True Love Waits

Chapter 124 The Past

When Douglas first put forward a proposal to marry Debbie to Carlos. Artie, who had heard of Carlos before, agreed to the proposal without hesitation.

Debbie had just broken up with Hayden back then. And she couldn't bear to turn down her father, who was terminally ill. She had been so mad at Hayden that she had agreed to marry Carlos in a fit of pique. Their marriage certificate had been issued on her birthday that year.

The reason why Carlos had agreed to marry Debbie was that he respected his grandfather's advice. From Carlos' childhood, Douglas had dedicated his time and money to his grandson's education. When weak, frail and advanced in age Douglas sat Carlos down and recommended Debbie for a wife, it made sense.

At that time, Carlos was a workaholic with virtually no time for anything else.

Shortly after, Douglas had been hospitalized, in a coma, before he could let anyone in on his grandson's marriage. It didn't help that Carlos was overextended in time. So much that he hurtled from meeting to meeting, place to place, the world over for business. Until gradually, he had completely forgotten about his wife.

Debbie didn't know the story behind this. She and Carlos had been married for three years, yet had barely known each other until several months ago.

"Your grandpa is still in a coma. When your dad gets to know this, I'm pretty sure he'll throw a tantrum," said Tabitha in a worried voice. That was a real source of concern for her. If there was one thing that Tabitha didn't like in James, it was his quick temper. Over the years, she had learnt to wisely avoid unnecessary strife with her husband. But it wasn't lost on her that if triggered, he could be unreasonable. And there was no way to tell how he'd receive his son's marriage to Debbie.

Sensing that his mom was worried, Carlos stood up from his seat, walked up to Tabitha and assured in a calm tone, "Mom, just leave it to me. There's no need to fret."

He didn't want her to be blamed for the decision. If anything, his grandpa's word was enough. The only problem was that chances of Douglas ever making it safely at the hospital were infinitesimal. Eventually, Tabitha agreed to stay her calm, and hoped that James would be rational enough not to throw a hissy fit when Carlos finally got to introduce Debbie as his wife.

"Well, then, when are you going to take Debbie to see the rest of our family?" Tabitha asked. A couple of years back, the Huo and Li families had all moved abroad, which meant Carlos would need good planning of his otherwise busy schedule to take Debbie for introductions.

"I think it won't take long. It's time to visit Grandpa and Grandma," answered Carlos. It had been three months since he had last visited them. And the Spring Festival was drawing near. Carlos planned to take Debbie to see his family to celebrate the Spring Festival together this year.

"All right. Carlos, don't stay up late. I just saw Debbie doing yoga in her bedroom. She must be bored. Why not keep her company? I really hope you two can have a baby. I'd be glad to babysit my own grandchild."

beamed with delight at the mention of

atmosphere. Tabitha hoped that

curled his lips and said,

much and treated her as her own daughter. But of course Debbie was Carlos' wife. "You see, Megan and you are not related by blood. Now that you have Debbie, you'll need to set boundaries in the way you relate to

back in Carlos' mind. Had Debbie gotten angry at Megan? "Mom, you are overreacting. I've told

convinced, but she could do nothing. All she could do was pray and hope

bit of small talk, Tabitha went back to her room, while Carlos assigned his remaining

still doing yoga. The downward-facing dog posture she was in

of the door closing, she turned

'Hoo...I'm ready to drop.

done, I'd better take a shower and go to sleep,'

she was about to stand up, Carlos stopped

"What? But why?"

current posture,

stopped in mid-sentence. Debbie struggled to her feet. "Stay away from

Carlos hadn't been satisfied in the study. Now that he had been turned on by her alluring posture, he would by no means let

slight unwillingness at the beginning, she gave in to his

pushed her hard onto the bed, his hands coming up to her neck as he cupped her head into his palms while passionately kissing her lips. She tried to pull away, but he

in the middle and yanked the thing off, without even trying to undo the strap. A crazy night of love, unlike any they had ever had. Carlos finally let her go after the wild

her hair affectionately, his

Pouting her lips, she complained, "You

she was still dazed from the rigor of

to Tabitha and went back home. On their part, Debbie