Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

'Carlos left instead of waiting for me, ' Debbie thought, heartbroken and sad. She folded the papers, stuck them into her pocket, and reached out her hand. "Emmett, give me the car keys. I can drive myself home. You're free. Do whatever you want."

"I'm available now. Why not let me drive?" Emmett offered as he could tell something was not right with her.

"Thank you, but I'm good. Don't worry. I just need to go to the East City Villa first to fetch my luggage, and then head to the manor." Debbie took a deep breath, pretending to be calm.

Left with no choice, Emmett handed her the car keys. "Mr. Huo has the Emperor. This Mercedes-Benz belongs to the company. Just leave it in the manor, and I'll grab it later."

"Sure. Thank you, Emmett." Debbie took over the car keys and cranked the ignition. After hearing a satisfactory roar from the engine, she drove off.

Little did she know that Emmett walked into the hospital as soon as she was out of sight. He went straight to the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Several minutes later, Emmett called Carlos. "Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo just drove herself back."

"Mmm." After a short pause, Carlos asked, "The test results?"

Recalling what the doctors had told him, Emmett swallowed before stammering, "Mr. Huo, the pills would harm a woman's health. The doctors suggested Mrs. Huo stop taking—"

Before he could finish, Carlos hung up the phone.

Emmett looked in the direction where Debbie left, and wondered, 'I thought Mr. and Mrs. Huo loved each other. Why take the pills?

What's more, everyone knows long-term use of birth control pills is harmful. Why did Mr. Huo allow his wife to take them?'

On her way, Debbie was absent-minded. She kept going over it in her head. What foods had she eaten recently? Could any of those foods cause the results to skew?

She had eaten a lot of seafood lately. And scientists had recently found contraceptive compounds in fish. Could the doctors be detecting that, instead?

Sometimes, she would pull over and think about whether there were the same steroidal compounds in seafood and what kind of seafood might have the same chemicals.

that she knew next to nothing

since the battery died. It was lunchtime; she ordered some food delivery on Meituan app. She sat down

kept thinking about what the doctors had told her. 'There must be something wrong with the two doctors. Is

far away. Debbie decided to turn around and drive to the

at a red light.

when her phone rang. She saw the caller ID, and it was

the Bluetooth and then

me." Megan's voice reverberated

'Is she in the manor with Carlos right now?' she

truly loved. Oh, it turns out you always take birth control pills. You don't

calm, but her long fingernails stuck into the leather steering wheel, leaving deep marks. 'So the thing he had to

would never leave me

her senses and start the engine. "You're the daughter of the ones who saved his life. He's supposed to treat you like his own niece and take care of you. This has nothing to do

Uncle Carlos tell me that he would take care of me after sending you

you got it wrong. My husband's going abroad with me, and will live with

really think Uncle Carlos will leave

interrupted her. "You're the one that

Megan answered in a cheerful voice. "I told Uncle Carlos that I saw you taking the pills all the time and that you didn't

over with rage. She guided her car over the bridge, the river surging madly under it. When

lost control of her car, and the

After a loud sound, the car crashed right through the guardrail and fell into the river. Bubbles rose for a bit, before the rapids once again reasserted themselves and

against hope that the driver would be alright. They hadn't seen much before the actual crash, and who knew if the currents had already carried the car far from where they saw it go off the bridge?

end of the line, Megan suddenly had a bad feeling about this. She heard a piercing scream and took the phone away from her ear. When she put her ear to the receiver again, she heard Debbie say in a calm voice, "Looks like you'll get your wish. I'm dying. Enjoy living with your uncle Carlos..." Debbie's voice trailed off. "Megan, if I'm not dead... ahem... I swear I'll kill

Silence ensued.

frightened. She pried the back off the phone, took out the SIM card and dumped it into the trash bin.