"Was there ever a time when you hated me?"
Terence asked in a hoarse voice.
Whenever the thought of not being able to see her ever again crossed his mind, the pain from the unbearable heartache almost overwhelmed and choked him.
Shooting him a glance, Carla gritted her teeth and told him the truth, "Of course, there was. Especially when I was in labor, I've probably cursed you about a hundred times, maybe even more. That time I thought that if I ever got to see your face again someday, I would definitely..."
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Saying that, Carla reached out her hand, acting as though she was about to twist his arm. That being said, she ended up not doing it when her eyes met his sincere gaze.
"But that's all in the past, and I've learned to live with it now."
Carla's heart felt more at ease as she leaned into his shoulder. "To be honest, when I look back on what happened, I think it was all worth it in the end."
She had never been the type of woman who'd complain a lot.
It was she who made that choice herself at that time. Since there was no way to change the past anymore, she couldn't put the blame on anybody else.
It wouldn't make a difference even if she despised Terence for that.
"Why do you think that?" Terence asked. With his dark eyes fixated on her, Terence couldn't help but feel impressed by how positive she was being toward life. From the way she looked right now, it seemed as though she could always get back on her feet no matter what was thrown at her.
"Four years of my life in exchange for all of this. I've been blessed with such a lovely daughter. I think of it as a deal I've made with God, so it was all totally worth it," Carla told him.
Carla always believed that living life would be much easier once you learned to perceive things differently.
Hearing her response, Terence wrapped his arms around her and gave her a comforting embrace before planting a kiss on her forehead. "Babe, I'm really glad that you were able to make it back home. I can't thank you enough for not giving up on me, on us, and for bringing back our daughter with you."
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In spite of everything that happened in the past couple of years, she was now back in his loving arms, safe and sound.
He no longer cared whether it was accident or not, all he knew was that he could never let that happen ever again.
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Even if it were God himself who was trying to separate them, he would be more than willing to put his life on the line to go against it.
"Well, honey, all of that is already in the past now, so we should just move on." From this day forward, I'll always be by your side forever. We'll raise our daughter well and watch her grow up into a fine lady, and we'll spend every day of our lives together.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, Carla told him that with a smile on her face.
"Yes, there will only be good times filled with happiness from now on," Terence exclaimed.
After that, he lifted her chin a little and kissed her pink lips, letting out quite a soft chuckle. "Babe, I think that's enough talk about the future. How about we focus on what we are going to do tonight?"
As she peered into his affectionate eyes, Carla could plainly see that he was thinking about fooling around.
Because of that, she snickered a bit and quickly got on top of him.
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