Chapter 1031

In one of the photos, Carlos recognized the man. Somewhere in a garden as they played, Debbie

sitting on a swing, while Hayden stood behind pushing her with unmistakable enjoyment.

If this photo couldn’t prove that Debbie had an affair with Hayden, there were still several other photos

in which she was sleeping in the arms of a strange man. In a fit of rage, Carlos crumpled the photo he

was holding in his left hand, and banged on the table with the other.

There was no need to go through the remaining photos

In addition to the photos, there was also an enclosed note in the folder.

In Debbie’s unmistakable handwriting, it read, “Apart from his money, what else did Carlos mean to

me? Nothing. Zero. Zilch! Now that is a closed chapter. Carlos is dead, and I’m a free woman. On top

of that,

I’m pregnant with another man’s baby. A man I slept with while I was in

England. The game here is simple. Since his dad has never wanted me in the family, I’ll leave this city

with money. It has to be good money, I swear! Five million dollars is the least I’ll take. Nothing less! And

I’ll leave Alorith for good.”

The gloating tone of her note was sickening. What did this woman have for a heart?

“Jeez!” he bellowed and banged on the desk. The pen that was sitting on the edge of the desk fell to

the floor.

“And this woman thought she’d fool me again? Damn!” he shouted. When he realized he had shouted,

he Looked around cautiously, then said through gritted teeth, “Woman, I’ll make you pay!”

Carlos kept swearing.

Elsewhere, Debbie started to sense something was off when Carlos hadn’t contacted her for the third

day in a row. She sent several messages to him, but there was no response.

She walked her dog around several times, but didn’t see Carlos once.

To kill her boredom, she went to Curtis” house and had some fun playing with Piggy and Justus, but the

bad feeling just wouldn’t budge. Later, when she came back home, she called Carlos.

Several times, she tried, waiting and hoping he would pick up, but there was no response. At long Last,

when she was almost giving up, her prayer was answered, or so she thought. She greeted him

cheerfully,

“Hey, old man. Are you busy now?”

Stephanie had put the phone on speaker, so Debbie’s voice reverberated in the office.

On hearing the familiar voice, Carlos couldn’t help but recall the photos and the accompanying gloating

note. His face darkened.

When Debbie didn’t hear any response, she looked at her phone screen and asked in confusion, “The

phone is connected. Old man, are you busy now?”

Seeing that Carlos had no intention of speaking, Stephanie, who had taken a few steps back, came

closer to answer.

“And what do you want from Carlos, if I may ask?” she asked with obvious derision in her tone.

Debbie was shocked. ‘Why is Carlos not answering?’ she wondered.

“I need to speak to him, madam. Where is he?” she asked bluntly.

“What?” Debbie heard Carlos’ voice come from the other end of the Line.