Chapter 51 Megan''s Scheme
"Okay, hold it right there. I can easily manage to apply the sunscreen on my own now," Ca stopped
Terence just as he was about to smear sunscreen onto her chest. Taking the sunscreen away from his
hands, she began applying it on her own while also shooting Terence quick res.
Terence was amused by her reaction, for it was so obvious that she was just being shy once again. But
he was actually already feeling quite contented after being able to apply the sunscreen onto her back.
Her skin felt so soft and supple as he massaged the lotion onto her.
Without them noticing, Sean had already grabbed a lifesaver and gotten into the sea, while Terence
was still so busy helping Ca put on the sunscreen. Rainer had been the one taking care of him all the
while.
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After a few minutes, Terence and Ca were finally done applying the lotion, so they walked slowly and
headed toward the sea. "Terence!" shouted Megan, standing from a just couple of meters away. She
then walked over to Terence and suddenly informed him, "Terence, I''ve called a couple of my friends
and invited them toe here to join us. The more the merrier. Right? Let''s all have a good time here
at the beach! You wouldn''t mind, would you?"
"What''s the point in telling me after the fact?" Terence sarcastically replied, visibly getting a bit annoyed
upon her actions.
"Please don''t get upset. Next time, I''ll be sure to get your permission first. And besides, I''ve already
made the phone calls. I''d hate to be the one to bear the bad news that you don''t want them toe
over. Please, Terence, can''t you just let this one slide?" Appealing to his pity, Megan leaned close to
him and swung his arm as they were talking.
It wasn''t the first that she had invited people toe over. In fact, she had already held two beach
parties there before. Back then, Terence never really did mind at all, so she was under the assumption
that he wouldn''t get mad at her this time either.
With his brows deeply furrowed, Terence just stayed still, keeping his mouth shut. He would have
preferred for him and Ca not to get disturbed by anyone during this vacation, but due to his
disposition of not ever wanting to be rude to anyone, he just chose to keep quiet. Holding Ca''s hand,
he guided her toward the sea. They walked hand in hand by the shoreline, trying to savor the moment
before everybody else arrived.
After about half an hour, the friends Megan had invited toe over had all arrived.
It literally became a beach party. The spacious lounge area they had all to themselves earlier had now
be a little too crowded. Some of them wanted to immediately plunge headfirst into the water. A
small group was getting ready to have a beach volleyball match, and as for the others, they were just
eager to grab something to drink.
Lounging the beach chair, Ca watched as a crowd consisting of women surrounded Terence. They
were following him wherever he went. All of them had such colorful swimsuits on, and some of them,
obviously and shamelessly were trying to throw themselves onto him.
In fact, Ca didn''t really expect Megan to call her friends toe over. She knew full well how much
Megan deeply loved Terence. Thinking rationally, Megan would''ve never offered other women any
chance to get close to him on a normal day.
"Mr. Terence, do you still remember me? I''ve attended your party before. I came here two years ago
along with my other friends," asked a woman who was standing right next to him. To be fair, she was
wearing such a cute sheer dress. As she prattled on, she wore the sweetest smile on her face while
clinging tightly onto his arm.
"Yes, of course, I still remember who you are. Sorry if I''ve been too busytely that I haven''t been able
to ask any of you toe over. Go have fun,dies," he responded, smiling politely back at them. After
he was done weing them, he quickly turned around and headed toward the sea to go swim.
"That''s actually what I''ve been thinking. Mr. Terence, we haven''t been to your house for quite a while.
Would you mind showing us aroundter?" the woman with the sheer dress followed Terence to the
seaside and shouted at him with a cunning smile on her face.
Who didn''t want to marry a rich man? Well, almost every woman did. This girl wanted to make the most
of this opportunity to get Terence to know more about her. She was eager to know more about him as
well, on a higher level of intimacy.
She was one of Megan''s close friends, so she knew damn well how much Megan loved Terence.
But she didn''t really care about those trivial things. Terence was such an eligible bachelor, and quite
possibly, the most eligible one in the whole city, and there were very few opportunities fordies to
even go near him. So, by all means possible, she had to do what she could just to stay close to him.
Before Terence could give her a proper response, Megan took the liberty of replying on his behalf,
"Sure! No problem. Terence''s vi is quite big anyway. I can take you all to pay a visitter today. Make
sure not to get lost,"
Megan yfully said, trying to hide a sh of coldness in her eyes.
