True Love Waits

Chapter 107 The Mother-in-law’s Coming

At ZL Group, Carlos was listening to one of his secretaries, Zelda, do a report in his office when his phone rang. The caller ID said it was his mom.

"Mr. Huo, that's all. I'll leave it at that." When Zelda realized it was a personal call, she put the file on the desk and excused herself.

Once she stepped out and closed the door behind her, Carlos took the call. "Hello, Mom," he greeted.

"Son, did I catch you at a bad time?" Tabitha Luo asked in a gentle voice.

"No, not at all. What's up?"

"Your father and I saw the news this morning. Did you..." Tabitha Luo didn't finish her sentence.

Carlos knew what she was trying to ask. "Yes, Mom, it's true," he admitted.

"Then bring her home, please. Your father and I would like to meet her. Or, even better, I can come over in the two days I'm taking off duty." Something important occurred to Tabitha Luo. She urgently needed to meet her daughter-in-law-to-be.

"Okay. I'll have Emmett book an air ticket for you." For Carlos' part, he wanted to wait until his mother arrived to tell her that he and Debbie had already gotten married.

"Okay then. I'll let you go back to work. Take care of yourself. Okay?"

"Sure. I will, Mom. Bye."

Hanging up the phone, Carlos looked out the window, deep in thought. Not long after he and Debbie had registered for marriage, his grandfather had fallen into a coma. Therefore, till now, his parents still hadn't known about the marriage.

At the Economics and Management School

Out of the bathroom, Kasie suddenly dragged Debbie in her arms and asked in a whisper, "Tomboy, tell me, last night, did you and Mr. Huo... Huh?" Instead of finishing her sentence, she gave Debbie a mischievous wink.

hand free and rolled her eyes at Kasie. Her face turned red. "You know it

tone. "Well, I can tell when a woman has had sex. You walk differently. In addition to the news this morning, I can

pinched Kasie's arm, held her neck, and threatened, "Shut up!

it must have been for the two of you! Look at those marks. I can imagine the

tight. "Shut the hell up!" she growled. Then lowering her voice, almost to a whisper, she said, "Remember that $100, 000

you want to blackmail me? Our friendship is over!" "To hell with it!" retorted Debbie. "You thought you could buy me off with a meal? Well then. Take me to Starbucks this Saturday.

problem. But since when did you become a fan of

propped her hands against her chin and said slowly, "I don't. But since it's

"What kind of friend are you? Go fly a

a teasing smile, "Good. Then Kristina and I are

hideously busy, you're stuck with me on Saturday. Can't you see?" Kasie joked, feigning an air of indifference. "Now, say something nice to me, or you will

said Debbie with a

"On what?"

Saturday, you

deal," she exclaimed. But on second thought, she said, "Wait. You and Mr. Huo are hot for each other right now. You two are now officially on your honeymoon, I guess. Why would I have that kind of bet with you?

in front of Kasie and said, "You said yes. Besides, I've already dialed Carlos' number. It's

"Devil!" Kasie cursed.

her phone to her ear. Soon the phone was connected. "Honey," came the greeting from

Debbie choke on her own saliva. "Ugh...well, Mr.

Miss me?" asked

listen to the conversation. "Um, are you busy this

We can't. Your mother-in-law's coming

'Huh?? Mother-in-law ?'

a long moment, she couldn't think straight. "My mother-in-law...No. Why is your mom coming all of a sudden?" she asked nervously. "She

Debbie cleared her throat and replied,

land on Saturday noon. Let's pick her up together