Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 300 I Must Marry Him

After hanging up the phone, Terence couldn't help frowning with annoyance. He turned around to see

the beautiful Carla leaning against the door looking at him.

Carla asked, "Was that from your father? What did he say that made you so angry?"

"Nothing serious. It's just some trifles,"

Terence replied. He put his arms around Carla's waist and kissed her. "My father will come here and

pick me up after some time. I'll have to run some errands with him. Could you wait for me at home?"

With her arms entwined around Terence's neck, Carla smiled and replied as she moved her fingers

gently around his earlobes, "All right. Even I was wondering when I would be able to get some rest.

Now you have given me that chance. You go ahead."

After a moment, Edmund's car arrived at their house.

Unable to avoid Edmund's instruction, Terence got into the car, his eyebrows still stitched in a tight

frown.

"Terence, I know you love Carla, but you can't devote all your time to her. A man shouldn't invest all his

energy into one woman."

Edmund kept imposing his values affectionately on Terence on their way.

"I wouldn't oppose you to marry Carla, but I suggest you divert your attention from her for a while and

focus on other things as well. You should live life the way you want. Look at your brother Rhys."

Rhys was a playboy. Even though he had a fiancee, he still went out to have fun with other women.

Though having too many affairs was morally wrong, a man, especially those with high positions as

Rhys and Terrence, need not care too much about fidelity, otherwise, it would be considered as their

weakness.

"Like what you did to my mother, right?"

Terence blurted and gave out a cold laugh. He looked away from Edmund as his eyes darkened with

resentment.

Terence's reply suddenly brought forth a spell of silence that made the air a little heavy between the

two of them. Edmund froze in his seat for a while and then he cleared his throat and looked out the

window.

Terence's mother had been a taboo between the father and son.

Marrying Edmund was Terence's mother's biggest regret in her entire life. If she had a choice, she

would never marry this man, who had ruined her happiness.

Terence had witnessed the perils his mother had to go through and therefore, Terence had sworn in his

mind at an early age that he would not let his woman suffer like his mother.

He would make his future wife the happiest woman not just in JA City but the whole world. He would

treasure her forever.

Edmund, of course, would not understand that. And Terence didn't have any intention to make his

father see the reasons behind his stance.

The silence between the father and son continued till the time they reached the South Yard

where Adams and his family lived.

Adams was already outside his house eagerly waiting for them. His granddaughter had locked herself

in the room and cried non-stop throughout the day. Adams had no other choice than to wait outside the

house for Terrence to come. His anxiousness was apparent from the way he paced back and forth in

the driveway.

There was a mark of relief on Adam's face as he saw Terence approaching. He hurriedly stepped

forward and grabbed his arm.

"Terence, I know you don't like Amanda. But she's young and has never experienced any rejection

since she was a child. Please! Say something to cheer her up. A girl just needs some sweet words.

Please stop her from crying,"

Adams pleaded with an anxious face.

Though Terence was unwilling, still he could not say no to Adams. Just for Adam's sake, he nodded

and replied politely, "Okay, I will." Then he walked inside.

As Terence climbed the stairs, he saw Amanda's parents waiting outside the room, worried.

When they saw Terence coming up, they knocked on the door.

"Amanda? Your uncle Terence is here. Please open the door now!"

Hearing Terence's name, Amanda wiped her tears and rushed to the door.

The sound of a click indicating the door being unlocked could be heard. In an instant, it brought smiles

on Amanda's parents' face. They turned towards Terrence and gave him a smile of gratitude.

Terence, however, could not return a smile to them. This was not something that he wanted to get into.

Yet he had to. He furrowed his eyebrows, turned the doorknob and walked inside.

As he walked inside the room, he found Amanda sitting on the bed.

Amanda was sitting cross-legged, her arms embracing her bent knees. Her eyes were red and swollen

from crying for a long time. She took a glance at Terence and then turned her eyes away from him.

Terence looked around the room which was all pink. Pink curtains, pink bed sheets, and pink hello

kitties – the more he looked around, the more disgusted he felt. He couldn't help frowning.

"Amanda, stop crying," Terrence said in a stern voice.

His tone seemed indifferent.

Amanda wiped her tears from her cheeks yet her eyes did not cease from swelling up. She looked at

him with watery eyes. "Terence, do you really hate me that much? Are you still despising me?

Nobody has ever treated me like that except you. I hate you, Terence!"

Terence furrowed and sighed, "You got me wrong, Amanda. I just happened to go to the bathroom. I

didn't mean to despise you or avoid you. Don't overthink."

He actually did despise her, but he couldn't tell the truth. Given such a vulnerable situation, he had to

say something nice.

"Besides, I have a girlfriend. I believe you know that."

Hearing his words, Amanda got off the bed and rushed to him. She held out her hands and looked at

him with pleading eyes. At the moment, she looked just like the puppy dogs waiting to be cuddled by

their masters.

"Terence, if that was because of Carla, now that she is not here, could you hold my hands?"

Terence was taken aback. He looked at her hands with pink fingernails and it gave him jitters. He

tightened his eyebrows further.

"Amanda, you've grown up. You're not a child anymore. Can you stop being childish?"

Hearing what Terence said, Amanda stepped backward in disappointment. Tears began to well up

again. "I see. You do hate me. I'm not as good as Carla. I'm childish. I don't deserve you."

"Amanda! Listen, I won't repeat this. I love Carla very much. If you want me to pity you, that would be a

betrayal towards her."

Terence would never do such a thing. Pity was infidelity in a disguise.

"You're not a child anymore. I know what you're thinking. Could you please manage yourself like an

adult? Do you really have to bother your parents and grandpa for such a trivial thing? It's not how an

adult would behave,"

Terence spoke in a serious tone.

Then, he turned and walked away.

Never spoil a girl and get her what she wants. If you give in to her tantrums even for once, there will be

no end to it.

Terence didn't have the time or any inclination to deal with the feelings of an adult child.

"Terence?"

Seeing Terence coming out, Amanda's parents hurried inside.

Amanda was not crying anymore but was staring blankly outside the window.

She was surprised at Terence's reaction, but on the other hand, she felt a little delightful as well.

She was right about Terence. If it was any other man, he would have come forward to comfort her

seeing her crying like that. But Terence was different.

The more indifference he showed, the more certain she was that Terence was the man she was looking

for.

"Mom, Dad, I must marry uncle Terence. I'll be his wife,"

Amanda said with a determined tone, her eyes still red.

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Amanda's mom persuaded.

"Mom, you don't understand. That he doesn't touch me now means that he won't touch other women if I

become his wife in the future,"

Amanda said, her face breaking into a broad smile. "This is the man I'm looking for! I want a man to be

faithful to me. Now that I have finally met one, why should I give up?"

"But Amanda, Terence is already with Carla. You don't have a chance."

Amanda's mom kept persuading her into giving up the idea.

"It doesn't matter. As long as he's not married, I still have my chance," Amanda said, heaving a sigh

and regaining her confidence.

Carla was not born from a wealthy family. Yet Terence's sincerity and faithfulness towards her indicated

that he was not that kind of man who cared about fame and money.

Besides, Carla was not a stunningly beautiful woman either. It meant that Terence didn't care too much

about a woman's appearance.

Amanda was right about Terence. He was the exact man that she wanted to share her life with.