Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

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.

in her bedroom. She must be bored. Why not keep her company? I really hope you two can

son beamed with delight

a rather impersonal, business-like atmosphere. Tabitha hoped that

lips and said, "Debbie

her own daughter. But of course Debbie was Carlos' wife. "You see,

Carlos' mind. Had Debbie gotten angry at Megan? "Mom, you are overreacting. I've told Debbie before that I treat Megan as my niece. Debbie is a sensible girl, and

was not convinced, but she could do nothing. All she could do was pray and hope that her son would learn to give priority to his

talk, Tabitha went back to her room, while Carlos assigned his remaining work to some of his staff

the bedroom, Debbie was still doing yoga. The downward-facing dog posture she was in when Carlos walked

door closing, she turned her head and asked, "Are you done

to drop.

shower and

about to stand up, Carlos

"What? But why?"

current

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

in the study. Now that he had been turned on by her alluring posture, he would by

gave in

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 grabbed her hungrily

flipped her over forcefully, Debbie burying her head into his neck, while his hands caressed her all over the body. Their

the thing off, without even trying

arms, Debbie mumbled teasingly, "Carlos Huo, if you act like this again, I will

her hair affectionately,

Pouting