Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 368 The Last Negotiation (Part One)

Carla's eyes had lost all of its shine. She lowered her head and told him, "Noah, can we please try to

remain calm and sit down and have a talk?"

Noah recognized the somber look on her face, so he put the rough sketch of the wedding ring down on

the table. Taking her sentiment into consideration, he walked over to the sofa in front of them.

In a gentle tone, he asked, "Alright. What is it that you want to talk about?"

Carla had no intention of making the situation worse than it already was. Ideally, she wanted to resolve

everything in a peaceful manner. However, it had been such a long time since the two of them had

gotten engaged. Because of that, she had no idea what Noah could be thinking right now. Would he

still be so headstrong and inflexible, believing that they should still get married?

"Noah, the guilt I feel inside is eating me alive. I just can't run away from the past any longer. I'm really

sorry. There's no way for me to easily forget everything that happened in the past. For that reason,

Noah, the nicer you are to me, the more I'm being backed into a corner.

And that's because I sincerely believe that you deserve someone better. You deserve a devout woman

who loves you with all her heart and soul. But I know that I can never be that woman for you. I don't

think I deserve you at all.

You should be well aware that Julie adores you completely. So much so that she's more than willing to

do anything for you. A woman like that is who you should be with."

Carla said all of those things while sitting on the sofa with her head facing the floor. When she was

done talking, she failed to muster up the courage to look at Noah, who was sitting on the sofa right

across her. Due to the nerve-wracking feeling of waiting for his response, she tightly bit her lower lip.

In this society, money could be fought for without much care about anything else, and so did power. But

love didn't work like that. Unlike other trivial things, no person could take advantage of another without

feeling even just the least bit of guilt.

Carla was not the kind of person that had no trouble dealing with other men. Aside from that, she also

didn't have the heart to use innocent people for her own personal interests. Never had she ever

thought about hurting the people around her, especially the ones she loved and those who loved her.

"Noah, you know full well that I'm no longer an innocent woman, both physically and mentally, that is, I

honestly think that I'll never be right for you. If you want to have me by your side just because of the

fact that I am Callie, the biological daughter of the Hua family, then I truly think that there's no point in

doing this at all. Noah, instead of directing all of your attention on someone like me, you should be busy

chasing your own happiness.

I've already told you that I'm fine with giving you half the shares of the Hua Group and you can also

retain your position in the company as the president. I don't plan to take anything from you. In contrast,

I actually want you to be able to live your own life the way you want to and be happy."

At that moment, Carla had resigned herself into letting go of all the thoughts that had been weighing

her down and having a serious talk with Noah.

She was so sick and tired of seeing them hurt each other all the time. Why shouldn't they be allowed to Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

find their own true love themselves? Causing each other to suffer was not the best option.

As she said that, Carla got up from the sofa and sat right beside Noah. She earnestly stated, "Noah,

you will always be my brother. And for as long as you'd let me, I will also be a sister to you forever. So,

please, I want you to take some time to carefully reflect on what I just said, okay?"

Noah, who was intently listening to all the things she said, finally looked at her when she stopped

talking.

He then opened his mouth and answered, "Callie, are you trying to convince me to give up on you?

Or are you perhaps thinking that this is all just a chain that I'm trying to make you wear? Do you

actually think that I'm the one who's stopping you from finding your true love? Do you think that it is me

that prevent you from chasing the one you really love? Or is it that maybe you're just not willing to be

with me at all? Is that right?"

The way he said that sounded so unsympathetic, and he even wore a bitter smile on his face.

"Noah, please don't get the wrong idea."

"I don't think so. Why are you suddenly acting like this after returning from BH City? Let me take a

guess. Was Terence also in BH City? Did the two of you meet?"

Noah abruptly cut her off. This time, his face was devoid of color little by little and he seemed to be

getting angrier by the minute. Then, as a random thought suddenly popped up in his mind, he asked,

"You two made up, right? You got together again!" Or, was it you who let him have you again?"

"Noah..."

"Carla, there's something that I've been meaning to ask you. Don't you dare lie to me. Are you going to

give up everything just so you could be with Terence if he shows up even after we get married?

Could you please answer that?" He looked like an entirely different person in that moment.

Shifting her gaze away from Noah over to somewhere else, she bit her lip in an attempt to hide from

him. How anxious she really was. She didn't give him an answer and simply sat there in silence.

"Well, I know the truth. Carla, how about this? I'm gonna give you a chance, a chance to leave me. If

you're willing to publicly announce in front of all the shareholders, including our mother, that you're

going to give up the inheritance of the company, then certainly, I will allow you to leave me."

Upon stating his conditions, he got up right away.

Pondering to himself, he thought, 'If I can't make Carla stay with me, I have to make sure I gain

something out of this.

That way, I wouldn't have to lose both.'

"Noah, if I could do that so easily, then I would've already done that a long time ago. Why would I have

to wait until now?"

There was an aggrieved smile on her face as she said that to him. It was clear as day that the last

negotiation between the two of them failed once again.

If everything was as easy to deal with as Noah said, there would be no arguments in the world

anymore.

Carla knew deep inside that she was the rightful person to inherit the Hua Group. With that in mind,

how could she just let everything slip away without even giving it much thought?