Everything was of a different range now since Carla was destined to be a part of An family. More so, she was about to become the future female master of the family as well. Regardless of what Carla learned before, Andrea still felt responsible to educate her about the basic rules of such a household.
After dinner, Andrea and Terence went to the living room and talked about a lot of things related to the wedding.
Carla on the other hand, was enjoying her after-dinner fruit while sitting next to them. Both the Hua family and the An family were distinguished and well-known, so there were a lot of rules and protocols to consider when holding a wedding. Carla didn't know anything about this, so she decided not to participate.
In her mind, a wedding was nothing but a small party held within the family. Although there were still rules to follow, they were just not that important to her. Her main idea about the ceremony was a honeymoon after the banquet and that was all.
It was rather complicated to hold a wedding ceremony in JA City. Besides, the An family had its own special rules. The difficulties multiplied after the two kinds of rules combined. Thus, it was quite understandable to see the puzzled expression on Carla's face as she was listening to them.
Also, there was an unwritten rule in the An family that once the two got married, they couldn't get divorced easily unless something serious happened.
Such a rule must be strictly observed in the An family, while their collateral relatives had the freedom to choose whether to observe it or not.
Carla finally understood why Terence's father hadn't had the willingness to get married when he was young. Only after Terence's mother bore two children for him and he got bored with the high life of drinking and sleeping around that he finally married her.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Carla's mind after listening to them for so long. She thought, 'Why am I in a hurry to marry Terence? Why not delay it for a while as we try to reconsider everything?'
She was in the middle of these thoughts when she remembered that Terence once said that she wouldn't be just idling at home even after marrying him.
It was already midnight when the talk between Terence and Andrea ended. They then went back to Carla's room.
"What's wrong? Is there something bothering you, Carla?"
Terence asked while walking out of the shower. He wasn't wearing anything but a towel around his waist. Drying his hair with another towel, he walked to Carla's bed and sat. She seemed to be deep in thought.
Noticing that Terence was beside her, Carla sat cross-legged and pulled him closer.
She then said with a serious look, "I think that we have to postpone our wedding, Terence. What do you think?"
"No way!" Terence immediately frowned and answered. "I have already discussed everything with your mother and we decided to hold the wedding at the beginning of spring. We only have a month to prepare but that should be enough."
"Terence, don't you think that we are deciding on this too fast? I think we have to talk about this further. You are just twenty-nine and I'm only twenty-four years old. We are both so young. Why are we in such a hurry to get married?" pleaded Carla.
She got even closer to Terence and leaned against his chest. She was looking at him with full sincerity as she spoke.
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