Love is the Sunshine

"Mr. Brooke, please, I have obeyed all your orders. What are you going to do to me now?" Carla asked.

Brooke pushed her into the room and thrust a phone into her hand.

It was her cellphone.

"Someone called for you. Call them back and tell them you were in the shower. That's why you missed their call. Tell them. Now! Call them!"

Brooke commanded. He chewed on his gum while he took a sharp knife from his men. He pressed it against Carla's throat and threatened, "Don't say a word about us. Or I'll slit your throat! Your friend won't be fast enough to save you!"

Carla held back her tears and assured him, "I won't try to do anything stupid, Mr. Brooke. I promise I won't tell them anything about this and about you. Please, just don't hurt me with the knife, please!"

But Brooke kept the knife against her throat. She fought back her tears and lifted her cellphone to eye level so she could check her calls. There were five unanswered calls.

Four were from Terence, and the last one was from- Noah? What!

Carla took a few deep breaths to calm herself before she talked to Brooke again, "Mr. Brooke, please, can you move the knife away while I make the call? The knife is making me nervous. And my friends will hear that I'm nervous while I'm talking to them. They'll know something is wrong."

Brooke thought for a minute and removed the knife from her throat. He knew she couldn't escape anyway. And even if she told them, she would be dead before they could find her.

Carla took several more deep breaths to calm her nerves. She turned to her phone while she fought back tears. She was about to press Terence's name when her phone rang.

"Answer it, now! And use the speaker!"

Brooke commanded in a panic.

Carla accepted the call and answered, "Hello?" She tried to make herself sound normal.

"Carla! Where have you been? I have been calling you several times!" Terence's voice boomed on the speaker. He was worried when Carla didn't answer his call immediately.

Carla cleared her throat to clear the nerves. She bit her lower lip before she answered, "No need to panic, Terence. I was just in the shower; that's why I wasn't able to answer your calls."

"Are you all right, Carla?" Terence continued to ask. He had been worried when she didn't answer but he was relieved when he finally heard her voice.

He called her five times and she only answered on the fifth call. He was ready to organize a search party for her.

formed on her lips unconsciously as she

painting below it, too. They're both mounted already. Actually, Sean loved the pig drawing. So I let him keep it

visiting the factory early tomorrow morning so I need to

that if the conversation continued, she would break down and give

nodded at her when Carla ended the call. She knew her plan worked because Brooke didn't say anything. But then he

dumbfounded. 'Call

I call Noah?' she thought.

JA City, at that same moment, Terence stared at his cellphone. Carla ended the conversation so fast that it

And honey?

But her voice was very normal like nothing was wrong. Something was going on.

she is in her room or not. If she is in the room, make sure everything is fine. Keep an eye on everything happening

instructed as soon

of a plan to delay the command.

were since she used different nicknames when she saved

name was saved as Prince

as Big

seemed kind at first but turned out to

asked," Carla asked with ice in her voice. She stole a glance at the kidnappers and suspected they

to Carla's icy, formal tone and asked, "Carla, what's wrong? Are you still mad at me from

she suddenly called him Mr. Hua. She must be angry because of what Lily

"Just get to the point, Mr. Hua.

just arrived at HA City. Are you available tomorrow? I

on Brooke and his men while she talked to Noah. Something was up with them, she definitely felt it.

beside her, wiped the sweat that appeared on his forehead. She could

his men reacted the

his men

you, Mr. Hua, I am not available tomorrow and even

up the phone before he

given her brother's men the instructions to kidnap her.

she hung up the phone, Brooke had his knife against

do you know Mr. Noah? Do you have a relationship with

still. She managed to choke out one word, "Wait." Brooke loosened his grip on the knife and removed it from Carla's throat. Carla exhaled the breath she held and massaged her throat. She opened her eyes and faced Brooke. "He rushed back to HA City when