True Love Waits

Chapter 2 The Elusive Carlos

After planting a kiss on Carlos' lips, Debbie immediately withdrew, fled the hallway and ran straight back to the room.

"Debbie!" Kasie shrieked as she shut the door. "You were awesome, girl!" she said proudly, slapping the celebrant on the back. Panting after her escape, Debbie heaved a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, Carlos' face darkened after the surprise kiss. He stood rooted to the spot but saw the girl disappear inside Room 501. The man was about to ask his bodyguards to haul Debbie out of the room and throw her into the sea when his phone rang.

Annoyed over the interruption, he answered the call. After listening for a few seconds, he snapped, "Okay. I'll be right there." He pressed the button to end the call and then glanced at Room 501. He inhaled sharply to control his fury. There was an emergency in his company, which needed immediate attention.

"Count your lucky stars today, woman. You better pray I never see you again. You won't get away the next time you provoke me," Carlos muttered as he turned to leave.

Inside Room 501, Debbie rubbed her red cheeks and felt them burning in embarrassment. It was the most insane thing she had ever done in her life. Heart pounding, her mind was a jumble of thoughts. 'Oh my God! That was my first kiss, and I don't even know who he was!

Could that have been cheating on my husband?

Oh never mind! I've already signed the divorce agreement.

And it's okay even if Carlos isn't willing to sign it. Legally, a couple who's been separated for more than two years is deemed to be automatically divorced anyway.

I haven't seen him in the three years we've been married. So maybe legally, I'm no longer his wife. That means I was not cheating on him.

Besides, it was just a kiss...' Debbie forgot everyone around her.

Suddenly Kasie yelled, "My goodness!" All her classmates jumped at her outburst.

"What is wrong with you, Kasie? You scared me to death!" Kristina Lin, who was about to drink wine, spilled the liquid and was patting her chest to calm down.

Excitedly, Kasie stepped up to Debbie, who was still lost in thought, and shook her shoulders.

is?" she demanded. The object of Debbie's prank was a man every woman dreamed of. He was young, handsome, rich, and powerful, and he

who is he?" Debbie demanded while grabbing a glass of champagne and

the celebrant's face. The name was supposed to say

mouth the moment Kasie said Carlos' name. Debbie began coughing violently, unaware that she had spat the liquid on her roommate's face. Instead of

Jared was the son of the general manager of a finance company in Y City, and Carlos' name struck his ears

familiar name also made Kristina Lin scream. "Debbie, you kissed Mr. Huo! Ohhh. Let me kiss you because it's like kissing

a handful of tissues, Debbie proceeded to clean her friend's face but

hurled the tissues towards the table and ran

when I was in the hallway?" she asked. She shuddered at the thought. 'Damn it! What

that what has you excited? Yes, it must've been thrilling to kiss

And my hair! There is champagne everywhere!' Patting Kasie's arm as much to console as to apologize, Debbie suddenly said, "You guys have fun. I need

celebrant left hurriedly. Everyone

thing. What was she going to do, catch up with Mr. Huo? She was out of her mind! They all heard that many women had been after Carlos. And to get rid of these women, he would ask his men to peel off their clothes and toss them out on the street. He might do that to their friend, so they all had the

friends ran out of the room hoping to prevent Debbie from

was nowhere to be

out of the bar, she hailed a taxi and instructed the driver to bring her to the

to the villa tonight. Otherwise, he may think I regretted asking for a divorce, and

the back of the seat,

years ago, Carlos assigned Philip to take care of her food, clothing, and

once had she

with work and spent most of his time overseas to

when he was in Y City, Carlos stayed in another villa. They had different friends and acquaintances. As a result, they had never met each other, not even

he was still alive. But just before his death, he had given it to Carlos in his fear that Debbie would divorce her

wasn't until now that Debbie knew what her Carlos

gone to his office to visit a couple of times. But every time, it was Carlos' assistant who received her, precluding any opportunity to get a glimpse of her husband. The last time she went to the company, Debbie didn't introduce herself, so guards prevented her from entering the building.

was too far to get a good look at him. And it was a long time ago. Even when she knew his name, she never found any photo of Carlos on the Internet. He kept a very low profile, never granting

picture was published. In that photo, it was said that he was holding the hand of an actress. But before