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.

know who that man 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 owned a large multinational group. People called him

grabbing a glass of champagne and taking a big

celebrant's face. The name was supposed to say everything about who

the moment Kasie said Carlos' name. Debbie began coughing violently, unaware that she had spat

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

made Kristina Lin scream. "Debbie, you kissed Mr. Huo! Ohhh. Let me

proceeded to clean

tissues towards the table

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

that what has you excited? Yes, it must've been thrilling to kiss Mr. Huo, but you were only overacting, right?" She cursed Debbie

Patting Kasie's arm as much to console as to

the words, the birthday celebrant left hurriedly. Everyone

They all heard that many women had been after Carlos. And to get rid of

of the room hoping to prevent Debbie from

the girl was nowhere to be

soon as Debbie stepped out of the bar, she hailed a taxi and instructed the driver to bring her

and won't come to the villa tonight. Otherwise, he may

back of the seat, Debbie kept thinking about

Philip to take care of her food, clothing, and

she seen

work and spent most of his

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 once, in those

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

wasn't until now that Debbie knew what her

remember seeing him once,' the young woman thought. She had 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. At that time, Carlos had just come back from an overseas trip. And

time ago. Even when she knew his name, she never found any photo of Carlos on the

was holding the hand of an actress. But before Debbie could