True Love Waits

Chapter 164 Identity Outed

Debbie didn't notice Carlos calling Emmett on the phone. She was too focused on blaming Carlos for being bossy. "Jared and I are just friends. You know that. Why are you doing this?" She started to suspect that it was Carlos who called Jared's dad and made him angry at him. 'Why would he even do that? It's none of his business what Jared does, and he doesn't need to stir up drama like that. The man is just too controlling, and it's time he got knocked down a few pegs. Maybe if I bug him enough he'll back off. Yeah, that's what I'll do!'

Carlos wasn't amused. "So this is my fault?" His voice got colder.

Debbie shook her head and said in a hurry, "No, no. My bad. Please call Jared's dad and tell him Jared didn't hit on me. He's really mad. He figured out where Jared is through GPS and is going to take him home and kick his ass."

"Feeling bad for him?"

Just then, Emmett walked into Carlos' office. Carlos mouthed the words "Call Jasper." Emmett noticed that Carlos looked gentler than a moment ago. Immediately he knew who Carlos was talking to on the phone.

Carlos' stubbornness made Debbie feel frustrated. She lost her patience. "You going to call him or not?" she asked in a flat voice.

"Promise me. Promise that you won't get too close to Jared," said Carlos, playing with a lighter.

"Honestly, how many times do I have to tell you? Jared and I are just friends! We've known each other for years. Now you're asking me to stop talking to him all of a sudden? No can do!" Then she turned to Jared and said, "Sorry, buddy. I can't save you. It seems you'll have to go home and face your dad. Or you'll lose me forever."

"Noooooo!" Jared was desperate.

Kasie, Kristina, and Dixon burst into laughter.

"Emmett has already called Jasper Han," Carlos said and hung up.

'What?' Debbie looked at her phone, confused. 'He called already? So Jared won't get beaten by his dad?

Why didn't he tell me earlier? So he was pulling my leg the whole time! Auuugh!' Debbie opened WeChat and sent Carlos a message. "Honey, love you." At the end of the message was a Kiss Mark emoji. "Your husband won't help?" asked Jared. He had decided that if Carlos didn't help him, he would fix Debbie up with a ton of guys.

"I think... he will. Maybe. Just wait." Debbie wasn't sure.

Plaza was only about ten-odd minutes

He was too worried that Jasper would swoop

almost cried with relief. He placed one arm on Debbie's shoulder and said, "You have no idea how much I want to kiss

idea. Carlos doesn't swing that way, and

I don't feel like kissing anyone," declared

him and shook

When Debbie came back to the manor, she found the overcoat Carlos had told her about, and put it on. By the time she fixed her makeup, it was almost time to go. The dinner party would be

booth on the fifth floor of Alioth Building. By the time Debbie and Carlos turned up, everybody else

already pulled the chair out for Carlos. Yet Carlos didn't sit down immediately. He said to Debbie, "The heat's on. Take off your coat, or you'll

and did as

Debbie, they all started sucking up to her. Obviously, if Carlos was deferent to her, then she must be important

man took her coat. A second pulled the chair out for her. A third

to ask, "Mr. Huo, I assume that

smiled. He looked at Debbie but

supposed to mean? Why doesn't he tell

"My wife always keeps a low profile. I promised her I'd keep our marriage secret. As to your question,

talk that much before. When he turned to Debbie, every one of them understood that the woman sitting next to him was Mrs. Huo. They all looked at Debbie with a smile and racked their brains to compliment her. The room suddenly was abuzz with their unctuous compliments. Some complimented her beauty, others focused on her hair, dress, or her bearing. A few talked about her manners, and some more nebulous things that they couldn't possibly know about the quiet woman sitting at

how to respond. It was Carlos who came to her rescue.

Debbie's face turned red.

subject was changed. Someone asked

was at a dinner with Carlos and the way Carlos

to be nothing wrong with

stopped thinking about the issue and ate while listening to them talk about work. She had nothing to add, so she remained quiet as they

even so, the other men kept asking his opinion

need to use the little girls'