Chapter 873 Have A Fling On The Trip

The phone rang on the other end. A few seconds after, Steven picked up.

"Hello, Steven?"

Carla came to her senses and stood up, walking around her room.

"Excuse me, who's this?"

A womanly voice answered from the other end of the line.

Carla glanced at her phone, surprised, hovering to see if she called the right person. Seeing as she did, she brought the speaker back to her ear.

"Hi! I'm Steven's friend. Can I talk to him?"

The lady covered the phone, casting a glance at Steven who was busy at the other end of the room. She unplugged the charger and walked towards him.

She lowered her voice, turning back. "If you have anything to tell Steven, you can tell me. I'll tell him for you."

"Can't he come talk on the phone now?" Carla raised an eyebrow, trying to guess what relationship the woman had with Steven.

She didn't have the slightest clue if Steven was seeing someone now. If he was, then there was no need to invite him on a trip to Lover Island.

Plus, it would be completely inappropriate for her to invite him.

"He's busy." She crossed her arms impatiently, glancing to where her father and Steven's father were discussing their engagement. If everything were to go well, she would be Steven's wife very, very soon. The corners of her lips quirked up at the thought before she returned to the call, "I could deliver the message for you."

"Hmm, do you mind if I ask what relationship you have with Steven?" Judging from the way the woman spoke, Carla had an inkling that the two of them were already very close.

"I'm his soon to be fiancée!" she said proudly.

Carla nodded, eyes widening in surprise. It seemed she guessed right.

In that case, there really was no need to invite Steven to the island.

"Oh! Congratulations. On another thought, I don't have anything important to tell him. Sorry for bothering you,"

she briefly apologized before hanging up.

After putting down

ersation with Brian several times back.

Though the man was stubborn, he didn't expect Brian to try and talk Carla into calling and inviting him.

"It's fine if you don't want to go,"

she quickly said, noticing his hesitation.

There was another round of silence before Steven replied, "Brian got you into this, didn't he?"

"It's not like I could hide that from you, couldn't I? He did. I think it's a great idea though. I mean, the island's a beautiful place. You're sure to get a lot of inspiration from there,"

Carla insisted. If there was something Steven was, it was that he was smart. She couldn't hide such an obvious thing from him even if she tried.

"What about you? Do you want me to go with you?"

Steven smiled.

"Of course! With you there, I can actually get some painting done," Carla said without hesitation, chuckling.

Steven laughed with her. "Okay, I'll be there."

Even if it was Brian's idea, he just couldn't find it in him to refuse her.

"It's a deal," Carla teased, smirking. "Hopefully, you could get a nice fling there so Brian could stop bothering the both of us."

Once Steven hung up the phone, Carla finally relaxed back on her bed

only to see Terence standing near the door frame with his arms crossed, squinting over at her.