Chapter 74 Encounter A Thief (Part One)


    "I''ve recently found out that Terence had been involved in a car ident about a week ago. Luckily, it


    wasn''t life-threatening and he managed to get away with just a few minor injuries. It''s a good thing his


    bodyguard''s car was following closely behind him that it seemed to have acted as a buffer upon impact


    during the crash and protected his car from getting wrecked even further. I''m really d he could


    survive an ident of that magnitude.


    When he got into that car crash, Miss Bonnie of the Hua Family happened to pass by the scene of the


    ident, and upon seeing Terence, though she was so frantic at first, she was able to calm herself


    down and immediately had him sent straight to the hospital so he could receive proper medical


    attention. The Ans and the Huas are two of the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential families


    in all of JA City. There''s no living person in that ce who hasn''t heard of their names. Since Miss


    Bonnie seemed to have taken the trouble of visiting Terence every single day after he got admitted to


    the hospital, they say that they''re steadily getting closer to each other. Rumor has it that they''re actually


    nning to get engaged!"


    Violet spoke in great detail.


    When it happened, the circumstances regarding the ident Terence got involved in had been kept


    secret. Only a few close friends and family members were privy of that information. In fact, if the news


    that he was about to get engaged had not been spread everywhere, no one could have possibly known


    about his injury at all.


    Ca had gotten so shocked upon hearing the news from Violet that she couldn''t move from where she


    was standing and had been merely left dumbfounded.


    Terence was involved in a car ident?


    But why wouldn''t anyone tell her about that?


    Of course, Ca was earnestly listening to everything that Violet was trying to tell her, but it was just


    extremely difficult for her to believe that Terence could change his mind so easily and choose to get


    married to someone else. He might always seem a bit annoying and overbearing, but still, he was not


    the type of guy that could simply get swayed.


    She was thinking that, maybe, Violet had just been exaggerating with her stories this time. After all,


    there was no proof for her to ept the fact that Terence was about to get engaged, and also, she


    didn''t personally see Terence staying with another woman. There was still a good chance all of the


    rumors were just baseless.


    After hanging up the phone, Ca immediately wanted to speak with Terence directly to find the truth.


    Dialing his number, she quickly got a hold of him.


    "Hello. Do you want to speak to Terence?" Instead of Terence, a woman picked up the phone and


    asked in a gentle voice.


    This confused Ca a little bit. Why would a woman answer the phone for Terence? Where was


    Terence anyway? When she finally came to herself, she replied, "Yes. Is he there? May I speak to


    him?"


    "May I have your name? Well, Terence isn''t here right now. He''s actually having the dressing for his


    wound changed, but I believe he will be back soon. Could you please tell me your name? I''ll just go


    ahead and tell him to call you backter,"


    the woman responded, still in a soft voice. Ca was a bit surprised since she wasn''t really expecting


    that a woman would be the one to answer when she called.


    Her voice sounded so soothing over the phone, so much so that it was enough to make Ca''s heart


    skip a beat. It was such a pleasant feeling that just felt so reassuring.


    "Please hold on for a moment. It looks like he just got back from getting the dressing on wounds


    changed. I''ll pass the phone over to him now so you could talk to him," the woman informed her


    politely. Ca heard a ng as the woman probably put the phone down on some wooden surface, and


    then she heard her utter, "Terence, please be careful and walk slowly. Just give me a second. I''ll be


    right with you. Let me lend you a hand so that it would be easier for you to move around!"


    "You don''t have to worry about me. I''ll be fine. I''m actually feeling much better now," Terence


    responded.


    "How can you ask me to stop worrying about you? I don''t really see a reason not to. And I don''t want


    you to get any otherplications. Otherwise, I''ll be the one who has to look after you in the future.


    Come on, now. Let''s get you on the bed slowly. I''ll go ask the nurse to help you adjust the height of the


    bed frame to a suitable inclination so that you can lie down morefortably," the woman replied in


    such a gentle manner. It was bing increasingly apparent that whoever this woman was, she


    deeply cared about Terence so much.


    "No, thanks. There''s no need for you to do that. I can just simply use the remote control to adjust the


    bed. Just now, you told me that you were getting a bit hungry. I''ve asked Nathan to go to the store to


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    get the dessert that you always love. You can just take a seat and wait for a while."


    Ca could feel that there was a hint of concern in Terence''s calm voice.


    "Really? That''s so nice of you, Terence. I should''ve been the one taking care of you, but here you are


    worrying about me instead." The woman keptughing merrily after saying those words, her voice just


    as lovely, if not more, as that of a bird singing. From what Ca could gather through listening to their


    conversation over the phone, it seemed like she leaned toward Terence, pursed her lips and kissed


    him, making an audible sound just loud enough so Ca could hear it.


    "Oh, no. I''m really sorry. I''vepletely forgotten all about the phone call. There''s someone on the


    phone right now. She said she wanted to speak with you."


    Upon realizing that there was someone waiting to talk to Terence, the woman picked up the phone and


    handed it over to him.


    Upon finding out that Ca had still not hung up the phone even though she had already been waiting


    for about five minutes, Terence appeared to be a bit hesitant to talk to her. After a brief second, he


    finally spoke, "Hello, Ca? Are you still there?"


    At this point, Ca quietly sat down in a little corner nearby, her phone in her hand, nervously biting her


    fingernails. There were a lot of things she wanted to ask him, but now, after hearing his voice, she had


    no idea what to say first. In the end, she decided to finally go with, "Yup, that''s me. I''ve heard from


    someone that you had been involved in a car ident. What happened? How? Are you okay? Did you


    get seriously injured? Are you in a critical condition right now?"


    Truth be told, she had actually intended to hang up the phone just then, but upon hearing his voice, she


    just could not bring herself to do so, wanting to confirm whether he was fine or not instead.


    She was still a bit skeptical of what was going on between Terence and that other woman who


    answered his phone. But because she wasn''t really able to witness everything that had happened in


    person, she thought that there was a possibility that she might just be misunderstanding things.


    On the other side of the phone, Terence immediately responded, "I''m alright now. The injuries haven''t


    been really severe enough to warrant an extended hospital stay. The doctors said that I would be able


    to fully recover after about half a month of rest. You don''t have to worry about it. What about you and


    Sean? Are the two of you doing fine? Please tell him I said hi."