Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 531 Carla, Come Back With Me! (Part Two)

It was only when she reacted that way that Terence noticed Carla's bandaged hand.

"It's alright. Don't worry about it. Some guy was laughing at me yesterday. And he kept jibing at my

rough hand, telling me that I wouldn't even pass as a housemaid with these ugly hands. Because of

that, I blew a fuse and broke a mirror. That's when I got my hand injured by accident," Carla explained.

"Who is that stupid bastard who hurt you? Tell me right now. I'm going to teach him a good lesson for

you,"

Terence exclaimed as the lines began to form on his forehead, holding her hands in his as though it

were some kind of treasure.

"Never mind that. I've already taught that guy a valuable lesson. Besides, he seems to have already

realized that he was wrong,"

Carla tried to calm him down as she looked him straight in the eyes.

"Why did your hands become like this? What have you been doing in these past four years? Did you

have to endure a lot of hardships? Look, even your precious hands are calloused now,"

Terence asked in a tender voice as he gently massaged her hands. With his other hand, he touched

her cheek and felt up every inch of her face. It pained him so much to see the marks on her hands

which were enough proof that she had been through a lot.

Taking a good hard look, Carla understood that the Terence standing in front of her at that moment was

the same one that she came to love. The affection he had for her had finally returned.

"I was carried by the flood into a faraway village deep in the mountains. The terrain there was quite

unruly, so there was no way for me to get in touch with the outside world. That's why I couldn't come

back right away even though I desperately wanted to. I had to stay in one of the villagers' home, so IContent property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

couldn't just let myself become a freeloader and a burden to them. For that reason, I tried to work really

hard so I could earn my keep. That's what caused my hands to end up looking like this."

As she told him that, Carla tried to get his hand off of her face and added, "Will you, um, will you stop

loving me because of that?"

"Carla, I can only hate myself for not being able to find you sooner. For as long as you come back to

me safely, I couldn't care less what you look like right now. That won't ever make me stop loving you."

Terence felt even more hurt when he heard her say those words.

In truth, Carla was so deeply touched by what he said. With tears welling up on her face, she sniffed

and said, "Is that true?

If so, then I'm going to come clean with you... I got swept away into a secluded village in the mountain,

so I was left with no other choice but to marry one of the locals there. He was a farmer. The two of us

ended up having a daughter."

Glancing over toward Sally who was merrily playing with Rainer just a few meters away, Carla went on

and said, "Sometime later, the farmer accidentally fell into a ditch and didn't survive. That was when I

decided to come back with my daughter.

Are you... are you really not going to hate me for that?"

Terence was left at such a loss when he heard her say that for a moment there. But after taking a quick

glance at Sally, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Carla, are you taking me for a fool? What kind of

farmer could possibly have a daughter that looks so much like me?

If you're planning to test me, can you please make it sound a little more convincing?"

At this point, Carla was taken by surprise.

It completely slipped her mind that Terence would be clever enough to see through all of her lies.

"Carla, I don't mind it. Even if you had to marry some other guy, I couldn't care less about those trivial

things either. For as long as you are alive and back in my arms, I don't have a care in the world,"

Terence blurted out in a hoarse voice as he wrapped her loosely in his arms. Even now, he still didn't

want to embrace her tightly, afraid that he might lose her once again.

As all of this was transpiring, Andrea and Tristan were watching by the window inside the house.

"Mother, isn't he married to another woman already? Then, there's no way he and Carla could..."

Tristan seemed to be quite concerned about them. Despite his sister, Carla, being married to Terence

once before, they got word that Terence had already remarried to another woman after losing his

memory.

Peering outside the window, Andrea heaved a heavy sigh and answered, "Tristan, I believe that

Terence is a good man. What he has been through these past four years is no less than Callie's. So

please try not to be too hard on him.

The year that Callie went missing, he had gone through great lengths to search for her. And so did our

family. Noah also sent a lot of people to search for her when we found out about it.

But no one was able to find her even after a year-long search.

What's important is that

Callie is finally back with us. And she even brought back her beautiful daughter with Terence.

Knowing this, I have faith that they won't be parted so easily.

Right now, my only wish is that God would keep watching over them. I hope they could live a happy life

from this day forward!"

In the yard, a bunch of crown daisies were bursting out and blooming as they danced in the spring

breeze. The sunshine felt so warm and bright, which lit up the flowers and made them glisten.

"Carla, please come back home with me!"

Terence said at once, leaning back a little and loosening his embrace.