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, Dous had dedicated his time and money to his grandson’s education.


    When weak, frail and advanced in age Dous sat Carlos down and rmended Debbie for a wife,


    it made sense.


    At that time, Carlos was a workaholic with virtually no time for anything else.


    Shortly after, Dous had been hospitalized, in aa, 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, ce to ce, the


    world over for business. Until gradually, he hadpletely 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 aa. 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 med for the decision. If anything, his grandpa’s word was enough. The only


    problem was that chances of Dous 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.


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    “Well, then, when are you going to take Debbie to see the rest of our family?” Tabitha asked. A couple


    of years back, the Hilton and Lopez families had all moved abroad, which meant Carlos would need


    good nning 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 hadst visited them. And the New Year was drawing near. Carlos nned to take


    Debbie to see his family to celebrate the New Year together this year.


    “ALL right. Carlos, don’t stay up Late. I just saw Debbie doing yoga in her bedroom. She must be


    bored. Why not keep herpany? I really hope you two can have a baby. I’d be d to babysit my


    own grandchild.”


    Both the mother and the son beamed with delight at the mention of a baby.


    The Hilton family usually had a rather impersonal, business-like atmosphere. Tabitha hoped that a baby


    would make things Less uptight.


    Carlos curled his lips and said, “Debbie and I hope so too.”


    “Great. Oh, by the way, Megan…” Even though Carlos was an adult,


    Tabitha didn’t think he was handling his rtionship with Megan properly. Yes, she liked Megan very


    much and treated her as her own daughter. But of course Debbie was Carlos’ wife.


    “You see, Megan and you are not rted by blood. Now that you have Debbie, you’ll need to set


    boundaries in the way you rte to Megan. In all, your wife should be number one on your mind.”