"Look. This is her. Isn't she beautiful?
She's free today. Can you go to pick her up if you have time? You don't have to prepare any clothes for her. She can prepare that by herself."
While speaking, Carla browsed through Sherry's profile pictures and showed them all to Noah.
Noah felt bitter looking at the pictures of which he had no interest in, but he looked up at Carla and smiled gently.
"Okay... But, Miss Carla, most women would jump at the chance of going to such an event. It could broaden your chances of meeting someone influential and possibly help you in the future. After all, it's at events like these that people meet each other and who knows, what may happen between them in the future.
Are you sure that you want to pass up such an opportunity and give it to another person?"
Carla just glanced at him and gave him a small smile.
If it was truly her desire to be rich and famous, she would have agreed to be Terence's girlfriend. Terence also happened to be the heir of the An family that was the wealthiest and most powerful family in JA City.
And if she insisted on marrying Terence, she was certain that he would agree to it. Then he would most certainly provide for her and she wouldn't have to worry about money ever again.
"Thanks for your kindness and generous offer, Mr. Noah. But there is no one to look after my brother and he would be home alone. I'm worried about leaving him by himself.
I can give you Sherry's phone number so you can ask her to go instead,"
she said, as she searched through her contact list in her cellphone and then showed the number to Noah.
Noah could tell that she had already made her mind up. So there was no point in pursuing the matter further. Instead, he wrote Sherry's phone number down.
After she got back home. Carla immediately called Sherry to remind her to be careful.
She felt a little responsible for Sherry's safety, because she was the one who suggested that Sherry go to the party, in her place.
However, what Carla didn't know was that she was just worrying too much unnecessarily.
Since Noah's target wasn't Sherry, Sherry would not be in danger.
"Carla, how do I work out this mathematical problem? I've been trying to solve it for a long time now, but I just don't know how to..."
Sean asked Carla with a baffled expression as he leaned his head hopelessly onto his hand.
Carla was sitting on the sofa watching some program on the television when Sean called out to her. She immediately got up and switched the TV off and went to help him with his homework. However, after looking at the math problem for a while, Carla had difficulty working it out as well. She frowned. "Why is math for primary school students so difficult now?
Let me think it over again."
With his chin resting in one of his hands, Sean pouted and said, "If only Terence was here. He would definitely be able to work this problem out in a jiffy and find the right answer..."
Sean had become used to turning to Terence for help with any difficult problems.
However, Terence wasn't with them now to help him.
Carla gaped at him in surprise and then gave him a cold stare. When Sean saw her angry expression, he immediately stopped talking.
"All right. I know how to solve this problem. It's very easy. Come on. Let me explain it to you."
Carla took Sean's pen and began to write the equation out on paper to show him how to solve it.
Once she had finished, Sean's brows furrowed and he crossed his arms defiantly. "Your answer is wrong. It's totally wrong!"
Sean knew the right answer to the question. He just didn't know the solving process to get to it. When he saw what answer Carla ended up with, he knew it was wrong and became very frustrated.
"I want to make a video call to Terence and ask him to show me the right way!" Sean grumbled and gave Carla a sidelong glance.
"Terence will be my friend, forever. I don't want to lose such a good friend. So, can I call him?"
Carla was furious by what Sean had said. But she didn't say anything to scold him.
"Wait a minute. I'll search for the solution on the Internet. I believe that I can work it out this time."
The math problem was for grade three students in primary school, but Carla felt exasperated that she couldn't work it out. It never seemed to be that difficult when she was his age at school. But she was confident that she would find the solution in a few moments time once she had a look online.
Carla got up and went into her bedroom.
After a while, she came out and held her laptop in her hands. "Sean, I know how to solve it. In fact, the solution isn't so...
Sean?"
When Carla went back to the living room, Sean wasn't there. So she went to his bedroom to check if he was there. Once she opened the door, she saw that Sean was on a video call with Terence, using the PC tablet that he had given him.
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