Love is the Sunshine

"Sean. I feel so lucky to have you as my little brother. If that's what you really want, then I look forward to seeing the day you turn all of that into reality."

Tears started welling up in her bloodshot eyes. She wrapped her arms around Sean and had him in her clutch for a long while, much like how they had always depended on each other through the years.

The night soon grew darker. Carla tucked Sean in his bed moments after he fell asleep. As she was walking toward her room, her phone suddenly buzzed.

Without even checking who was calling her, she immediately picked up the phone. "Who is this?" she asked.

"It's me."

From the sound of her voice, Terence could easily tell that she seemed quite exhausted and was about to go to bed. With a heavy heart, he got so infuriated, "Are you seriously about to go to bed? You've got to be kidding me. How can you sleep so easily knowing everything that happened?!"

Realizing that it was Terence calling, she yawned and took a glance at the clock hanging on the wall. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she squinted and saw that the clock was about to strike one in the morning.

With a lazy voice, she replied, "What are you on about? So what if I'm going to bed? It's already way past midnight. What else should I possibly be doing at this time?"

deep breath, he blurted out, "Woman, how cold of you. I thought that you might be losing sleep tonight after the conversation we had earlier. I've been patiently waiting for quite a long time for an opportunity to sneak out of my ward.

were never really interested to hear my explanation at all. You don't seem to care about everything that's happening regarding the engagement nor

in a difficult situation, and yet, there she was, about to sleep soundly at night. She didn't turn the lights on in her room, so as she was staring blankly in the darkness, she calmly mumbled, "Terence, it's not that I don't care. I don't really have any right to say anything about your engagement, do I? Most of all, I've seen this day coming from a mile away. I've told you not just once, but countless times before. A man of your caliber can't be together with a woman like me. I've been preparing myself for this day ever since we got together, possibly even way before that so it didn't come as a surprise when I found out that you were bound to get married to another woman. No matter how hard you have tried, what's not meant to

of silence after Carla said her piece.

really believed that I was being true to you, and in turn, you've persuaded yourself that one day, I'll be leaving you. Is that correct? Instead of falling so deeply in love with me

didn't deny any

cool and replied, "If you really have to ask, then yes. That is my answer. If you were somebody else, and if you weren't the 'golden bachelor' of the wealthiest, most influential, most reputable, and most powerful family in all of JA City, I

Even if we try to run away and fight it, reality would just catch up to us and we'll just get hurt even more. So, you have to learn to face the truth and accept the fact that

if they eventually got married for real, exchanged their vows and finally put a ring on their fingers, she wouldn't be willing to risk everything just to be with him. Between the choice of having a meager chance to be with him while possibly losing everything important to

that's how

lip and responded with a downcast voice. As he raised his head and gazed far beyond the night sky, he thought that the stars were definitely shining but they weren't as big and bright as people make

doing everything he could just to show her how he really felt, but she had no faith in him whatsoever. However, at the very least, this time she said those things because she was being honest and not just because being influenced by anyone else. That could be a good thing because, by then, he wouldn't have to worry about whether she could handle the risky steps he planned to take in the