The truth was that she would rather see Terence show interest in several other women than ept the
fact that he only loved one woman, which was Ca. Doing this, she would be able to feel much better
about herself, knowing he was being nice to everyone. It would alsoe to show that Ca wasn''t
really someone special to him.
She thought that even if she herself were lucky enough to get married to Terence one day, she wouldn''t
really care even if he ended up having an affair with other women. It was just that she couldn''t bear the
thought of knowing he had fallen in love with only one woman, and it wasn''t her.
Even if he were captivated by a handful of girls other than Ca, she would still prefer it over the
current situation she was in. At very least, that would mean that there was still a chance for her to get a
hold of his heart if she gave it her best shot.
At the beach.
Rxing beneath a beach umbre close by, Ca was able to overhear Megan''s response, so she
couldn''t restrain herself from giggling. It wasughable how obvious what Megan was nning to do.
Sluggishly springing up from the beach chair she had been lying on, she called out to her brother,
"Sean, why don''t we head back to the Vi and watch some cartoons? What do you think?"
It was clear as day what Megan was exactly plotting when she invited other attractive girls over to the
beach.
Megan wanted to shove it to her face that there was nothing special about her, and that there was still a
possibility for Terence to fall in love with someone else. It was in to see how much Megan hated
seeing him taking care of her.
Knowing Terence, who was always such a gentleman, Ca was aware that he couldn''t ever be rude to
Megan''s friends. Even if he hated the fact that Megan had decided a lot of these things on her own
without consulting him first, he would still be acting decently toward the guests.
That was the main reason why Ca wasn''t affected in any way even as she watched other pitiful girls
throw themselves onto Terence. She realized it was such a trifling matter to be upset about. If Megan
wanted to y dirty tricks on her, then Megan could go ahead and do what she wanted. She definitely
wouldn''t mind whatsoever.
Taking the towel from Rainer''s hand, Sean walked over to where Ca was as soon as he heard her
calling his name.
"Ca, did you see that? Lots of girls were flocking Terence from all sides. Were you able to see the
looks on their faces? They were drooling over him! I don''t think it would be a good idea to leave him on
his own around those girls," Sean told Ca in a distressed voice, shooting a quick nce at Terence
who had just gone out of the water.
Sean was feeling so anxious that Terence could be taken away by those other women from his sister.
So, he wanted to do something about it.
"Sean, let me ask you this. If a girl from your ss or any girl from your school were to tell you she likes
you, would that make you happy?" asked Ca, patting Sean''s back to try and reassure him.
Sean sheepishly replied as he scratched the back of his head, "Yes, that would make me so happy."
"So, instead of worrying about losing Terence, you should be feeling happy for him. All of those girls
chasing after him love him," Ca remarked, with a mischievous smile on her face. She shot a quick
nce at Terence and then proceeded to immediately head back to the vi with Sean. A lot of girls
were all over him, and they just couldn''t seem to get enough of him. He looked like a flower with such
an alluring scent surrounded by bees which were so desperate to take the honey home. This scene
was more than enough to make Ca chuckle.
Terence noticed that Ca and Sean were walking straight to the Vi, and his face became sullen. He
swayed his arm to shake off the hands of a woman clinging onto him. "Would you please excuse me for
a second? I just need to go to the bathroom. You all go have fun right here."
"Mr. Terence..." Pursing her lips, thedy who had been eagerly talking to him felt annoyed that she
couldn''t do anything to stop him from walking away.
As if it wasn''t already hard enough to find an opportunity to talk to him, now that she finally had the
chance, it seemed that Terence''s mind was aimlessly wandering somece else. It seemed a little
apparent that he wasn''t interested in her whatsoever.
''Why is he ignoring me? Could I have possibly lost my charm?'' she asked herself.
Walking over to where Megan was, she asked her, "Hey, Megan, do tell me. What could Terence
possibly be interested in? What type of woman does he prefer? Does he hate it when a womanes
onto him?"
Taking her eyes off of Terence''s back, with a smirk, Megan responded, "Yes, I can tell you. He prefers
girls like me. You''ve always been bugging me to invite you here more often, Vi. I''m fully aware that
you''re interested in Terence. Now that I finally got to invite you toe over, it would be a great
opportunity for you to try and get closer to him."
