Waiting For a Girl Like You

If it wasn't him, then who else could it be?

'Why did he turn off my alarm? What is he up to?' Carla thought in frustration.

Carla tried calling Kaylee to tell her that she had gotten up late but found that Kaylee's phone was off. She figured Kaylee must have already been on the plane.

Then she called Terence.

He picked up the call rather quickly.

"Are you awake? Wait for me there. I'll be there around noon so we can have lunch together." Terence's familiar voice came from the other end of the line.

Upon hearing this, Carla snorted. "Terence, did you turn off my alarm clock?" she asked.

"Yes. It was too noisy. I was afraid it would wake you up,"

Terence said playfully.

"……"

Carla was so angry that she couldn't even say a word. After a while, she said, "I had an appointment with Auntie Kaylee and I basically stood her up! Can you at least ask Rainer to bring me to the airport? I need to fly back right now."

"Auntie Kaylee won't be mad at you. I answered her call this morning," Terence said calmly, "Carla, I'll be back home in one week. Don't go anywhere, okay? Will you just stay with me?"

He had asked her to come along with him but she had refused.

Since she was here already, there was no reason he couldn't ask her now. He also didn't want her to fly back alone.

"No, I'm worried about Sally!" Carla said anxiously. She had originally planned for Sally to stay with Violet for just a couple of days but with Terence changing up her plans, it would be 10 days now. She couldn't agree to that.

"I've already had her picked up from Violet's house and taken to Father's house. She's now with her grandfather. There's no need for you to worry about her."

Since Terence knew that his daughter staying with other people was just a temporary fix, he asked Jason to bring her to the East Yard yesterday.

His father hadn't been working that much recently as he liked staying at home, drinking tea, and tending to his flowers. He was enjoying his leisure time. He loved Sally dearly so Terence knew he would take care of her.

Carla was at a loss for words. It turned out that Terence had already planned the whole thing.

She was so angry that she hung up the phone and th

Terence had already seen right through her. He reached out and took her hand. "Carla, I can assure you that I can take care of myself. It's only when I take care of myself that I can enjoy my time with you so I assure you that I'm not abusing my body."

Carla looked at him and then turned her gaze to his hand tightly holding hers. "I'm glad you know that."

"Actually, I'm halfway done with the business I need to do here. As for the rest of the work, I can ask my men to do it on my behalf. I still can't fly back home but I'll be able to spare some time to spend with you every day,"

Terence said as he put the steak he had cut up into pieces on Carla's place and took hers.

"It's fine. Just do whatever you have to do. We can spend time when we get home so don't worry about me," Carla said, eating a piece of steak.

"It's not the same. We haven't been able to spend time recently. I want to spend more time with you,"

Terence said gently as he peeled a shrimp and put it into her mouth.

Carla devoured the shrimp, nodding. "Whatever. I need to go out tomorrow to do something for my mom so I probably won't be back until the evening."

Terence paused and wiped his hand with a tissue.

"Where are you going? We're in a new place, okay? And you're still unfamiliar with the area. Just tell me what you want to do. I'll do it for you. "

Carla took a sip of the red wine and looked up at him with a smile.

"Actually, I'm going to visit your ex fiancee."