Mischievously, she added a love emoticon with the caption, “Sizzling hot it was. Anyway, for my privacy, don't leak any of these. I need some respect, you know." Generally, Debbie was a well-behaved girl. But she wouldn't mind sending nudes to him.

When he saw her message, a question popped up in Carlos‘ mind. ‘Does she mean that I don't want my privacy? I'm the male lead in the pics!"

That night, Debbie couldn't fall asleep. She was grateful to have finally found his phone number and WeChat account. But she worried that in her excitement she might turn him off with much talk. Had she bugged him too much today?

After turning and tossing on bed for several hours, Debbie couldn't bear it anymore. To kill boredom, she sent him one more message, even though he hadn't replied to her previous one yet.

"Mr. Handsome, where have you gone for your business trip? Please tell me and I'll come see you. I promise I won't disturb your work."

Knowing that Stephanie wasn't staying by his side now, Debbie thought it would be a golden chance for her to chase him.

After sending the message, she checked the time. It was already two o'clock in the morning. She guessed Carlos might have already slept.

Frustrated, Debbie gloomily locked her phone screen and held her daughter in her arms. All was quiet in the dead of night. The only comforting thing for her was the warmth of her daughter.

‘Little angel, you're my strength. Let's pray and hope to get your daddy back to us soonest, okay?' she talked to Piggy in her mind

As the night rolled away, Debbie slowly drifted off at around three o'clock.

The next day, much to her surprise, she received Carlos’ reply in the afternoon, while she worked at the recording studio.

"Didn't you want to help me recover my memory? I'm at Star Trade Building now. I'm free tonight. You can come and show me around," he wrote.

As soon as she saw the message, she hurriedly left the studio, putting off her unfinished project of the song she was recording.

In the driver's seat, before she drove off, she constrained herself from the excitement and texted him back.

"Wait for me!"

Hurrying back home, she took out all her clothes in the wardrobe and tried on everything. At one point, she considered a modest pink evening dress. For all practical reasons, this would count for their first date after three years.

But then she hesitated again. She would have to wear high heels to match with the dress if she wanted to carry herself like a respectable lady. However, she thought he might want to take her for a walk and heels wouldn't be a good idea.

Eventually, she settled for something casual. The best part was that she knew any style for her would still tick with Carlos.

When she finally dressed herself and freshened up, it was already dusk.

“I'm ready now." She texted Carlos.

"Address. I'LL pick you up, ASAP," Carlos promptly replied.

On second thoughts, Debbie replied, “Better if I come find you, at whichever place you choose."

As soon as they agreed on a venue, Debbie hailed a cab and headed for the place.

On her way, she called Decker.

"Where have you been these two days? Why didn't you come back home?" Decker was behaving unusually these days.