True Love Waits

Arm in arm, Carlos and Debbie sauntered forward to stand in front of Curtis and Colleen. Grinning like a possum eating persimmon, Carlos enthused to Colleen, "When Curtis proposed to you before us, you two showed off your affection for each other as well. We were so jealous of you back then."

At the mention of the loving memories, Colleen smiled so broadly that her round eyes were reduced to slits. Curtis smiled as well. Then they looked each other in the eye, eyes full of affection. The couple seemed devoted to each other, something that Debbie greatly admired.

The envy on her face didn't escape Carlos' notice. He held her hand tighter. 'Debbie Nian, from this day onwards, I, Carlos Huo, will not have you admiring anyone else...' Carlos swore to himself. Before any of them could speak, a young man's voice came from behind their backs. "Hey! Mr. Huo and Mr. Lu. I've heard a lot about you two!"

Turning around, Debbie saw two men, one in a black suit and the other in white walking toward them.

It was Jared's brother, the guy in white who had called. Debbie knew who he was, but they were not acquaintances.

The man in black looked familiar to Debbie. She remembered she had seen him once on TV, and he was a colonel or something. 'In real life, he looks much more handsome than on TV!' Debbie thought, letting her eyes settle upon the man's face.

She was really surprised to see them here. Who was this Megan Lan? Why did the four richest young men in Y City all appear at her birthday party?

When he noticed his wife was drooling over another man, Carlos' face soured. At once he pulled her into his arms and announced in a cold voice, "This is my wife, Debbie Nian."

The announcement caught Wesley off guard. Among the four of them, he was the youngest, and this being a big bash, he had probably come prepared to mingle. The first in the group of four to have a girlfriend was Curtis. His girlfriend, Colleen, was 28 years old, two years older than Wesley.

But Debbie, if his memory wasn't lying, was only a college student and was only 21 years old!

Still single at 26, Wesley felt dejected to know that someone five years younger was in a stable relationship. Reluctantly, he stepped forward to stand before Debbie and made a military salute. "Nice to meet you, Debbie. I'm Wesley Li."

Although he was in a suit, it didn't look weird when he made the salute. In fact, he looked quite charming.

not-so-standard salute. "Nice to meet you, Officer Li. I'm Debbie Nian. I've practiced martial arts for years. I'd like to challenge you when

changed dramatically at her

standing before him and cheerily saying, "Nice to meet you, Officer Li.

realized that Debbie resembled the girl when she

man, shortly after

salute posture for two minutes. However, Wesley remained

became really weird, but Debbie didn't

his back to stop Wesley from looking at her. His face turned sullen.

that?' she wondered, but she noticed Wesley came

reached his arm to hold Wesley's shoulder and

would you stick close to another man when

sternly reprimanded Damon. Debbie couldn't help

so funny?" asked

guys,"

are so many pretty girls in the world. And he thinks I like hanging around with him?! I guess he went mad because he's stayed in the army without seeing a woman for so long. He must have thought I had a thing for him!' he said to Debbie

in character. Meeting Damon, Debbie felt close to him as if she were seeing Jared instead. "Yes, I know you obviously would't have a thing for him.

in your eyes? Fine! A playboy is much better than

were chatting joyfully, a young girl in light green ball gown and a pair of glass

towards them, her long black hair flying in the wind. A wide grin on her face. When she came closer, Debbie finally saw how she looked. She had beautiful blue

and held Damon's

Damon stroked her hair. "Happy birthday, Megan," he enthused, gesturing for his assistant to hand her the