"I know you treat Sean as your little brother. He thinks of you no more than a family. However, you two don't have any blood relations. Do you think it's possible in the future when Sally is old enough..."
Terence frowned and muttered in a concerned tone.
He hadn't thought of anything of the sort in the past. However, after seeing how much Sally liked Sean, this thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and it bothered him.
After all, he couldn't guarantee what would happen in the future.
Parents all have similar worries at some point with their children.
Although, some lose sleep over such things more than others.
"Ah?"
Terence's words caught Carla by surprise. Her head went blank for a second. Then, she burst into laughter. She shook her head and replied, "That's impossible!"
"You are over thinking it! Although Sean is not related to me by blood, I still consider him as a true brother. Sally is our daughter. How is that possible for them to end up together in the future? That's nonsense. You worry too much!"
"Besides, they have over a decade of age difference!"
Carla added.
In her eyes, she was convinced that what Terence was thinking was absolutely impossible to happen.
"Have you forgotten? William is older than Violet by about twelve years,"
Terence reminded her in a cold but sad voice.
There were a lot of couples with huge age gaps around him.
Compared to them, the age difference he had with Carla seemed like nothing.
Carla fell into silence. She started to think of Violet and William's relationship.
Men seemed to age slower than women. Although they had a huge age difference, they looked about the same age when they were together.
However, after she heard Terence's reasonable argument, she still felt something was not right.
She stood still and shook her head.
"I think you worry too much. Sally likes to play with kids who are older than her. That's her personality. When she likes to play with someone, she will want to play with that person regardless of his/her age. She has been like that even when we were in BT Village. She enjoyed playing with Bob a lot!"
"And Bob is about the same age as Sean. I guess that might be why she likes to play with Sean,"
Carla posited as she remembered how close Sally had been with Bob in the past.
In her mind, a three year-old girl couldn't know much about love.
She just showed what she liked or disliked using her face.
Grown-ups tended to put their complicated thoughts and understandings on their kids. Carla couldn't let Terence do that.
"While we're on the subject, I think Cody is a good boy. If Sally dates him in the future, I will be really happy with that,"
Carla smiled as she thought of how sweet and sensible Cody was.
Terence shook his head and rubbed his forehead. "Let's not talk about it now. Sally is only three years old. Talking about marrying her to someone now frustrates me."
"I wasn't the one who brought the topic out. Aren't you the one who mentioned it first?"
Carla coyly replied to Terence while sporting a mischievous smirk.
"I know! I'm sorry. I shouldn't have started it." Terence owned up to his own mistake and held her by her waist.
Burying his head in her neck, he took a deep breath to inhale her scent which she had after the shower. "When do you plan to visit the Ji family? I can arrange everything ahead..."
"The day after tomorrow. I have to rest up,"
Carla replied to Terence as she stretched her arms. She planned on going to bed early.
"Okay!"
Terence quickly responded and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Then he picked her up and walked to bed.
"Honey, we talked about not having sex for half a month. Did you forget it?"
"Half a month? I thought it was only for a week."
Gently putting her on the bed, Terence looked at her with big poor puppy eyes.
"Although it's a week, your time is still on." Carla grimaced and turned sideways. She ducked under the sheet and covered herself up.
"Who said that? I did agree to leave you alone for a week. However, I didn't say it was this week! It will start next week!"
Terence muttered and held her and the blanket in his arms.
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