True Love Waits

Chapter 30 The Present

Julie didn't understand what Carlos meant at first. But soon, she remembered what had happened in the kitchen the day before. 'Did Debbie really take the meal to Mr. Huo's office? Why is he asking about the dinner? Was he displeased by it?' she wondered pensively.

Afraid of the possibility that Carlos was angry at Debbie, Julie replied at once, "Mr. Huo, to make sure that the dishes tasted good, Debbie cooked every dish several times. She even suffered a few minor burns because of the hot, boiling oil."

Julie felt that even though the dishes tasted awful, Debbie had worked hard on them; it was her good intentions that counted.

'Got burnt? Was her apology sincere?' The anger in his eyes disappeared as soon as he heard Julie's words.

"Noted." Carlos nodded and started eating his breakfast.

The stress marks on his face softened. Julie breathed out a sigh of relief and headed back to the kitchen.

After lunch, Debbie got dressed and left the villa.

Debbie, Kasie, and Kristina wandered around to pick out a present for Carlos. They walked out of Dubhe Building and went straight to Merak Building, arm in arm.

"Tomboy, what exactly do you have in mind?" They had been to a few shops for fashionable men's wear, trendy shoes, and expensive watches, but nothing piqued Debbie's interest. If she kept wandering around, refusing to buy anything, Kristina would start suspecting that Debbie was wandering around for hot guys instead of a present.

In fact, the real problem was money. Debbie had been saving up, but her savings were far from enough to afford a decent present for Carlos. "Let's look a little longer," she said.

Kasie leaned on Kristina listlessly, rolling her eyes. "Debbie, my sweet, sweet Debbie, we have been wandering around for two hours now and you haven't bought anything." All the while, she and Kristina, on the other hand, carried a couple of bags each. Some were clothes, but the rest were mostly cosmetics.

"He is so rich, he doesn't need anything. What am I supposed to buy him?" Debbie was in a dilemma.

for a present for a friend, but they knew she was hiding

"Nope," Debbie answered.

her eyes at her. "Since it's not his birthday, why do you suddenly want

She was too embarrassed to tell them that the present was for Carlos and it was an apologetic present for offending him earlier. "Spit i out," the other girls demanded and stretched

much happier because of it. "Debbie, seriously, it doesn't matter how much

and replied, "That sounds about right. I know what I should get

bags back to her friends

friend are you?" Kristina

and followed them since she didn't want to be left behind. Debbie remembered an embroidered box she had spotted lying in a showcase earlier, the contents of which had caught her attention. Before long, she walked back into the store that sold suits. "Welcome to Enjoy!" the shop

smiled at her and pointed at the embroidered box in the showcase. "I'd like to have a

inside this box. Both are made of sapphire. Miss,

heard the word 'sapphire', Debbie's eyes went straight towards the price tag. One hundred

entire savings were just

long time before she finally pressed her lips and made up her mind. However, just as she was looking around to search for the shop assistant, she heard a

Debbie felt as if she had found a dead fly in her soup. She ignored Gail, and turned around to walk towards the cashier's desk with the embroidered box in her hand. Much to her surprise, the shop

miss, but the other lady has already agreed to purchase this," she said to Debbie

wants the same thing as me? Since

what had happened, she sneered and said, "Debbie, luck is not on your side today. I saw that box first." In truth, Gail had no intentions of spending money on the items in the store, but now that

Kristina arrived at the scene. As soon as they saw

did you run so fast? The present wasn't going to fly

you didn't even help me."