Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 387 How Much Money Did You Have (Part One)

From the moment Carla returned, Terence had always been by her side, making it a point to get back

home early and have lunch with her every single day.

Perhaps if you experienced losing someone once, you would be able to fully realize the euphoria you

can enjoy from each other's presence.

"Why did you suddenly start drawing again? Didn't the doctor advise you to stay in bed and get some

rest?"

Stepping out of the elevator, Terence walked up to Carla who was currently sitting in front of a drawing

board.

"Give me a break! I just picked up the paint brush and then you appeared out of nowhere. I haven't

even begun painting yet!" Pulling a face, Carla immediately put down the paintbrush she was holding.

Since he's now here, Carla could no longer focus on her painting.

"Why do you keep telling me to take a rest? Considering the fact that our home has an elevator, I

barely even walk on the floor now. Are you seriously trying to tell me that you're scared I might end up

exhausting myself because I picked up a paintbrush?" she complained.

Putting on a false display of anger, Terence moved closer to her. Raising his hand, he intended to pinch

her tiny lips. However, he didn't have it in him to do something like that, so he simply planted a kiss on

her lips instead. Giving her an affectionate gaze, a tinge of a smile crept up onto his face.

"I love hearing you say the word 'our'. It makes me believe that our home, our children, and most of all,

our future will be filled with so much happiness!" Terence softly said.

His words seemed to have given her a sense of warmth. Feeling embarrassed, she pushed him away

as her face flushed red. Carla just said those words without giving it much thought, not knowing that

he'd end up using them against her to tease her.

"Oh, by the way, you mentioned something about wanting to come to HA City to visit me that day. What

did you want to see me for?" she asked.

The truth was that she intended to bring up that matter a long time ago, but it was just that it always

slipped her mind.

Lifting her up from the stool right in front of the easel, he went ahead and carried her over to the sofa.

Promptly laying her head against his chest, he answered, "I was actually meaning to inform you about

the merger case between the Hua Group and L Company. But something else came up, so I didn't get

the chance to tell you about it."

"The merger case? Why? What's the matter?" Carla asked, feeling curious. Leaning her head onto his

shoulder, she kept staring at his entrancing jaw line.

"Noah was very eager to win the case because he had his eyes set on expanding the Hua Group. Ever

since he took office, he hasn't been able to produce any results at all. For that reason, the case was

one of the biggest moves he wanted to accomplish for his business to flourish. Against all odds, he still

gave his all in order to finalize the merger case. Even if he has to start from the bottom again, he's

bound to get to the top soon enough!" Terence explained.

Fidgeting with his collar, Carla remarked, "I see. It is indeed true that Noah has big plans and is

determined to achieve great things. I've heard about the merger case before. It's going to have a

significant effect on the business if he can manage to pull through with that merger case."

"But, he won't succeed,"

Terence exclaimed, with a faint smile appearing on his face.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

"Why do you think so?" Carla asked purely out of curiosity.

"It's because the AJ Group has already acquired the L Company. The information still hasn't been

made available to the general public, so only a select few is privy to that fact."

"Really ?"

Leaning away from his chest, Carla stared at him, with utter surprise written all over her face, and

asked, "Why didn't you mentioned that to me? I even made an effort to browse through the materials

associated with the L Company and tried to lend the Hua Group a hand so they could win the case.

How could you..."

"I did it with you in my mind. Yes, it's true. I acquired the L Company, but I didn't take over any of the

positions. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Terence asked, looking straight into her eyes. Then, an endearing smile appeared across his face.

"I didn't want Noah to succeed because I wanted to personally hand the L Company over to you as a

present. As long as the Hua family agrees to announce your real identity to the public, I will entrust the

L Company to them as a betrothal present."

Terence's explanation had left Carla completely dumbfounded and her mouth wide open.

To be fair, how could she not react in that way? Given that she had tagged along to one of the meetings

once before, she was aware that the Hua Group was planning to offer 1.8 billion dollars to acquire the L

Company, but they still didn't succeed. So, just how much did Terence possibly...

"What? Terence, how much did you offer to make them willingly hand over the L Company?"

Carla asked, gritting her teeth just a little.

"It wasn't much. Just 3 billion dollars,"

Terence answered with a straight face.

Squeezing his cheeks in great disbelief, Carla yelled, "Have you lost your mind? We were planning to

purchase the L Company for just around 1.8 billion. At most, you should've just added a few hundred

million on top of that. How could you throw away your money just like that?"

Despite knowing the Terence was filthy rich, Carla still thought that it was wrong of him to mindlessly

spend money. When the time would come for the two of them getting married, everything that belongs

to him would belong to her as well. So, how could he pour their money down the drain so easily?

Suddenly, Terence burst into a fit of laughter. Holding her hands tight, he told her, "If I want to seal the

deal in the shortest possible time, it's a given that I should offer them a considerably higher amount. On

top of that, as far as the AJ Group is concerned, if a certain company is worth less than five billion, then

it could be considered one of those run-of-the-mill businesses. So, it's not really that big of a deal

whatsoever."

Pausing for a moment, he added, "And you can rest assured that my team has done a bit of

background check on them. As long as the company is running well, it's certain to reach the break-

even point after about three years of operation. So, it is still a reasonable deal."