Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 39

"So? Can you promise not to come on to me?" asked Carla, looking straight into his eyes.

"I..." Terence was speechless. As he had been missing her so much, he wanted to smother her right away.

But he also didn't want to force her into doing something she didn't want to, so he felt like he had been caught between a rock and a hard place.

"Answer me. Can you promise me that?" urged Carla.

Withdrawing his hands, Terence sat back and crossed his arms. He looked into her face with interest and replied, "What if my answer is no?"

"If you can promise me not to come on to me, I'll come with you to your house now. If not, please just send me back to the hotel at once," she answered firmly. In fact, she didn't want to stay at his house at all. She was paying a visit to JA City for her own pleasure, and not so she could please him or satisfy his needs.

Terence was at a loss for words, finding himself hating her, but falling even more in love with her at the same time. Gritting his teeth, he turned his head away and replied reluctantly, "Okay."

Even though Carla didn't see his face, she could clearly imagine that it was twitching a little because of her request.

Hearing his answer, she felt relieved.

"But, you can't keep turning me down for I'm a man and I have sexual desires. I can promise you that I won't be having sex with you without your permission for now, but eventually we're going to do it, okay?" he complained. He felt a little upset that she kept rejecting him and his advances like that.

Carla chuckled at his complaint. Grabbing a bottle of orange juice from the cupholder, she settled herself comfortably back on the leather seat.

"Why do you keep pointing out that I'm treating you badly? We're not in a relationship, and I'm not looking for a one night stand. Don't you know that you'll be a rascal if you come on to me now? You should thank me for stopping you from doing something so stupid. Stop acting like it's a compromise of you."

As she spoke, she tried to twist the lid off. With all her strength, she tried to open it on her own only to fail miserably.

Letting out a gentle sigh after watching this poor little girl's attempts, Terence took the bottle from her hand and twisted the lid off for her. Handing it back to her, he stated, "Haven't I clearly expressed my feelings toward you earlier today?"

"I said it in front of my brother and your classmates. You're mine. Do you think it's not enough? What should I do to make you trust my love for you?" he whined.

'What more can I do? Tell everyone we've met that she's my girlfriend on a microphone?' he thought.

Sipping on the orange juice, she said, "They're not important to me. I don't care. But there is one thing I'm sure of. We're clearly not suitable for each other." The orange juice was so sour that she frowned.

"I've told you. I have the final say on our relationship," he declared.

His love for her was certain. Without knowing it, he had reached out his hand to her, but he paused for half a second and didn't place his hand anywhere on her body, simply resting his arm on the back of the chair.

Glancing at his arm, Carla felt at ease that he had marked her words. Just then, her stomach growled. She hadn't felt hungry until now.

"How long does it take to get to your home? I didn't eat much at the reunion party. I'm starving," she grumbled.

Drinking the orange juice didn't help at all. It made her even hungrier.

Drawing aside the curtain of the car, Terence looked out of the window and said, "It's just about twenty minutes away." The scenery outside the window was beautiful. They were driving on a road by the sea. The street lights on the side of the road were shining and they were reflected in the water.

"Wow, it's beautiful!" Carla remarked.

She looked out of the window, and she was amazed at the mesmerizing view.

"Yes, JA City is such a beautiful place. If you like the night scene, I can take you to see the city lights," he said with a gentle smile on his face. He was glad to see Carla enjoy the view of the ocean under the starlight.

Carla was enchanted with the picture-perfect scene, even opening the window to feast her eyes on the beautiful view, her chin cupped in her hand.

The sea breeze blew in from the window, which made her feel much at ease. The dark ocean dotted with the street lights was like a painting that she had never seen before.

Terence, who was sitting right next to her, looked at her pretty face quietly and smiled. It felt like the scene was much more beautiful when he was with her.

About twenty minutes later, their car stopped.

It was a super deluxe sea view villa.

Carla found it hard to believe that she was standing in front of such a huge villa.

Nathan's car had arrived before them. Sean was so tired that he fell asleep and had to be carried into the villa by Nathan, so he had missed the chance to gaze upon such an amazing night scenery.

"This is your house?" Carla asked as she turned to Terence. She just couldn't believe her eyes.