Chapter 509

“James Hilton!” Carlos called out his father’s name as he stood up from the couch and put an arm

around Debbie. He had kept silent all this time in the study, not giving a damn about what James said.

In fact, he had even dozed off during James’ tirade. He had heard it all before, and it bored him silly.

But he couldn’t bear to see James belittling

Debbie.

James didn’t expect his son to argue with him over a woman. He pointed at Carlos with a shaking hand

and said through gritted teeth,

“Ungrateful cur!” Hardly had his voice faded away when he threw a thick book at Carlos.

“Watch out!” Debbie shouted, and held Carlos to protect him. The book hit her arm and then fell to the

floor.

She gave a choked cry; that really stung. Luckily, it was winter, and she was wearing thick clothes.

Otherwise, she might have gotten hurt.

“Debbie!” Carlos grabbed her arm and rolled up her sleeve to check if she was okay.

Debbie heaved a sigh of relief and gave Carlos a wide grin.

“I’m okay.

Don’t worry. It doesn’t hurt much.”

“Why did you do that?” he asked through gritted teeth. ‘Why did you try and protect me? Why didn’t you

move out of the way? You know kung fu. silly woman!’ he cursed inwardly.

With an embarrassed smile, Debbie replied in a low voice, “I was too nervous to remember you know

kung fu as well.” Carlos was better at kung fu than Debbie. He had had several years of formal

instruction, and was a 2nd dan black belt. It was a piece of cake for him to dodge the book.

He was tense and worried until he saw that Debbie’s arm was okay.

It only made James feel worse when he saw the couple care for each other so much.

“Stop showing off! Debbie Nelson, I’ll be frank. You’re not part of the family. If you promise you’ll

divorce him when you’re back in Alorith, you can stay here for a couple of days.”

Carlos was about to say something when Debbie grabbed his hand. She knew it was time for her to

make a stand.

She stood straight with her head held high.

“Grandma, Uncle, Dad, sorry

I make you unhappy,” she began, Looking at them with no fear.

“I don’t know why you don’t like me, but I’m Carlos’ wife. We’ve been married for more than three

years, and we love each other. We’ll go through thick and thin together. Whether you accept me or not,

I won’t give up on him as long as he doesn’t ask for a divorce.”

Carlos held her hand in his, and this bolstered her courage. She went on, “No one gets a say in our

marriage, except me and Carlos. And my temper’s short. Dad, if you keep on treating us like this, I

won’t put up with it just because you’re his father.”

James was stunned, while Valerie stared at her Like a poisonous snake.

Debbie, however, didn’t flinch.

“Sorry, I guess I said too much. In short, no one is gonna split us up. And I’ll come at anyone who tries

to harm Carlos. Family members should care for each other. You should be happy to see Carlos have a

happy married life. But on the contrary, you’re all mad at him. You just want him to marry a woman that

you like, even if he doesn’t want to. Are you really Carlos’ family?”

Confusion could be seen in Debbie’s eyes.