Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 54

"If Miss Carla hadn't entered the room and given you a piece of her mind, for sure, you would've walked right into their trap and done something you'd surely regret against your will," Rainer carefully said as if he had been threading a needle.

As he was listening, Terence furrowed his brows a little. 'So, that's why, ' Terence pondered to himself, coming to the sudden realization that it was his fault. He already thought something was up immediately after having a drink. If Carla had not come in and later thrown cold water over his pitiful heart, the intense desire and temptation that got stirred up inside of him wouldn't have gone away so easily.

"Um... Mr. Terence. I'm guessing you might've felt an urge to do some things after having that drink. I actually asked the woman called Viola. She told me that she spiked your drink and put three times the regular dose. Are you sure you're really alright?"

Nathan kept on asking because he just couldn't calm himself down, quite unsure if Terence was feeling as well as claimed to be. For a man his age, when the drug finally took effect, an intake three times of the normal dose would completely ignite his passion, making him do whatever it was they were plotting for him to do. However, Nathan was a bit doubtful since Terence wasn't really acting out of the ordinary, looking just as normal as he always would be. 'How could he possibly hold all of this in?' Nathan wondered.

"I'm doing just fine." Terence reassured him, suppressing his raspy voice. Of course, he certainly felt something stirring up within him. But if it wasn't for Carla barging in, he couldn't have been able to manage to subdue his carnal desires on his own.

"Mr. Terence, since Miss Carla is still here, you could probably..." Nathan was so afraid that Terence's body wouldn't be able to bear it anymore after holding it in for so long.

"Shut up!"

Terence, not wanting to let Nathan finish saying what he was about to suggest, strode straight out of the room and extremely furious of Nathan for even thinking of him doing that to Carla.

For Nathan, never in his life had he ever spouted anything unnecessary to Terence. If he didn't find Terence's condition so alarming, there was no way he would've said something so insensitive no matter what.

Soon after Terence had left the room, he immediately called the family doctor up and asked him to give him a shot of Tranquilizer so he could fully restrain his burning lust. And then finally, his urges had started to subside.

After a brief moment, he instantly collapsed against the cushions and couldn't help but recall how distant Carla made him feel. The scene kept on playing on his mind. The way she had acted so indifferently toward him had shattered his heart into pieces, piercing right through his bones. He knew that even if the intake had been ten times the normal dosage instead of just three, his urges could have just as easily died down right after having that conversation.

It hurt so much seeing the woman he cared most deeply about choose to leave his side and pour ice over his burning passion without thinking twice. There was nothing else that mattered to him anymore, not even taking back control over that drugged body of his.

The next day.

It was the last day of Carla and Sean's summer vacation stay at the JA City. She had planned to head home, but not before they could go visit the most popular landscape in JA City—the JA Temple. 'There were indeed breathtaking sceneries around the city, ' she thought to herself. After all of their sightseeing was done, she wanted to take Sean to the railway station and return to the BH City immediately. And, in fact, she had actually already booked the ticket in advance online the night before.

Terence couldn't show up that day. However, he had asked Rainer to accompany them and escort them along the way, just in case they would be needing anything. In the end, he just couldn't bring himself to show his face in front of Carla.

As their day had already been planned ahead of time, Carla politely refused Rainer's offer to, at the very least, drive them to the airport. Rainer didn't try to insist as he understood it would be best for Carla to do these things on her own. Going their separate ways, soon enough, Carla and Sean finally reached the railway station and got on the train as soon as they arrived.

The minute that the train began moving away from the city, everything that had happened seemed to have gone back to the starting point.

She left, barely able to think about all of the things that had transpired. For her, the past few days had truly been so magical, as if it literally came out of a fairytale tailored just for her. However, she had to wake up sooner or later from this pleasant yet tempting dream and accept that her fantasy had ultimately come to an end.

Although fully aware that this trip had been the most wonderful thing that happened in her recent memory, Carla also knew she had to carry on with her own life, her same old typical daily life.

Just like Cinderella, the moment the clock struck 12 at midnight, her beautiful carriage, the shiny glass slipper, and the magnificent dress she was wearing all returned to its original state. The most beautiful princess reverted back to being that poor pitiful girl, while her prince charming remained in his grand castle.

They said time flied when you were having fun, but this summer simply went by without incident.

"Sean? Stop searching around. I washed your backpack last night and hanged it on the balcony to let it dry!"

Carla shouted at Sean inside the kitchen while he was looking so frantic trying to find his backpack.

"Ah! There we have it! I've been looking for this all morning!" Sean quickly sprinted toward the balcony, taking his backpack from the hanger. Then, he ran into his room and stuffed all the textbooks inside his bag.

"Oh, Sis! Please don't forget there's a parents' meeting at school this afternoon! I have to go now. I'm going to be late! Bye!"

Sean rushed toward the gate and put on his shoes in a hurry. "The parents' meeting! Don't forget!" he shouted again and then shut the door quickly.

Carla cleaned up the kitchen, putting everything in order. Finally, she could relax even if just for a second. After taking off her apron, she sat down on the sofa and then noticed her laptop on the table. She thought about how Terence had fixed it for her, so she had it powered on, with plans to go jobhunting online.

Ever since they got back to BH City, she had quit the delivery job at the fast food restaurant because Sean would be home all summer and she had to be there to look after him. She managed her expectations for the job because she was simply looking for one that would just be somewhere close to where they lived and free from going on business trips often.

Most of those considerations were because of Sean. He was still just ten years old, so she couldn't just leave him at the daycare. One more major reason for that was because of her parents. Even though they had passed away, she knew they wouldn't have liked it much if Sean was sent to the daycare or boarding school. They would've been worried sick and accused Carla of being an irresponsible older sister.

She knew quite well that she could probably earn a bit more if she just stayed working for Karen. Nevertheless, she had to earnestly plan for her own future. It was a decent job, and there was nothing wrong with it. But that Pizza delivery stint wouldn't be able to give her that much of a chance to go further in life.

Carla spent the whole morning fixing her resume and sending some out to companies that she had shown a bit of interest in. When she looked up and took a glance at the clock hanging on the wall to check what time it was, she realized she had to hurry up and get changed because she shouldn't be late for the parents' meeting for Sean.

Although the parents' meeting was actually held biannually, Sean just loved it so much whenever his sister was in his classroom. Being the breadwinner for their family of two, it wasn't easy for Carla as the eldest daughter to sustain a living after losing their parents. Thus, she always got applauded a lot by the other parents. It made him feel extremely proud of her, and at the same time, it also made her proud in a way.

Upon arriving at the school, Carla found out that the teacher had arranged an event for students to showcase their talents or the things they had learned. A bunch of them were singing, dancing, while some had also prepared presentations. Their teacher made sure that every student got their own opportunity to walk up to the stage, shine bright, and display their talents and skills.

Sitting amongst the parents in the crowd, Carla was as anxious as the others to see her little Sean's show. 'What could he have possibly prepared?' Carla curled her lips up into a smile, not being able to to contain her excitement. After all, Sean didn't mention anything about this to her, so she was a little surprised as well.

However, when it was finally Sean's turn to get on the stage, he looked outright nervous. He couldn't bring himself to walk up to the stage.

His face suddenly went pale and his legs were noticeably shivering. But after a brief moment, he somewhat managed to pull himself together, coughing to clear his throat. 'Here it goes. Come on, Sean! I know you can do it!' Carla tried cheering Sean up by wearing a huge smile from ear to ear.