Burning Passion: Love Never Die

Instead of sitting at his desk, Carlos was reading a file while relaxing on the sofa. Megan was at his desk. She was doing her homework.

“Ah, it’s Debbie. Hi Debbie! Come on in!” Megan put down her pen and came to the door when she spotted Debbie standing there.

“Debbie? Huh! What happened to “Aunt Debbie”? Is it because the secretary is here and she doesn’t want her to know about my relationship with Carlos?’ Debbie didn’t like to think badly of Megan, but from what she had learned about that girl, that was most Likely the case.

Megan’s words drew Carlos’ attention away from his work. He dropped the file and scolded, “Don’t be disrespectful.”

Megan intimately held Debbie’s arm and said, “Uncle Carlos, Debbie and

I are almost the same age. Calling her Aunt makes her sound much older.

I think ‘sister’ is fine. Right, Debbie?”

Yes, Megan hadn’t done anything to harm her directly. But there was this hostility in

forced a wry smile

anything else. He stood up from the sofa and

Debbie, “Come in.”

Megan’s books and papers were spread out on Carlos’ desk. There were science papers, math papers, and

to go inside. She turned to Megan and

just not quite the way she had envisioned it. But, then again, she hadn’t imagined she’d

Megan

She had no idea what

didn’t stop. She couldn’t stop. She certainly wasn’t going to stay there a minute longer and continue to be humiliated. Each stride was purposeful

make this any

to gasp. ‘Who is this woman?’ she wondered. ‘And what does Carlos have to do with her?’