Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 345 Carla Wanted To Go To The Charity Banquet

Noah was trying to pick up a pen from the brush pot when he heard his secretary ask him a question.

After giving her a quick glance, he replied, "Call Miss Megan, please." Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

As the boss of the AJ Group, Terence must also have been invited to the charity event. Since Carla had

just returned from JA City, Noah didn't want her to meet Terence again so soon. He believed that would

affect her adversely.

"Yes, sir," the secretary replied as she turned to head out of the room.

"Wait a minute."

Noah stopped her abruptly.

"Please check and inform me who would be accompanying Terence tonight, the CEO of the AJ Group,"

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At the Distribution Department.

Carla could tell what the Distribution Department was responsible for when she simply saw its name. It

wasn't so different from delivering food which she did while she worked at a restaurant.

Back when she was a delivery girl, she had to deliver food into the many blocks in the city all by

herself. Now the Distribution Department here was divided into both internal distribution and external

distribution.

As Carla worked in the internal one, her office was right next to the Purchasing Department which was

responsible for purchasing while people in the Internal Distribution Department were supposed to

deliver things to other divisions within the company. The building where the Hua Group was situated

was indeed so big that, there were so many organizations and departments in it. Innumerable files

needed to be transferred amongst them.

Whenever a need arose, Carla and her colleagues would receive a call. They then had to send things

to a specific place as per their requirements.

Sometimes, it was tiresome for Carla to run between many floors. But this job enabled her to be

familiar with other departments in just a matter of a few days. It was the best way to know about the

internal structure of the company.

Carla realized that not all the companies had the same functional organizational structure. A company

might build some special departments to meet its own unique needs.

After heading back from the Finance Department, Carla right now was in a washroom and took the

chance to take a badly needed short break.

There were several people in the Distribution Department. Carla was new, so instead of staying in the

office, she always was the one who'd rush out to do all the delivering job herself. She kept walking and

running for a whole day, which eventually made her exhausted. Her muscles were sore.

At this time, Carla overheard two girls out of the stall gossiping, "We've just dealt with a huge fiscal

expenditure. It was used for some charitable purpose. And Mr. Noah is going to go to that charity

auction tonight."

"We do that every year. As the competition in the business world is getting fiercer, it's a necessity for

companies to build a good image by doing things like this."

"Anyways, who do you think Mr. Noah would bring alongside him to the banquet?"

"Who else could it be? Since Mr. Noah has broken up with Miss Julie, it surely must be Miss Megan.

Well, no matter who it is, it has nothing to do with me. Mr. Noah is so gentle, wise and decisive. I'm

aware that he would never consider being with a woman at the workplace. Otherwise, I would have

definitely tried to get him."

"That's enough. You won't even get to touch the pedestal he stands on. It would be more realistic for

you to work hard and live an ordinary life."

"Do you know Mr. Terence? It is said that he will be at the banquet too. And he is even more charming

and successful than Mr. Noah."

"Well, stop daydreaming and get to work. We can go home in just about ten minutes from now."

Carla waited till the two gossipy girls left.

Then, she gently opened the door and stepped out of the stall. She walked toward the mirror and

stopped to fix her hair.

'What all did the two girls just say?

A charity banquet? JA City? The AJ Group? Great!' Carla thought to herself.

She turned off the tap and smiled to herself in the mirror.

The minute that Carla got off work, she headed to Noah's office.

When she was about to knock the door, she saw Noah's secretary walk toward her. By her side was a

natural and graceful young lady.

Carla knew that Noah would be taking this girl to the dinner tonight. But she couldn't let that happen.

She had to be the one who would accompany Noah to the banquet. Carla hastily pushed the door open

without knocking.

The moment she stepped into the office, she turned around to avoid the scene she had just witnessed.

Noah was half naked as he just took his shirt off. Carla rushed in right before he could get a fresh one

on.

The charity event would begin soon. It didn't leave Noah enough time to go back home to

change. So, he was forced to do it here.

"Carla, what's wrong? Why are you here?"

