True Love Waits

Chapter 38 My Dear

"A one-week leave? Why am I just hearing about this now?"

Philip lowered his head in silence, lacking any explanation.

"From now on, I want you to report her every move to me. Do you understand?" Carlos ordered sternly and took out his phone.

"Yes, Mr. Huo."

"Where is she heading? And why?"

"Um..." Philip hesitated for a second. "Mrs. Huo didn't mention anything." 'Didn't mention anything?

I guess she is avoiding me, ' Carlos wondered. Without further delay, he called Tristan and said, "Inform the airport immediately that..."

Within one hour, Debbie and her luggage showed up in the CEO's office at ZL Group.

As soon as she stepped into the office, she left her luggage against the wall, and hastened towards Carlos' desk. "Mr. Huo, what's this supposed to mean? Why did you do this? Don't I have my own freedom anymore?"

Carlos didn't say a word until he had finished going through the papers in his hand. He raised his sights to her face and said, "Come to the university with me this afternoon."

"No." Debbie refused him outright.

Disappointed, Carlos got out of his chair and asserted, "Too bad, you don't have a choice!"

in shock. Stunned, and not to mention angered, she finally spoke again after a moment. "Since you are not so busy right now, let's get to the matter we've been talking about without mincing our words. I've already signed the divorce papers. I really hope that you would do the

life lately. Far from feeling like she

husband. As if that weren't bad enough, he wasn't making it any easier for her. Instead of having to see him only in the mornings and

She would much rather lay her cards on the

around the desk to the sofa across her and sat down. "Divorce is not an option." He made himself very

don't want your money. I don't want anything from you. Why are you still refusing to sign the papers? What else do you want?" "What's wrong with this guy?' By then, she was so angry she wanted to rush over, choke

a lot of your money in the

speaking, he said, "I didn't do right by you in the past three years. I neglected you. I won't make the same mistake again in the future." 'Eh?

according to the law, married couples who stay apart for two years or more are automatically considered divorced. So if you still refuse to sign the

him to let out a chuckle. After all, this young lady was too

No problem. I can help her find the best

Carlos felt obliged to correct her. "Listen. First of all, to be automatically divorced, the couple must be separated for two entire consecutive years. One year, nine months and ten days ago, I went back to the villa and slept next to you,

he was, Carlos had kept the lights off so she wouldn't wake up and it was too dark to see anything anyway. Nothing had happened between the two of them that night. Besides, he had only stayed for two hours

at his reply. 'Hell no! I didn't even

light it. Playing with the cigarette in his fingers, he continued, "Secondly, the separation must be caused by the falling apart of the couples' relationship. In our case, I was working overseas. It

boots. In that instant, her mouth hung with lips slightly parted and her eyes were as wide as they could stretch. She started wondering if

He suddenly stood up and moved towards her. Leaning over her with his hands on the

close?

of a sudden, the

evidence of a separation, which I am

of address was starting to mess