Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 74 Encounter A Thief (Part One)

"I've recently found out that Terence had been involved in a car accident about a week ago. Luckily, it

wasn't life-threatening and he managed to get away with just a few minor injuries. It's a good thing his

bodyguard's car was following closely behind him that it seemed to have acted as a buffer upon impact

during the crash and protected his car from getting wrecked even further. I'm really glad he could

survive an accident of that magnitude.

When he got into that car crash, Miss Bonnie of the Hua Family happened to pass by the scene of the

accident, and upon seeing Terence, though she was so frantic at first, she was able to calm herself

down and immediately had him sent straight to the hospital so he could receive proper medical

attention. The Ans and the Huas are two of the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential families

in all of JA City. There's no living person in that place who hasn't heard of their names. Since Miss

Bonnie seemed to have taken the trouble of visiting Terence every single day after he got admitted to

the hospital, they say that they're steadily getting closer to each other. Rumor has it that they're actually

planning to get engaged!"

Violet spoke in great detail.

When it happened, the circumstances regarding the accident Terence got involved in had been kept

secret. Only a few close friends and family members were privy of that information. In fact, if the news

that he was about to get engaged had not been spread everywhere, no one could have possibly known

about his injury at all.

Carla had gotten so shocked upon hearing the news from Violet that she couldn't move from where she

was standing and had been merely left dumbfounded.

Terence was involved in a car accident?

But why wouldn't anyone tell her about that?

Of course, Carla was earnestly listening to everything that Violet was trying to tell her, but it was just

extremely difficult for her to believe that Terence could change his mind so easily and choose to get

married to someone else. He might always seem a bit annoying and overbearing, but still, he was not

the type of guy that could simply get swayed.

She was thinking that, maybe, Violet had just been exaggerating with her stories this time. After all,

there was no proof for her to accept the fact that Terence was about to get engaged, and also, she

didn't personally see Terence staying with another woman. There was still a good chance all of the

rumors were just baseless.

After hanging up the phone, Carla immediately wanted to speak with Terence directly to find the truth.

Dialing his number, she quickly got a hold of him.

"Hello. Do you want to speak to Terence?" Instead of Terence, a woman picked up the phone and

asked in a gentle voice.

This confused Carla a little bit. Why would a woman answer the phone for Terence? Where was

Terence anyway? When she finally came to herself, she replied, "Yes. Is he there? May I speak to

him?"

"May I have your name? Well, Terence isn't here right now. He's actually having the dressing for his

wound changed, but I believe he will be back soon. Could you please tell me your name? I'll just go

ahead and tell him to call you back later,"

the woman responded, still in a soft voice. Carla was a bit surprised since she wasn't really expecting

that a woman would be the one to answer when she called.

Her voice sounded so soothing over the phone, so much so that it was enough to make Carla's heart

skip a beat. It was such a pleasant feeling that just felt so reassuring.

"Please hold on for a moment. It looks like he just got back from getting the dressing on wounds

changed. I'll pass the phone over to him now so you could talk to him," the woman informed her

politely. Carla heard a clang as the woman probably put the phone down on some wooden surface, and

then she heard her utter, "Terence, please be careful and walk slowly. Just give me a second. I'll be

right with you. Let me lend you a hand so that it would be easier for you to move around!"

"You don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine. I'm actually feeling much better now," Terence

responded.

"How can you ask me to stop worrying about you? I don't really see a reason not to. And I don't want

you to get any other complications. Otherwise, I'll be the one who has to look after you in the future. Belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

Come on, now. Let's get you on the bed slowly. I'll go ask the nurse to help you adjust the height of the

bed frame to a suitable inclination so that you can lie down more comfortably," the woman replied in

such a gentle manner. It was becoming increasingly apparent that whoever this woman was, she

deeply cared about Terence so much.

"No, thanks. There's no need for you to do that. I can just simply use the remote control to adjust the

bed. Just now, you told me that you were getting a bit hungry. I've asked Nathan to go to the store to

get the dessert that you always love. You can just take a seat and wait for a while."

Carla could feel that there was a hint of concern in Terence's calm voice.

"Really? That's so nice of you, Terence. I should've been the one taking care of you, but here you are

worrying about me instead." The woman kept laughing merrily after saying those words, her voice just

as lovely, if not more, as that of a bird singing. From what Carla could gather through listening to their

conversation over the phone, it seemed like she leaned toward Terence, pursed her lips and kissed

him, making an audible sound just loud enough so Carla could hear it.

"Oh, no. I'm really sorry. I've completely forgotten all about the phone call. There's someone on the

phone right now. She said she wanted to speak with you."

Upon realizing that there was someone waiting to talk to Terence, the woman picked up the phone and

handed it over to him.

Upon finding out that Carla had still not hung up the phone even though she had already been waiting

for about five minutes, Terence appeared to be a bit hesitant to talk to her. After a brief second, he

finally spoke, "Hello, Carla? Are you still there?"

At this point, Carla quietly sat down in a little corner nearby, her phone in her hand, nervously biting her

fingernails. There were a lot of things she wanted to ask him, but now, after hearing his voice, she had

no idea what to say first. In the end, she decided to finally go with, "Yup, that's me. I've heard from

someone that you had been involved in a car accident. What happened? How? Are you okay? Did you

get seriously injured? Are you in a critical condition right now?"

Truth be told, she had actually intended to hang up the phone just then, but upon hearing his voice, she

just could not bring herself to do so, wanting to confirm whether he was fine or not instead.

She was still a bit skeptical of what was going on between Terence and that other woman who

answered his phone. But because she wasn't really able to witness everything that had happened in

person, she thought that there was a possibility that she might just be misunderstanding things.

On the other side of the phone, Terence immediately responded, "I'm alright now. The injuries haven't

been really severe enough to warrant an extended hospital stay. The doctors said that I would be able

to fully recover after about half a month of rest. You don't have to worry about it. What about you and

Sean? Are the two of you doing fine? Please tell him I said hi."