Waiting For a Girl Like You - Chapter 1036 Being The Matriarch

He ran his fingers through his hair and put out the half-smoked cigarette that he was holding in his hand.

He walked towards the elevator, exhaled loudly, and got in.

When the elevator doors had closed, Carla stepped out of the corner where she was hiding the entire time.

Carla had been hiding from Steven because of her grandfather. Arthur’s words, right before his death, had been constantly ringing in her ears. She couldn’t stop thinking about it.

She had refused to obey him. She wanted to prove that Steven would be happy even if he didn’t stay with her in Yu Sea City. She felt that he would be better off without her.

So Carla had no regrets. She didn’t feel bad for not heeding her grandfather’s last wish.

But disappointment dwelled in the pit of her stomach when she saw how miserable and lonely Steven was.

Carla wasn’t sure about her decision anymore.

After bidding goodbye to Violet, Carla went back to the AJ Building.

She glanced at her watch. Terence was still held up in the meeting, so she sat quietly in his office.

“Here you go, Mrs. An. Have some tea.”

Rainer walked in with a cup of tea.

“Thanks, Rainer. Do you have any idea how the Su family is doing?”

Carla asked, taking a sip of the tea.

“Well, it’s a bit complicated. It’s hard to explain everything to you in a short time. But all I can tell you is that Mr. An is being extremely kind to them,”

Rainer said softly. The competitive world of business attracts many enemies. Everyone looks at their competitors with hawk-eyed scrutiny, waiting to seize the right opportunity to defeat them, and crawl their way up to the top.

Terence could have easily made use of the opportunity to destroy the Su family. It would have been impossible for them to rise again and come back to business if he had done that.

But Terence was a man with a heart of gold. He didn’t resort to such heartless measures.

Carla nodded. “I understand. Thanks, Rainer. You may go back to your work.”

At the door of the meeting room

Carla peeked into the room. Terence was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room. Everyone was listening to him intently. He rubbed his eyebrows and thought for a while. Then, he skimmed through the documents and made a remark.

Carla couldn’t hear what he was saying, but she could feel the tension in the room.

Terence knitted his eyebrows and glanced at the window. He saw that Carla was waiting for him. His eyes widened. He pulled

grudge against Terence? Why are you putting Carla in a tough spot? You are destroying her family and killing her happiness. Stop being selfish.”

“What do you know about him? Steven is a gem of a person. His talent is boundless and he needs the right place to prosper. He is stuck in a depressing place that is sucking the life out of him. He would never succeed if he continues to stay there. You’d better sit down and listen to me,” he retorted.

But Debra ignored him.

“Carla, he is drunk! Please ignore him.” Debra scowled at him and continued to talk with Carla.

“You’re not obligated to help him. Brian is out of his mind.”

“Enough. Calm down, both of you.”

Carla got to her feet. She felt pressured and walked out to get some fresh air. It was suffocating inside. But as soon as she opened the door, she saw Terence standing outside.

He was leaning against the wall, with his hands in each pocket. He had been listening to their conversation the whole time.

Carla’s eyes widened. “Terence…” she croaked.

But Terence nodded and smiled. “That was the doctor who called me. I think we should leave.”

He wrapped his arm around Carla’s shoulder and looked at Brian and Carla. “You guys, I have paid the bill. We’re leaving now!” He seemed unusually calm and there was no trace of anger on his handsome face.

“See? It’s all your fault.”

Debra grunted and stomped on Brian’s foot. “Are you happy now? They are going to go back and get into a fight because of you.”

Carla and Terence were quiet on their way home.

She stole little glances at Terence.

Carla was quite drunk. She was feeling lightheaded and couldn’t keep her eyes open. She sighed loudly and slumped on Terence’s lap.