"But I'm really sleepy," Carlos said with a secret grin.
He leaned closer to kiss Debbie on her lips tenderly. Then, he slowly moved to her face and neck without stopping. Debbie rolled her eyes and said in her mind, 'Liar.'
"Let me go! I need to take a shower," she protested.
Carlos kept her pressed against the wall, pulled out the bank card from his pocket and gave it to her. "I've earned around three billion dollars in the past two months. If you sleep with me now, I'll ask Tristan to wire the money to your account immediately."
Debbie almost laughed out loud when she saw Carlos' pitiful expression. She suppressed the giggles and asked, "I took all your money and properties before I left. Are you not angry? Are you sure you want to give me more money?"
"No, I'm not angry. And yes, I want to give you more. As long as you come back home with me, I will give you everything I have," Carlos promised.
Tears welled up in Debbie's eyes. 'Is this the same aloof CEO? He is such a fool!' she thought.
"Honey, why are you crying?" Carlos tensed up.
Debbie took the card from him and put it back into his pocket. She stood on tiptoe to cradle his neck and then gave him a gentle kiss. "Honey, I never used the money I had taken from your account. I just wanted to scare you so that you'd cherish me more in the future."
Carlos kissed her back while saying, "You don't have to explain. You can do whatever you want with it. Just promise me that you won't leave me again. I can't sleep without you by my side." What Debbie didn't know was that Carlos was aware of it when she had begun to transfer his money and properties into her account.
'Silly woman. Did she really think that I wouldn't know about it? I wouldn't be able to run ZL Group if I was so naive, ' he thought with a faint smile.
Debbie nodded her head vigorously.
The air between them was tender and warm.
Meanwhile, in Y City, some daily reporters tried to learn about Carlos and Debbie's current status from their friends. When they asked the group whether Carlos and Debbie were divorced and whether she had run away with all his money, they simply smiled and said nothing.
That night, some paparazzi in Bangkok took photos of Carlos and Debbie kissing at the roadside and posted them online.
And the next day, the couple appeared at Y City Airport. Debbie wasn't wearing a hat or a mask this time. They just showed up in public, holding hands and looking adorable.
The crowd of reporters outside the airport tried to interview them and bombarded them with questions.
Carlos only answered one.
"Mr. Huo, did you go to Bangkok just to pick up your wife?" a reporter asked.
Carlos looked at him and answered indifferently, "Yes. My wife got tired of her world trip. So, I went there to bring her back home."
The airport erupted in an uproar. Their fans looked at the couple with admiring smiles.
They went back to the manor together. That night, Evelyn sat on the bed, watching her mother reprimand her father as if she were disciplining her son.
"How did you feel while I was away?" she asked.
"Very bad," he simply answered. 'You just wait till I get you in bed tonight!' he thought.
"Will you listen to everything I say in the future?" she asked.
"Yes," he answered. 'Do I even have a choice?'
"Do you love me?" she asked on purpose.
"Of course, I do!" he answered without any hesitation. 'She already knows the answer!' he thought with a pout.
"Will you fool around with other women again?" she asked.
"No, I won't," he said lazily. 'I've never fooled around with other women, ' he thought, absolutely determined to teach her a lesson that night.
Debbie smiled and said, "Still want to argue?"
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