if she were a princess, and carried her to the bed.

When they came over to the bed, Carla suddenly nuzzled up against his arm as if it was her pillow. She noticed that the more active she was, the more passive Noah became when she did all the things he wanted to do with her.

"Carla?"

Noah was puzzled by how different she was acting today.

"Yes, Noah? What's the matter?" Carla looked up at him with her doll-like eyes.

"Ah... It's nothing," Noah answered simply, disregarding the swirling confusion inside his heart. Then he wrapped her in a comforting embrace.

"I see. All right then, I'm going to sleep. Good night!" Carla pulled the quilt open with a single hand and spread it over her. She checked the time on her cellphone and then stashed it away in her bedside drawer before turning off the lamp.

She adjusted her long, lustrous hair and finally chose a comfortable position to lie down in.

Nothing of what Carla did was out of the ordinary so nothing seemed fishy at the moment.

After struggling to sleep for a few minutes, which strangely felt like hours, Carla opened her drawer and checked the time on her cellphone again. When she turned around and looked up, she was startled by Noah, who was staring at her quietly. "Hey, why are you still awake?" she said to him.

"Well, I just can't fall asleep. I feel so happy to have you in my arms," Noah spoke softly.

His answer truly came from his heart. He lay on his side, squeezed her in his arms and gave her a sweet kiss on her forehead.

"Noah, are you joking? I mean, there are countless women throwing themselves at you all the time. Besides, considering the number of affairs you've had, you should be used to having different women in your arms."

It was already quite late in the night but Carla's eyes twinkled like Northern Star.

"Oh, Carla, you're making fun of me again." Noah let out a bitter laugh and sighed, "I won't deny that I have been with many women. But whenever I hold you, I get this strange feeling of nervousness and it makes me feel self-conscious."

Noah considered Carla as the punishment God had bestowed upon him. Fortunately, she was the kind of sweet punishment he was more than willing to invite in.

He never regretted a single moment spent with her.

Noah embraced her gently and kissed her nape softly. "To be honest, I usually tend to hold back my feelings towards you. But Carla, I want you to know that I do love you.

I really do. I am not using you for my pleasure nor do I have any bad intentions. I really am truly, madly and deeply in love with you. I just wish to be with you for the rest of my life.

I know it's too much to promise but I will always do my best to keep my word. At first, I approached you because I wanted to take over the Hua Group but eventually, I came to realize that the one I actually wanted is you.

If I were to be given a choice, I would give up everything I have right now in a heartbeat just to be able to grow old with you."

Noah posed with a frown but his words carried great seriousness.

Upon hearing his words, Carla's bright eyes dimmed down a bit as she clenched her palms into a ball.

"Carla, will you give me a chance to love you for the rest of my life?" Noah spoke with a muffled tone but there was no answer.

When he took a glance at Carla and found out she had fallen asleep, he sighed, chuckling bitterly to himself and took her in his arms again. He whispered, "I hope I'll be able to hold you like this forever."

Minutes had elapsed.

Noah, who was in good spirits, unsuspectingly fell into deep slumber.

A few moments later, Carla slowly opened her eyes. She was actually pretending to be asleep the whole time. She looked at Noah's sleeping face and gently pulled his hand away from her waist.

Then she quietly got up and patted her hair down. Earlier, she took some medicinal powder from her bedside drawer and quietly sprinkled it over her hair. The powder took a while to take effect but eventually, it served its purpose.