Noah inquired as he unhurriedly put his shirt on.

Carla coughed to clear her throat, then she slowly turned around to face him. Noah was buttoning his

shirt. The white shirt fit him well. He looked handsome and gracious in it.

"Are you going to the charity dinner tonight?"

Carla asked without any introduction.

Noah's hands momentarily paused. He looked at her with some keenness in his brown eyes. "How did

you get to know about that?"

"That's not important. But Noah, I want to be there too. Can I go with you?" Carla knew he would take

off in a minute. So she didn't waste time and got straight to the point.

However, Noah declined her. "Carla, you must have worked for the whole day and didn't take a break.

Just go back home and rest yourself. Nola is preparing dinner for you," he said as he fetched a blue tie

after buttoning his shirt.

"Noah......"

Noticing that Noah hadn't budged from his initial decision, Carla hurriedly walked closer to him and

begged, "I don't want to appear as your date. I would be satisfied if you'd just take me with you. I grew

up in BH City. It is such a small place that I have never been to an occasion like this. I just want to take

this chance to expand my horizons. Noah, please let me go with you."

But before she could continue, she was interrupted by the voice of his secretary.

"Mr. Noah, Miss Megan is ready."

Her words drove Carla to tightly grab Noah's arm. She begged more eagerly with her beautiful

imploring eyes, "Noah, please, just take me there. I promise I won't cause you any trouble. I will go

back home with you as soon as the dinner is over."

Noah watched her imploring eyes and uttered with a slight sigh, "Oh, Carla. You've just returned from

JA City. Terence will be at the banquet too. You expect to see him there.

So you've come here to beg me, right?"

He saw through her little ruse. Carla was a little embarrassed. She said, "I knew you would eventually

decipher my intentions. But after all the things Terence and I have gone through, getting over him

would be the hardest thing for me to do. I can't do that. I just can't."

Carla let go of Noah with a sense of sorrow.

After a pause she continued, "Noah, if you don't want me to go, I won't. I understand."

The minute she finished her sentence, Carla headed out hurriedly.

However, Noah seemed to be a little shaken by Carla's sudden confession. He watched Carla's

receding figure for a while and then decided to stop her.

"You can't go in there like this. You may have to put on an evening dress."

Hearing what he said, Carla turned around and looked at him excitedly. Her eyes were twinkling like

stars. "Do you mean to say that I'll be the one accompanying you to the banquet?"

Noah walked closer to Carla as he looked at her from top to bottom. He said with a smile, "As long as

you can get yourself all dressed up to suit such an occasion in twenty minutes, I will take you to the

charity event with me."

"Oh, Noah. I don't think it will be appropriate. Miss Megan will still be your date. I'll appear alongside

you two like your... secretary. So, I don't need to dress up."

Carla refused to obey him.

She assumed that it would be easier for her to get into the hall if she was with Noah. She didn't intend

to stand in the spotlight with Noah. She just wanted to see Terence.

Noah then watched her. "Carla, everybody knows that you are my fiancee. If you want to step into a

public place like that, you have to stand alongside me. You seriously think it would be an act of

decency for you to walk after me and another woman while we get in?

Go get dressed up. That's my one and only condition if you really want to come with me."

He shot a firm glance at the clock and urged her, "Two minutes have passed. You sure about intending

to keep standing here?"

Carla then came to her senses and rushed out of the office.

Megan was startled by Carla's unexpected appearance. Carla fixed her eyes on Megan's dress for

several seconds. She was thinking if there was any chance to borrow her dress. But she got that

thought out of her mind in a matter of seconds.

She already felt guilty for hogging her date. It would be too cruel to rob her dress as well now.

What was more important, they probably didn't share the same size. So, what could she do now?

Out of the blue, an image of a wedding dress store on the first floor in the same building appeared in

her mind. She had seen it during several occasions while she was on the way to work. And some of the

dresses could be good choices for a charity event.

She hurriedly headed to the elevator. She badly wanted to be punctual today.

About twenty minutes later, Noah stopped his car at the door of the wedding dress store.