Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 281 Her True Family

'What is going on?' Carla thought to herself.

Andrea was staring at her with red sorrowful eyes. Everybody was in the room except for Bonnie.

Noah was standing by the window silently. He was looking into the distance with his arms crossed.

Two young men were also standing by the door, wearing serious looks.

"Auntie, what's wrong?"

Carla asked. She had no clue about what was happening at the moment. Why was everybody in her

room?

"Callie, my dear!"

Andrea walked closer to her and suddenly grabbed her hand. Then she started to cry. "Your father, he's

in the ICU. The doctor said that we should prepare for the... I don't know how to tell you this. The truth

is..."

"Auntie, what do you mean by 'my father'? I... My father was already..."

Carla was totally confused. Her parents both died when she was young.

What was happening?

"Callie, I'm sorry. It's hard to explain everything right now but you're indeed my daughter. My biological

daughter..."

Andrea was in tears. She was planning on waiting for a couple of days before telling her the truth but

Allen's condition suddenly got worse. At dawn, he was rushed in the ICU.

She was completely at a loss. If she didn't take the chance to tell her now, there might be no chance to

tell her about everything at all.

She was afraid that Allen would die with regrets.

"Carla, your original name is Camelia. You were called Callie. You're our only biological daughter.

Because of a debt twenty three years ago, you were forced to leave us. From then on, every moment

seemed like torture to us. I'm sorry."

Tears rushed down from Andrea's eyes. She couldn't bear to talk about what happened twenty years

ago. Just being reminded of it would make her heart ache as if a knife was cutting through her with it.

"I know that it's not the good time to tell you all of these but I have no choice. Your father has only a few

days left. His time is ticking. He's in the ICU now and he may pass away at any moment. I... am

begging you..."

Then she suddenly knelt down on the floor in front of her and started crying.

"I know it's a lot for you to process but your father can't wait anymore. Callie, would you please forgive

us and visit your father? Can you please call him Father for the last time?"

Confused, Carla glanced at Noah who was standing by the window. She wanted to turn to him for help.

"Noah, what's happening? Can you please explain it to me?"

Noah turned and looked at her in the eye. He was wearing a look that was more serious than usual.

"Carla, what my mother said is true. You are their only biological daughter. Everyone else was adopted.

As am I. It was kept a secret and only a few people are aware of that, even inside our own clan."

While speaking, Noah furrowed his eyebrows and stared at her intently. "That's why I asked you to

come to HA City."

"When you left the Hua Family at a young age, you were sold to a new family. They were your foster

parents. After your foster parents passed away, you kept living with your brother Sean.

All those years, Mother and Father were trying to find you. It's not their fault that you were lost to them.

I hope that you will forgive them,"

Noah explained it in a way that was not too hard for Carla to accept. However, it still came as quite a

shock to Carla.

Allen's health was failing and he only had a few days left. He was struggling to hold on just to meet his

daughter.

Carla's mind was in a mess. She shook her head while trying hard to process all of what was currently

happening around her.

"Auntie, are you really my biological mother?" Carla looked at her and asked. She tried to search even

the slightest trace of kinship from Andrea.

Andrea nodded and looked back at her with watery eyes. "Yes. If you don't believe me, look at this.

This is the photo that was taken when I was young. I looked like you, right?"

Andrea got more and more excited while speaking to her. She took out a black and white photo and a

mirror from her bag and handed them to Carla.

Carla scrutinized the figure on the photo. She memorized the eyes, the facial features and everything.

Then she looked into the mirror to look at herself. She did find some resemblances.

Only...

"Look at this. This is the result of the paternity test. Allen and I are both a perfect match with you. You

are truly our daughter. This can't be wrong."

Andrea was holding the paternity certificate. Then she handed it to Carla. She was so excited that she

suddenly grabbed Carla's arm tightly. She was unable to suppress her joy.

"I've been looking for you for so many years. The paternity test was done many times before but now,

we finally found you."

Carla took a deep breath and replied, "Auntie, I know. However, could you please give me some more

time to process everything?

I thought I had nothing but now I suddenly have parents and... so many siblings. I'm truly glad to hear

about everything but I need time to take it all in."

Then she glanced back at Noah.

"Mother, Carla's right. Father is fine for the moment. Please give Carla some space. She needs some

more time, alright?" Noah walked over and held Andrea who was getting agitated.

Andrea nodded and unwillingly released Carla's hand.

"Callie, I promise that I will make it up to you for the rest of my life. As long as you forgive your father to

let him die in peace, I'll promise you everything."

The other two sons of the Hua Family left the room. Noah was the only one left.

"Carla, I'm sorry that I kept it from you from the beginning," admitted Noah. He was standing by the

door.

No matter what, he had to tell Carla the truth now.

Carla was lost in thought for a moment. It was hard for her to accept that some strangers suddenly

came to tell her that they were her real family.

"So... does that mean that you are now my brother? Then why... you still..." asked Carla, hesitantly.

"No, I'm not. Biologically, I'm not related to you and we didn't grow up together as brother and sister. So

technically, I'm not your real brother."

Noah denied it and walked towards her. He looked at her and said, "Carla, the relationship between

you and me has nothing to do with the matter that you are going back to the Hua family. Don't mix the

two things together."

"But in the eyes of the Hua family, we're brother and sister. What should we do with that?" asked Carla.

Her eyebrows were furrowing. Nobody from the outside knew that Noah was adopted by the Hua

family.

She couldn't deny the fact that she felt something for Noah. However, knowing their true relationship

with each other made it hard to accept everything.

"Carla, if you want to marry me, I will think of a way. Don't worry about it." Noah thought it was what

was troubling her. He smiled gently at her and continued, "Now, you need to calm down. Think about

how to accept everything. This is the most important thing right now."

Carla looked at his dark eyes, heaved a deep breath and shifted her eyes away from him. "But... you

want me to call the people whom I barely know as Mother and Father.

I just can't do it."

Noah held her hand and said, "Carla, no parent would want to be separated from their children. If they

had a choice back then, they would never have left you.

Losing you already tortured them for over twenty years. That was already their punishment.

Carla, you're a considerate person. Please show some understanding and forgive them. And you

should allow yourself to forgive them too...."

Noah lowered his eyes and frowned after speaking.

"The Hua Family accumulated a large sum of money. Being their only daughter, you would get all of

those in the future. You can easily inherit all of those by just embracing your true family. Why not do

that?"

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Carla pieced everything together and suddenly realized. With squinting eyes, she said in an ironic tone,

"Right, the Hua Family is rich, huh? It seems like it would be good for me to accept my new parents."

Noah didn't look at her. The Hua Family was popular in HA City and many people were after their

wealth like starved wolves.

Noah was just one of them. All of the things that he had done was just to get the Hua Family's fortune.

Carla saw through him. It was not because he was softhearted but it was because of his true feelings.

He thought that he could control himself but apparently he couldn't.

Anyway, he was Noah and he was capable of anything.

He wouldn't allow himself to fail. He would always come up with a new plan.

At that moment, he was determined to get the Hua Family's fortune.

He was also determined to get Carla's heart.