True Love Waits

Chapter 11 Carlos Huo, I Love You

Carlos and Debbie shared cold glances towards one another. Belatedly, he passed the trophy and the prize on to her. According to the program, he would take the hand of the prizewinner and give it a firm shake.

When Debbie had taken the trophy and the prize with her left hand, she offered the other for him to shake. Carlos looked at her little hand for barely a second, and then rejected it.

He looked at Debbie and mentioned with a low voice, "Your hands are filthy."

Those four words alone were enough to offend her.

Thankfully, not a soul heard them. The crowd had eyes on Carlos as he was a dignitary. Everyone was stupefied as they spotted him decline to shake Debbie's hand. They all speculated on it.

'If it were only him and me here, I'd drag him to the Civil Affairs Department to get the divorce certificate and beat the hell out of him!' Debbie clenched her fists indignantly. Anger made itself evident on her face She despised the man so much.

With hundreds and thousands of eyes that watched them, she could only swallow the utter humiliation.

Amidst the whole duration of the awarding, Carlos had his back facing against the camera, so only the ones on stage saw what he had done.

How Debbie wished she could throw the trophy and the prize into the trash bin. The mere thought that it had been infected by Carlos' germs disgusted her. Again, she could only do this in her imagination. Event officially done, Debbie and her friends returned to the university.

Setting foot in the entrance, they were stopped by Gail, who asked Debbie to keep her end of the deal.

Intending for the second option which was to lock Curtis in his office, Debbie recalled what the disrespectful Carlos had done. 'If he happens to see me confess my love to him, he'd probably get so pissed! Oh my God, I actually kind of want to see how he'd react to it now!' she thought to herself in glee.

and walked her way to one

finished. Then she went deep into the grove

her to repeat it ten times; Debbie did just

the birds that rested in

to calm down. What she didn't expect was for a man to appear behind the tree and when she recognized

my God...' Debbie became pale. 'Why is Mr. Lu here?!' she wondered to

to make a run for it!' Burying her face in her hands, Debbie pivoted and then sprinted to depart from the grove. "Tomboy, where are

guess he failed to recognize me, ' Debbie thought and sighed in relief. 'Although, I already saw him before.

aware of Curtis' relationship with Carlos, her mind spiraled downwards with her thoughts. 'But, what if he recognized me and then tells Carlos about it? Wait, I'm Carlos' wife and it is perfectly normal for a wife to speak of her love about her husband!' Relief washed over her as she mused over the thought. As she passed Gail, she wore a

Doesn't she know that Mr. Huo hates women who try to court him?' That confusion ultimately mutated into annoyance. 'Smile all you can, Debbie Nian, for you are screwed once Mr.

her phone out, she then sent the video she had captured over to

that remained inside her. Unable to

had happened. As if an entity had taken over her body, she instantly searched up for the list of participants at the half marathon.

screamed in silence. 'She planned all of this through! She knew the former silver medalist would attend the game so she lured me in and humiliated me on purpose! Searching for an object to vent her anger out on, she grabbed a pillow and slammed

electronics product launch event, and all reporters had their equipment set up to capture the event in its entirety. The general populace knew that products from the ZL Group would always set

It was protocol for all reporters that photographs or videos where Carlos could be seen were forbidden. Otherwise, he'd resort to

the same. The general manager gave an opening speech before giving

were on

and the next in order was to showcase their newest

appeared. Instead, there was a girl yelling in front of a tree.

you. Carlos Huo, I