True Love Waits

Chapter 120 Petty Man Slash Protective Husband

For a few minutes, Jake had been crying outside. But it was hard for Debbie to leave the kid in the austere weather anymore. Ignoring Carlos' caveat, she opened the gate to the villa and walked over to the little boy, whose nose was red from the biting cold.

Heaving a sigh, she squatted to whisper in the boy's ear, "Jake, I'll take you inside, but you have to promise me to stop crying, okay?"

To Debbie's surprise, the imp pushed her hard without a word. Caught off guard, she slumped on the cold, snowy ground.

"You ungrateful, spoiled brat!" Debbie roared, boiling with rage as

Carlos stepped forward to help her to her feet. The grim look on his face as he helped her up was enough to stop the boy crying.

When everyone thought that was it, Carlos released Debbie, clutched the boy and spanked him so hard that

his palm hurt.

The kid burst out crying again. This time he was so loud you'd fear he was going to have a seizure.

Scared out of wits, Megan dashed over and intervened by pulling Carlos aside. Standing between him and the kid, she implored, "Uncle Carlos, Jake's mom is stuck in a traffic jam, but she should be here in about an hour. Can I get him out of here, please?"

"No, you can't!" Carlos growled coldly. "If you are worried about him, you can stay here and wait with him!"

Never had Carlos been so angry at Megan. Today, he had easily snapped at her time and again that she wondered what was wrong with him. Looking back, she recalled how just the other day he had also embarrassed her by standing her up at the party. She had been taunted by so many people. At the mere thought of it, anger consumed her eyes. But there was not much she could do, considering he held power over her. In disappointment, her mouth opened and closed involuntarily, as if she was going to say something but words failed her.

much that he was panting for breath. With a ferocious eye, Carlos

terrified Jake scampered for cover behind Megan,

by the little brat's impenitence once again, Carlos pulled him out and

Debbie and stammered between sobs, "I'm s-sorry. Boo...hoo... Mommy. I

Megan's arms and warned, "I don't ever want to see him

Jake tight and

she had known the boy would anger Carlos,

watching, walked over to check Debbie. "Debbie, let me have a look. Are you hurt?" she asked with genuine

you, Mom. The ground is covered in snow, so I'm fine. Don't worry," answered

she was

in a green down jacket threw herself out of the car hurriedly. She was wearing lots of jewelry, which she seemed to proudly flaunt. Obviously one hell of a flashy woman who just couldn't resist the urge to show off wherever she turned up. Instead of checking on her son, she trotted over to Carlos and said,

he had backup, so he cried, "Mommy, mommy, help me! This man is bad. He hit me! And they too. They all bullied me! Boo...hoo..." 'My son got hit?' Her heart ached at the word,

Huo, I'm sorry I'm late. Awful traffic," she said to

demanded with a stern face,

woman next to Carlos and thought, 'Is this Mrs. Huo? Why did Megan never mention her?' Carlos didn't even

story. Jake's mom was stunned to hear that the whole thing was just about some cosmetics. She was angry but she restrained herself. "Mrs. Huo, my son is crying his

all the time responded, "Lady, Mr. Huo doesn't care about the money of course. Your son was rude to Mrs. Huo. He not only messed up Mrs. Huo's cosmetics but also hit her with a jar of face cream. And when Mrs. Huo tried to calm him down while he was throwing his tantrum, he pushed her down to the

maid referred to Mrs. Huo again and again made Megan frown in

the grave look on Carlos' face awoke Jake's mom to the seriousness of the situation. After all, Carlos Huo was a man with vast influence across the city. That was not the kind of person she could afford to offend, for her own

over to Carlos. "Mr. Huo, I'm so, so sorry. I've failed as a mother," she apologized, with her head bowed. Likewise she turned to Debbie. "Mrs. Huo, I'm sorry. I'll teach him a

hard to read. Debbie had to stand