Chapter 112 An Unusual Promise (1/2)

Carla's curiosity was piqued when she heard that they had found something out. She immediately drew closer to him and asked anxiously, ”Are there any clues about where the ring came from? Did you find that out?”

Terence took her hand and brought it to his lips kissing it gently and said, ”Settle down. More than twenty years have passed since the ring was lost, which was quite a long time. There are too many variants to take into consideration and much information has been inevitably lost in the course of time. We can't come to any concrete conclusions just yet.

I don't want to say anything, not until I get all of the facts and information. I don't want to disappoint you just in case what I say is not correct.”

Carla figured that he was probably right. It would be better to wait until they knew all of the facts first so she didn't ask him any more questions about the ring.

Suddenly

Terence's cellphone jingled to life.

He casually glanced at the screen of his phone.

Carla expected that he would seek some privacy and go into another room to take the call, but he didn't. He just propped himself up in the bed and answered, ”Hello, Bonnie.”

”Is that you, Terence? Where are you? Why haven't you come here?”

He could tell by her voice that she was about to cry.

She didn't understand how he could be so cold-hearted and ignore her when she was suffering so much.

”I'm busy at the moment. I have an important person that I have to meet. I assure you that I will come and see you as soon as I can,” Terence said as he glanced over and winked at Carla.

Carla was unimpressed and turned her eyes away from him. ”How can he be so disgraceful and ruthless?” she thought.

”An important person? Terence, please tell me that you are not with another woman,” Bonnie said feeling unsettled. She always felt some trepidation with Terence, but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. There was always a feeling of uncertainty.

She had even turned to Ivy and Theo for advice, but they couldn't tell her anything that could help put her mind at ease.

”Don't be so suspicious of me. I'll come to see you as soon as my work is done,” Terence replied with hast and then hung up the phone. Carla had been sitting on the edge of the bed staring at him in sheer disbelief. Terence just smiled down at her and then pulled her into his arms.

She was no match for Terence in physical strength, so there was no point in trying to fight him. She just let herself be dragged into his embrace. She said with a wry face, ”How can you be so remarkably despicable and unashamed!”

Carla couldn't get over how thick-skinned and callous he could be.

By now Terence had become used to Carla's insults and innuendo's. He smiled and gave her a quick peck on the cheek and said, ”Of course I'm shameless otherwise I wouldn't have fallen for you.”