Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 168 The Most Serious Way To Be Unfilial Is To Produce No Heir

Terence's father must have come here to interrogate him about Bonnie.

But how could Terence explain how things went to his father?

Carla sensed that Terence's father was a very strict man, especially towards Terence, and that he was

not as easy-going as Terence's grandfather.

"I knew it,"

Terence uttered. He took a few bites unhurriedly before he placed his chopsticks on his plate.

"Carla, maybe you should take a little break for now. I'll be back soon," Terence suggested. He got up

and out of the room before Carla could reply.

Carla dragged herself out of bed and quickly got dressed before she followed Terence out the door.

At the dining room, Edmund poured himself a cup of Pu'erh tea while he studied Terence, who sat

across the table in front of him.

"What are your next plans? Tell me now," Edmund demanded as he breathed in the scent of the tea.

Being a tea lover for decades, Edward always had a cup of tea during confrontations to accompany

him.

Terence wasn't in the mood for tea and politely declined when Edmund offered him a cup.

"Father, you traveled a long way and that is all you have to say?"

Edmund placed the cup on its saucer before he faced Terence. "You promised this family that you NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

would definitely marry the daughter of the Hua family," Edmund snorted. "And what have you done?

You drove her to another man's bed!"

"Father, that was not my fault. Don't blame that on me," Terence defended himself.

"Well, son, Bonnie would not have run to another man if you had treated her well. So yes, you are still

to blame. She doesn't want to be with you anymore because she knows your heart is just for Carla and

it made her feel jealous all the time,"

Edmund fumed. He blamed Terence but he also blamed Carla.

If Terence had treated Bonnie the way a man treated his fiancee, he would obviously have won

Bonnie's heart.

A lot of people blamed Bonnie for being disloyal to Terence. But Edmund knew the truth. He knew

everything and he knew this wasn't Bonnie's fault.

"Father, I had just gotten engaged to Bonnie. And a few days later, she had already gotten lonely and

climbed into another man's bed? If we hadn't called it off, who's to say she won't do that again?"

Terence sneered and told Edmund, "My dear father, do you really want me to become a pushover?"

Edmund seethed, "You fool, what right do you have to say that?"

Edmund stopped to cool down. He took deep breaths and sipped his tea before he turned back to

Terence, "But what's done is done. So let me ask you again. What are your next plans? What will you

do next? Now is the perfect age for you to get married. Are you going to waste this time?"

Terence leaned back and crossed his arms. "My brothers aren't even married yet. I am in no hurry."

"But your brothers are different! You are the one who will take over the family business. And you need

to get married now so you can produce an heir for this family! And besides, we are no longer living in

the feudal times. You can get married before your older brothers.

And since you don't want to marry Bonnie or Megan, then I will find you another ladies from another

reputable families."

Terence interjected his thoughts at this point and said, "Father, stop worrying about my marriage. I

already know what to do and who I want to marry."

Edmund was speechless. He drank more of his tea before he returned his attention back to Terence.

He grunted, "You mean you are going to marry that girl?

Are you serious?

I already had people investigate her history. Both her parents died when she was young and she has

since been paying for her brother's education. Do you honestly not know? She just wants you for your

money! Do you honestly believe she really likes you? You are so naive!"

Edmund was fuming mad and released his anger with a slap on the desk. He pointed a finger at

Terence and told him, "Listen to me, son. As a person who has lived longer than you and with more

experience, I know more than you on situations like this. I cannot even begin to describe how crucially

important it is that we have a marriage between families of equal social rank. Trust me, this girl is not

and will never be a good match for you. She has nothing. The only thing she knows she needs to do is

to find herself a man to pay everything for her. Don't you understand that? Huh?" demanded Edmund.

While Terence and Edmund argued downstairs, Carla had her legs tucked underneath her at the top of

the stairs, her ear glued to their argument. Her arms were folded over her chest.

"I don't care about any of it," Terence responded. It wasn't the first time people had told him this. And

he was determined not to let his father intimidate him.

Edmund flared up even more when Terence spoke. He took a few more deep breaths to stay calm and

said, "Look, son, if you really like her, then you can have this secret relationship and keep her as a

mistress. I will not object to that. But you cannot, under any circumstances, marry her. Do you

understand?"

Terence was prepared for this and he did not let himself be fazed by his father's words. He faced

Edmund and asked, "Father, what if I insisted on marrying her?"

"What did you say? Why you..."

Edmund couldn't find the words to say to Terence. He paused before he confronted Terence, "Terence,

you just want to drive me up the wall, don't you?

Okay! If that's what you want to do, then I will send people to destroy her!"

Terence smirked at Edmund. He crossed his arms and taunted his father, "Ooh, Father, you really

scared me this time."

He rode his father's threat and annoyed Edmund even more. Terence added, "Do it. But you'll hurt your

future grandson. If anything bad happened to her, I'm sure that even my grandfather would not be very

happy with you,"

Terence announced. A big smile appeared on his face while his eyes dazzled like stars.

Edmund almost spat out his tea when he heard Terence's announcement.

"Excuse me? Are you saying she's pregnant? Did I hear that correctly?

Terence erased the smug smile on his face and faced his father. He looked into Edmund's eyes and

said, "Father, I know what I'm doing. And this is still my life. Just prepare yourself to be a grandfather,

alright? My brothers and I will take good care of the family business and our family legacy. Stop

worrying about it."

Edmund found himself speechless. With a look of doubt on his face, he asked, "Terence, you're telling

me the truth, right? She is really pregnant with my grandson?"

Terence crossed his arms and maintained eye contact with Edmund. "Father, why do you doubt my

abilities? The same abilities that you taught me. We're together everyday these days. What do you

expect?"

Edmund couldn't speak.

A few minutes later, Edmund relented and said, "Fine. Do whatever you want. But remind that girl to

maintain a low profile. No one else can know about this."

Edmund finally gave in.

After all, to produce an heir was the purpose of the marriage anyway.

The dice was cast and Terence wanted to marry her only. There really was nothing Edmund could do or

say to change that. He couldn't force him now to marry another girl from a noble family, could he?

And Edmund was also afraid of his father, who cared greatly about Terence.

So he finally gave in and let Terence do whatever he wanted.

Terence exhaled a sigh of relief when his father left.

He stayed glued to the spot he took when his father left and thought, 'I will continue this lie as long as I

can. I just need time, time to prepare everything before I can finally expose Carla's true identity.'

Terence finally moved and turned to join Carla upstairs, when he caught sight of her, at the top of the

stairs, her eyes on him.