Take My Breath Away

Tears welled up in Debbie's eyes as soon as she heard her husband's voice. She missed him a lot. "I'm at home brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed," she said.

"Was everything okay at the party?" Carlos asked.

Debbie hesitated a little before giving him an honest answer. "I stirred up some trouble. I fought with your woman, Olga. I also enraged the Gu family, the Qin family, and other families. I'm sorry, Carlos."

"Olga is not my woman."

"But everyone is saying that she is," Debbie complained sadly.

Carlos furrowed his eyebrows. "Do you want me to announce that we're married?"

"Oh, no, not yet. It doesn't matter. You're a wonderful person, so women naturally adore you. I'm okay with it as long as you don't like them."

"Of course I don't like them. I love you," he assured her.

Debbie smiled. "I'm relieved. I'm worried that someday when I tell them that I'm your wife, one of them will retort, 'I'm Carlos' woman. The whole world knows.' That would be embarrassing." She giggled thinking about the scene.

"That won't happen. I'll take care of the matter with Olga."

"Okay," she replied. It bugged her that other women had greedy eyes on her husband. But if Carlos said that he would take care of it, he would. Debbie trusted him.

"Deb, do whatever you want. You're my woman. No one is allowed to bully you. I'm your rock. Even if you tore down the entire city, I would clean up the mess for you. But you can't chicken out, ever."

Curtis had told him what had happened at the party. Unwilling to let the situation get worse, Debbie had intended to apologize to everyone in the end.

That wasn't the Debbie that Carlos knew. She used to have a devil-may-care attitude and never held back. For example, she had challenged him repeatedly despite knowing that there would be consequences.

But nowadays, she would cave in just to spare everyone the trouble. Seeing this change in her attitude made Carlos sad.

"Er... You already know everything, don't you?" asked Debbie, burying her face in the covers.

"Yeah. You did a great job winning the fight! Keep it up. Remember, even if you blew up the sky, I would fill the hole," Carlos declared proudly.

"Bull! How would you do that?" Debb

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Meanwhile, Debbie was sitting in the classroom and counting down the days. Carlos had been away for three days and there were four more days to go before he came back. Life was boring without him.

Kasie walked into the classroom just as the bell rang. She ran toward Debbie as soon as she saw her. "Debbie, you've gone viral!"

"Viral for what?" Debbie was puzzled.

"Last night when I got home, my parents were talking about you. They said that there had been a fight between you and a dozen rich girls, and that Mr. Lu, Damon, and Hayden all protected you, so you didn't apologize to those girls in the end. In fact, they apologized to you! You rock, girl!"

Debbie hadn't expected the news to travel so fast. Kasie prattled on about the incident.

"You've become famous among the upper classes now. Since those three amazing men came together to protect you, all those socialite divas see you as a rival in love. If I were you, I would be more careful. You'd better ask your husband to hire a bodyguard for you."

Kasie wasn't exaggerating. The men that had protected Debbie last night were among the best in the upper class. It was said that Wesley and Carlos had almost come to her aid too.

Those men were the embodiment of power and wealth, every woman's dream men. However, Debbie seemed to have gotten the attention of every one of them. It was no wonder that the incident at the party was creating such a sensation. But what would be waiting for her next?