Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 250 The Restless Terence

Johnny sent so many people to look for Carla but he still failed. He was wondering whether or not she

could come back safely on her own.

Carla paused and turned slightly to look at the emerald lake then answered, "Grandpa Nicholas sent

his men to find me."

She hid the fact that Terence was the one who found her to protect him.

Terence was Nicholas's favorite grandchild and Carla was Terence's girlfriend. It was only natural for

Nicholas to protect her after Terence's death. The whole thing totally made sense to everyone.

Carla glanced at the river bank and saw two boats sailing after them.

Terence arranged some bodyguards and they were waiting on both the bank and the boats to protect

her anytime if she needed them.

Johnny bought what Carla said, that Nicholas was the one who sent people to save her. It was no

wonder that she came back that quickly.

However, he was a little unhappy that she was still close to the people in the An Family. He frowned

and asked her, "Are you still constantly in touch with the An Family?"

"Yes. Grandpa Nicholas was hoping that Terence would marry me. He told me that I am like one of his

grandchildren already. He promised me that he would always protect me. Grandpa Nicholas also said

that even though Terence already passed away, he would still take care of me like I am his own

grandchild."

She answered while she glanced at Johnny. Johnny then curled his lips and said, "I don't think it's the

right thing to do. Terence isn't here anymore. You have no right to keep on being involved with that

family. Unless you don't want to get married for the rest of your life just to show your loyalty to Terence.

Carla, I love you. Please be with me. I'll do everything to protect you for the rest of my life."

Johnny confessed his love to Carla. He moved closer to her and suddenly took her hand.

However, Carla immediately shook him off as if it was an insect that touched her hand. She refused

him and said, "No way, Johnny. You think that after all the things that you've done to me that there

would still be a chance that I would love you? You should just forget about it because it's never going to

happen!"

Seeing that she hated him so much, Johnny got really upset. His lips trembled lightly while he defended

himself, "I am not the one who killed Terence! I'm not the one that you should hate."

However, he only met a snort of suspicion and disdain from Carla. Johnny was lucky that the boat they

were on didn't have oars. Otherwise, she would have smacked him with it using all her might to vent

her anger.

"Johnny, do you know how to swim?"

Carla asked him suddenly.

Johnny was puzzled at her question but he still answered her honestly, "Yes, I can. Why do you ask?"

There was suddenly a sharp turn ahead and a wave caused the boat to veer to the side. The wave

surged at them at about one meter high and dashed right at Carla. She reflexively raised her hands in NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

front of her as a shield.

At that moment, Johnny grabbed her into his chest and turned his back to the wave to protect her.

However, they met the moving rapids just after they passed a sharp turn. Suddenly, someone gave

Johnny a hard push and it made him fall into the river in a big splash.

Fortunately, Johnny was wearing a life jacket. He nimbly grabbed a large boulder by the side of the

river bank to stop himself from being swept away by the rapids. Then he looked up only to find that

Carla was being taken away by the boat.

"Johnny, just hang in there. You should swim faster. I'll meet you back in the dock. Goodbye." Carla just

waved her hands at him and left him in a fit of mischievous laughter. She was just glad that she finally

got rid of him.

Carla knew that Johnny was in love with her. If she met him earlier before she even met Terence, she

might have been touched by everything he had done for her and she would have eventually loved him

back.

However, she met Terence first.

She couldn't ever accept anyone after being with Terence. He was the best thing that ever happened to

her in her whole life.

Carla would never replace Terence with Johnny. Plus, Johnny was actually one of the ringleaders that

'killed' Terence. He was not a nice guy at all.

He wanted to kill her lover just to be with her. It was ridiculous. She would never let that happen.

She decided to take a little revenge on him by throwing him into the water. It was not much but it helped

her feel a little bit better.

Johnny was still several kilometers away from the dock. It was pretty clear that he couldn't swim all the

way back to the dock. Some of his bodyguards quickly decided to jump into the lake to rescue him.

As soon as Carla arrived at the dock, she took Sean's hand and steered him to their car. She wanted

nothing more than to go home and spend some much needed quality time with him.

