True Love Waits

Chapter 108 Our Mom

"Er... what do you want to say to her?" Debbie got tense when Carlos said he wanted to speak to Kasie. 'What in the world does he want to say to her?' Carlos laughed, "Relax, honey. I'm just trying to help. Don't worry. I won't tell her how great last night was."

Debbie blushed and explained hurriedly, "No, no. That's not what I mean. Why do you want to speak to her? Never mind. I'll put her on the phone right now."

Then she handed the phone to Kasie. It was only then that her friend realized that Carlos wasn't joking earlier. Kasie stared at the phone, scared, as if it would bite her. Gnawing her index finger, she asked, "Mr. Huo...Mr. Huo wants to talk to me? For real?"

Debbie blinked with a nod. "Yeah, for real."

Kasie immediately put her phone down and before taking Debbie's, she wiped her hand on her clothes, as if afraid that the phone would be stained. "Hi, Mr. Huo," she greeted him respectfully. Watching her friend's dramatic reaction, Debbie was rendered speechless.

Carlos said something over the phone and Kasie explained nervously, "No, Mr. Huo, I was just joking. It really didn't mean anything. Please don't take it seriously. I've barely spent a dime of the card you gave me last time. Debbie and I were really just fooling around a moment ago."

Hoping to convince Carlos, Kasie used the word "really" repeatedly, stressing it every time she said it.

Then she paused as Carlos responded to her explanation. Debbie couldn't hear what he said easily. This time, Kasie nodded resignedly, "Okay then. Thank you, Mr. Huo."

Kasie put him on hold and handed the phone back to Debbie. Debbie took it off hold. "What did you say to her, old man?" she asked.

"Nothing. My secretary will pick you up at noon. We're having lunch together."

Although puzzled, Debbie agreed.

Once the phone call ended, Kasie remarked anxiously, "Your husband is way more serious than you are."

do you mean?"

said on the

made a pact. Since you lost the bet, he knew you would feel bad if you went back on your word. So he asked his secretary to dump more money into my card for the fifth floor of

Debbie when she

always thought money solved everything, so that was his go-to answer for

at the office. Carlos was there waiting for her, and said, "Let's go out

the waitress had taken their orders, Debbie asked, "What does your mom like? What's her favorite food? What does she do for fun? What does she hate?

in confusion, "My mom is your mom too. You'll have to get used to that. But hey, don't worry. She's nice. She'll like you." Debbie was uncertain. "Really? You think so?" She'd heard that a lot

when he tried to be cute. A handsome man with a playful wit made a wonderful husband. His mom, Tabitha, used to tell Carlos he should marry an outgoing girl. And that was just it-upbeat and outgoing, Debbie

yes. "Okay.

glance as he unfolded a hot wet towel. "Not just my

she

all at the same time. When Carlos talked to her, she was very distracted. "Where did you get the money for the ring?" asked Carlos. He got a notification for every transaction with the card he gave her. According to the notifications, she hadn't spent over a thousand at a time recently. So obviously, she didn't use the bank

wasn't that he didn't trust her or was spying on her. The notification function came with the card. It was something he could turn off, but he felt it wise to keep

she looks like? Since Carlos is so handsome, I bet she's gorgeous. Probably he got those good genes from her,' she thought to

"How?"

I go

"Where?"

she'd been tricked into blurting out things that she had been hiding from him. The look in his eyes told

demanded, "Why do you have to sing at bars? Didn't I give

hurt. Afraid to further provoke him, Debbie didn't dare to take her hand back. "I'll quit singing. The money on the card is yours. How could I use your money to buy you a ring? I just wanted the ring to be more meaningful, so I decided to earn