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Even if she wanted to drink in his absence, she never did.
She could only drink with him because no one else could be trusted with her childlike behavior once she got drunk. Terence found it rather cute and charming, but only he could handle it.
Terence collected the clothes she had thrown around the entire room and hung them neatly on a rack nearby. He then walked toward Carla, who was lying down on the bed, almost naked, looking at him rather expectantly.
The next morning, Carla woke up with a mild headache. She had a vague recollection of what had happened the night before. She poked Terence with a moan, rubbing her forehead.
"Terence?"
Terence opened his sleepy eyes and took a glance at her, pulling her closer into his arms.
"Let's get some more sleep... "
Both of them had engaged in lovemaking all night. Terence had barely slept. Naturally, he found it incredibly difficult to open his eyes.
Carla buried her face in his chest. She spotted a large bruise, extending from his neck to his chest.
"Terence, what happened last night? Did you get into a fight with someone?"
She couldn't help but ask, tracing the wound with her thin, long fingers. She sat up and took a look at the rest of his body. A gasp escaped her mouth as she saw more wounds on his arms and back. "Oh my! How did you get all these bruises? Does it hurt?"
"Humph..." Terence shut his eyes and looked the other way, smiling cockily.
"A cat attacked me last night!" he said at last, rubbing his eyes with that smile pasted on his face.
Things had gone a little out of control last night. She had started biting and licking his body. And she finally stopped after she had bitten on a lemon and sobered down.
Carla could tell from his tone what he was implying. She held her face in her hands, embarrassed by what she had done. She tried hard to concentrate and recall how things had panned out but only had vague visions in her head.
Why couldn't she remember anything?
The wine Arthur had given her was very powerful. Usually, drinking a glass or two did not have a major effect on her. But last night, she had lost all control!
She lay down on the bed for a while, confused and sick. At last, she got up, thinking some water would help her feel better.
She fumbled around for her clothes but couldn't see them anywhere on the bed.
She covered herself with the quilt, then spotted Terence's shirt on the bedside table.
She put it on and walked out of the room. Terence looked at her walking away with her ruffled hair and that oversized shirt, thinking how cute she looked.
Carla rubbed her sore throat and poured herself a glass of water.
She gulped down two glasses of water back to back. Her head felt much better but had no luck recalling the events of the previous night.
She picked
! They were so elegant and noble!
Once both of them had groomed themselves, Carla led Terence outside to enjoy the palace landscape.
At the same time, in Lucia's mansion in Yu Village, she had spent the past two days fidgeting. Everything had changed since Carla came to their city. Everyone's attitude toward Lucia had changed completely.
"Mother? Here you are! Finally, you came back!"
she suddenly exclaimed as her eyes fell upon the middle-aged woman standing at the door of her room.
Lucia then said with a sad face. She perpetually looked like someone devoid of energy. "What should we do, Mother? If Aunt Andrea comes back too, there will be no room for us as rulers of Yu Sea City anymore."
Her mother was no one but Dorothy, Andrea's younger sister.
Dorothy and Andrea were Eleanor's daughters.
They were the only two heirs of the royal family at the time. After Andrea left, Dorothy remained the only daughter in Yu Sea City and had birthed two daughters of her own, Lucia and Lori.
Dorothy also has two sons but they weren't eligible to inherit the power and take control of the village, so they weren't given much attention.
"Calm down, Lucia. Everything is happening too suddenly, but it's not entirely harmful for us."
Dorothy sat down, took her daughter's hand and said slowly, "Do you remember why your aunt left Yu Sea City?
For all we know, her daughter might repeat the same mistake as her. As far as I can tell, the show is just around the corner, we just have to sit and watch!"
She had also heard that the successor of the An family had come to the city.
Her guess was he had come to take Carla back to JA City.
It didn't matter if Arthur recognized her as his granddaughter or not.
Moreover, Eleanor hadn't shown up yet.
Without the approval of the chief, Arthur's claim that Carla belonged to the family was of no use.