Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 531

It was only when she reacted that way that Terence noticed Carla's bandaged hand.

"It's alright. Don't worry about it. Some guy was laughing at me yesterday. And he kept jibing at my rough hand, telling me that I wouldn't even pass as a housemaid with these ugly hands. Because of that, I blew a fuse and broke a mirror. That's when I got my hand injured by accident," Carla explained.

"Who is that stupid bastard who hurt you? Tell me right now. I'm going to teach him a good lesson for you,"

Terence exclaimed as the lines began to form on his forehead, holding her hands in his as though it were some kind of treasure.

"Never mind that. I've already taught that guy a valuable lesson. Besides, he seems to have already realized that he was wrong,"

Carla tried to calm him down as she looked him straight in the eyes.

"Why did your hands become like this? What have you been doing in these past four years? Did you have to endure a lot of hardships? Look, even your precious hands are calloused now,"

Terence asked in a tender voice as he gently massaged her hands. With his other hand, he touched her cheek and felt up every inch of her face. It pained him so much to see the marks on her hands which were enough proof that she had been through a lot.

Taking a good hard look, Carla understood that the Terence standing in front of her at that moment was the same one that she came to love. The affection he had for her had finally returned.

"I was carried by the flood into a faraway village deep in the mountains. The terrain there was quite unruly, so there was no way for me to get in touch with the outside world. That's why I couldn't come back right away even though I desperately wanted to. I had to stay in one of the villagers' home, so I couldn't just let myself become a freeloader and a burden to them. For that reason, I tried to work really hard so I could earn my keep. That's what caused my hands to end up looking like this."

As she told him that, Carla tried to get his hand off of her face and added, "Will you, um, will you stop loving me because of that?"

"Carla, I can only hate myself for not being able to find you sooner. For as long as you come back to me safely, I couldn't care less what you look like right now. That won't ever make me stop loving you."

Terence felt even more hurt when he heard her say those words.

In truth, Carla was so deeply touched by what he said. With tears welling up on her face, she sniffed and said, "Is that true?

If so, then I'm going to come clean with you... I got swept away into a secluded village in the mountain, so I was left with no other choice but to marry one of the locals there. He was a farmer. The two of us ended up having a daughter."

Glancing over toward Sally who was merrily playing with Rainer just a few meters away, Carla went on and said, "Sometime later, the farmer accidentally fell into a ditch and didn't survive. That was when I decided to come back with my daughter.

Are you... are you really not going to hate me for that?"

Terence was left at such a loss when he heard her say that for a moment there. But after taking a quick glance at Sally, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Carla, are you taking me for a fool? What kind of farmer could possibly have a daughter that looks so much like me?