Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

Seeing Debbie choke on the soup, Julie immediately picked up a tissue and cleaned the spilled soup on the table. "Why are you in such a hurry? Take your time," she said.

"Don't you guys try this on me again," Debbie cautioned, with a hand on her heart. Still a student, she had no plans to have a baby yet.

All of a sudden, she remembered something was not right—Carlos hadn't used a condom and she had forgotten to take her morning after pill.

Quickly, she gulped the soup and sent Carlos a text message. "Holy crap, old man! I didn't take my morning after pill. I don't know how I forgot that! Is it too late to take the pill now?"

Just before lunch, she had sent him a message asking about his WeChat account and he hadn't replied to it yet. But this time, his reply came immediately. "What pill?"

What was the name of the pill? She opened browser and Googled "emergency contraception". Scrolling down a few hits, she got it. Mifepristone! Quick as a wink, she copied the link, took a screenshot and sent him both.

Then her phone rang. "Debbie Nian, there are two things here. First, it's already too late for the morning after pill. Second, I want a baby. I mean, you and I should be getting desperate to have a baby by now, ' he said in a firm voice that made his intentions crystal clear.

"What?! But why?" Debbie asked in disbelief. Was he already desperate for a baby?

"Honey, listen to me." With the phone in right hand, he rubbed his arching brow with the left and started to explain. "Deb, we're a married couple. If you got pregnant, it wouldn't be something to tense about. Gladly, I'd personally want us to keep the baby. Understand?"

"But...but..." she stammered. She didn't know how to make Carlos change his mind. After a long pause, she found a lame excuse. "You want a boy. What if I gave birth to a girl? Will you ignore her then?"

Carlos was slapped hard in the face by his own words. In a flat tone, he said, "I can't afford to be choosy over some things. Whether it's a girl or a boy, I'd welcome the baby with open arms. As long as you're the mother."

"But I'm still a student!"

"College students can have babies."

"But... you want me to study abroad next year!" Debbie felt somewhat thrown off balance.

"If you got pregnant, I would go abroad with you."

but..." She had run out of

need to do now is not take after morning pill, but hopefully look forward to having you up the spout. In any case, I'll be

with one more excuse. "But I'm only 21. I don't really think I'm mentally prepared... to be a mother..." The word "mother" was forced through with a muffled voice.

she have a difficult time trying

was not right. After some pause, he said, "If you really don't want a baby, I'll have to use protection from

you to stay away from that

touched Debbie at heart. For a moment, she heaved a sigh, rubbed her tingling eyes and murmured, "Give me some time, okay? I'll

children, but that apparently, she wasn't mentally prepared yet. What would she do with

We only had sex for two nights, and you were in your safe days. Don't let it worry you so much. All the

words began to take effect. In fact she was getting teary-eyed,

me the best husband

know, I'm living a happy life now, ' she thought

upon the man standing on the podium, with one hand propped against her chin. The affection in her eyes made Jared's flesh creep. "I didn't expect a tomboy like you to fall in

Debbie slapped Jared

How could he say

immediately lowered her eyes to look at the book, as if nothing had happened. But it was too late. While she had been staring at Carlos, many in the class had noticed him watching

said, "The chap at the back of

cursed inwardly, 'Damn

he rose slowly from his seat, he heard Carlos add, "Please

wondered an incredulous Jared.

him struggle for an answer,

turned to Dixion for help, but the latter looked away as if he didn't get his point. Jared pretended to clear his

him a cold glance and ordered, "Stand there. The

on Jared's right side was a boy, and the girl sitting next to him...

as she stood up. All through, her mind had wandered off to

AIP short