However, just before they got into their car, Johnny caught up with them. Carla was a little surprised to

see that he was so quick on his feet that he even managed to change into dry clothes. Johnny stopped

them, "Carla, please wait a minute. I made a reservation in a restaurant for us. Let's have dinner then

I'll drive you home after." His hair was still wet but he still looked handsome and dashing.

Sean slightly pulled Carla's hand and asked in a low voice, "Carla, is he courting you?"

Carla didn't answer his question. She decided to just ignore him and give Johnny an angry stare,

"Johnny, just what do you think you're doing? Didn't you suffer enough in the water? I can give you

more trouble if that's what you really want."

Johnny ordered his chauffeur to get his car, "No, I didn't. I enjoy it when you torture me. I know that

you're mad at me, Carla. Just take it out on me. I will do anything to make you feel better."

His persistence made Carla speechless. She suppressed her anger and patted Sean on the shoulder.

Then whispered to him, "Sean, you should go home first. I'll give you a call once I'm done with him."

Sean was her weak spot. She had to send Sean home first in case Johnny decided to use him to force

her to do something that she didn't want to do again.

"All right. I'll go home first. Please call me soon, okay?" Sean answered, then he added, "Carla, please

don't forget about Terence. He is the best. I really don't want you to date this guy."

Sean uttered the childish words while stealing a glance at Johnny.

'Terence is much more handsome than him, ' Sean thought to himself while sizing Johnny up.

'Terence is also much more generous and he is probably richer

than him.

There was no reason for Carla to like this guy. I am sure that I am just worrying about nothing.'

Sean thought about it for a while and it made him miss Terence even more. He was just hoping that

Terence would return to them as soon as possible.

At that exact moment, Terence glanced at the clock while he was waiting on the sofa. It was getting

pretty late now.

Why was Carla not back yet?

Was it because she decided to have dinner with Johnny?

Terence started worrying about Carla. Even though he had sent some bodyguards to protect her, he

himself couldn't be there for her if she needed him. It made him feel restless.

Just thinking about it made Terence jittery. He decided that he couldn't just sit there and wait for her. He

stood up and got changed. He went out in a pair of sunglasses and a face mask.

The second that he stepped out of the door, Rainer and Nathan stopped him immediately.

"Mr. Terence, where are you going?"

When the brothers got better, they went back to work instantly even though they were technically still

on vacation.

"Mr. Terence, you know that you can't go out like that. It would be very dangerous if you were

recognized by someone." Rainer took a step forward in an attempt to stop Terence.

According to their original plan, Terence should keep hiding himself in the house for another week.

However, Terence just took off his black mask and glanced at the brothers. He reassured them, "Don't

worry. I'll stay in the car just to be safe." Then he kept walking away from them.

"Mr. Terence," Nathan called him again.

"Are you worried about Miss Carla? I'm sure that everything's alright. You should relax. Mr. Nicholas got

Miss Carla a coach to teach her some self-defense skills and she had been practicing for a month. I

believe that she is more than capable of protecting herself now."

"He is right, Mr. Terence. Even though Miss Carla is a tiny woman, she still decided to go into that

jungle to save you on her own and that took courage and determination.

It was more than enough to show you how much she loves you. There is no way that she would fall in

love with someone else. You have nothing to worry about." Rainer tried to persuade him as well.

When he heard what Rainer just said, Terence was touched again by Carla's love and devotion for him.

That was the very reason why he wanted to go find her now. After all the things that she did for him, he

couldn't possibly leave her alone like this. He loved her just as much as she loved him. He responded

to them with an explanation, "I know. I know that Carla loves me very much. I am just afraid that

Johnny would hurt her."

Almost everyone in JA City believed that he was dead now and it gave Johnny the courage to pester

Carla and blatantly run after her. However, Carla was his woman. He would never let anybody take her

away from him.

As long as he could, he would stop Johnny himself.

He couldn't just sit there and wait for her to return. It would drive him crazy.

"Mr. Terence, please be patient. There are already bodyguards that would help Miss Carla in case she

got into any trouble and she could also protect herself. Johnny would never dare hurt her. It would be

better for you to just stay here,"

Nathan said while still trying to stop him.

Rainer got inspired at that moment and decided to cut in their conversation, "Mr. Terence, I have an

idea and it could help you see Miss Carla without being recognized. Would you like to hear about it?"