"I''ve already done my part as your friend. If you don''t make the most of this opportunity you''ve been
presented, you can''t me me in the end for not giving you a chance," Megan added. Thinking it would
be better if Vi made a scene and stirred up some trouble for Ca, she wanted her to get even more
aggressive toward Terence.
After she was done lecturing her, Megan headed for the vi as well. It was as if she had nted the
seeds of her revenge to get back at Ca for having the nerve to try and steal Terence from her.
Since she wanted Terence to hold her in high regard, she had to be a nice upstanding woman in front
of him at all times, so she needed someone to do the inconceivable dirty deeds for her. She knew Vi
quite well. Vi had always been a girl who didn''t mind stirring up troubles for other people as long as
she got to have what she wanted.
At Sean''s room, the siblings were sitting on the couch and quietly watching a TV series. There were
chips, melon seeds, and cold drinks on the table right in front of them.
"Ca, are you still not done watching the series you like yet? I want to watch cartoons now," Sean
channel, Sean stretched out his hand and reached for the remote in Ca''s hand.
"No, let me watch just one more episode," Ca objected, cracking open the melon seeds. She was
binge-watching a romantic TV series. The protagonist was such a good-looking guy and the leading
"Ca... Why can''t you just go and watch it in your own room? There''s also a TV there. You''re not
supposed to hog my TV to your own!" Sean grumbled. Since he, a 10-year-old school boy, sometimes
found it a bit hard toprehend the plot, he never really got that much interested in those kinds of TV
shows.
"Why do you have to be so mean? Did you forget how I always let you watch cartoons whenever you
wanted when you were little?" retorted Ca. ring at Sean who looked a bit irritated himself, she
threw the husks of the melon seeds into the trash can.
With his brows a bit furrowed, Sean continuedining, "But... Terence has a lot of TVs in this vi.
This is my room. Why can''t you just watch it somece else?"
Before Ca could say a word, a man walked in as the two of them were having an argument.
"Sean was right. I have so many TVs here in the Vi. Is there really a need for you to watch your TV
show here?" Terence said.
It seemed he had already finished cleaning himself up and had gotten dressed.
Ca didn''t bother humoring him with an answer and simply went on watching the TV. "I want to watch
it here. You''re my brother. So, I want to spend more time with you during our precious vacation. Is there
anything wrong with that?"
Sean pursed his lips after hearing what Ca had said. Turning toward Terence, he said in protest,
"Terence, aren''t you going to help out your brother-inw?"
Letting out a brief chuckle, Terence walked up to Sean and said, "Sean, let''s be gentlemen. If your
sister says she wants to watch the TV in your room, just leave her be. Why don''t you go to the next
room and watch the TV over there instead?"
"Oh, that''s a good idea! Why didn''t I think of that?" Sean blurted out. Then, he made a face at Ca
and ran out of the room, leaving the two of them to themselves.
Settling down beside Ca on the couch, Terence ced his hand on her waist and hesitantly asked,
"Ca, is there something wrong? Is something bothering you?"
Wondering why she had insisted on watching the TV in Sean''s room instead of just lounging on hers,
he sensed that there was something amiss.
"No, I''m actually quite happy. Why shouldn''t I be?" she retorted. Cracking a melon seed, she gazed
upon him with a such a puzzled expression.
"Liar," he said with a disparaging smile. Resting his hand on her shoulder, he continued, "I know you''re
a bit jealous. Do you really think you can hide your feelings from me? I know you''re trying really hard
not to care, but the truth is... you do care about me."
"Don''t think too highly of yourself. I prefer to do things at my own pace, especially in rtionships.
There''s no need for me to settle down right away. We haven''t known each other for very long yet. What
makes you think that I can''t live without you already? Truth is, I''m not in such a rush to get hooked up
with anyone right now," Ca carelessly said.
She was aware that what she had said to him was a bit harsh, but she wasn''t really in a good mood, so
she couldn''t hold herself back.
After hearing all of the things she spouted, Terence just kept quiet. His face turned gloomy, and he
suddenly stretched out his arm. Holding onto her chin, he forced her to turn her head and face him.
"Look me in the eyes and say that to my face one more time. Didn''t you feel anything while you were
watching me get flocked by all those other women?"