True Love Waits

Chapter 452 A Dinner Of Vengeance

Eager to go, Elmer refused to listen to them. He stood up and made his way to the door. "I'm sorry I really have to go. Hey, next time I'm buying..." His voice trailed off as he reached the exit. The door was pushed open from the outside. Everyone was surprised as the newcomer walked in. "M-m-Mr. Huo?" Elmer stuttered.

They looked at Debbie, who was just as stunned as they were, and then all of them stood up and walked toward Carlos.

"Hurry. Mr. Huo is here," Mr. Li urged the others. "Good evening, Mr. Huo," they greeted Carlos in unison.

Carlos inclined his head slightly and cast Elmer a sidelong glance. "Where are you off to, Mr. Xue?"

"Er...n-nowhere. I... Mr. Huo, this way please," Elmer replied. Since Carlos was here, he realized that he couldn't leave now, so he put on his biggest smile and led Carlos to the table.

Slippery as an eel, he had already regained his composure before they even reached the table. Smiling at Debbie, he asked, "Debbie, why didn't you tell us Mr. Huo would be joining us? We should have waited till he got here."

"That's okay," Carlos said before Debbie spoke. A waiter brought in another chair. "There," Carlos said to the waiter, pointing at the spot next to Debbie. The waiter left the room after placing the chair where he was directed and setting another place at the table, complete with utensils.

'Way to be obvious, old man, ' Debbie thought resignedly.

The guests all gaped at what Carlos had just done.

To break the awkward silence, Mr. Li picked up a bottle of liquor from the table and walked up to Carlos. "Mr. Huo! So glad to see you. Let's have a drink," he said as he filled Carlos' glass.

"Right. We're all happy to see you." Then he turned to the waiter and said, "More salads

there, and

center of attention. Everyone was fawning over him, and now the reason for throwing this shindig was overshadowed by

alcohol in his hands. He put them on the table as a grand gesture and smiled at Elmer. "Mr Xue, Mr. Huo heard that you had great taste in alcohol, so he asked me to bring these.

He just sat there in stunned silence till someone nudged him. It was only

understand what Carlos was

felt too embarrassed to ask with so many

sat there listening to the others talk about business, which was normal for him. He was known to listen more than talk. The one thing seemed weird was that he kept asking the waiter to fill

Elmer tried to stick

didn't realize it until Carlos brought up the contracts between ZL Group

So Elmer, sweating bullets, finally came out with, "Dinner's on me. Everybody, enjoy." "Thank you, Mr. Xue." Again,

dish was in front of Carlos with the fish's head pointing at him. But when the dish was about to stop in front of him, Carlos turned the table further and made it stop when the fish's head was pointing at Debbie. The waiter was taken aback. He hadn't expected Carlos to do that, but under the circumstances, he had to think fast, so he looked at Debbie, and

People shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Debbie smiled awkwardly and tried to lighten the mood. "Why Mr. Huo, are you bribing me to toast you?" she asked.

he can be so hateful.' She picked up her glass and replied, "Of course not. Mr. Huo, this glass is a toast to

trying to make her relationship with Carlos sound more official and less personal. "And after work too. Aren't you thankful for

burning up with embarrassment. "Thank you! Thank you very much!" she said with a forced smile,

tell everyone Debbie belonged to

Outside the private booth

out of the bathroom. "Who is using Mr. Huo's private booth tonight?"

tell her. He didn't want to invite