Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife novel Chapter 291

After the lawyer was done explaining the law, Carlos said nonchalantly, "Ten years... Miss Gu, if you are locked up in jail for the next ten years..." He smirked evilly, leaving his words unfinished.

'Ten years in prison?' Portia could hardly take in that information.

Breaking down into fresh tears, she ran up to Carlos and fell to her knees. "Mr. Huo, please. I already regret my actions. Please don't have me locked up." If she were to be locked up behind bars, she would have a criminal record and her promising future would be ruined forever. On top of that, she could hardly imagine how her life would be in prison for ten years!

Seeing such a heartbreaking scene, Hayden felt his head ache. As he held her up from the floor, he asked, "Mr. Huo, please tell me what to do so that you will let Portia go."

"Let her go?" Carlos sneered. "Do I look that benevolent to you? Or do you think I am an easygoing person? Or maybe... you think I'm a pushover."

Both Lewis and James shuddered as they listened to his cold voice. They were well aware how merciless and ruthless Carlos could be if someone crossed his line. He was never a benevolent or an easygoing person, nor could anyone ever bully him.

When Hayden didn't respond, Carlos continued, "I will give Portia two options to choose from. The first one is that she will go to England and apologize to my wife in person, then come back to fulfill her ten-year imprisonment. The second one is that she will go to England to apologize to my wife in person and then..." He paused, shifting his gaze to Lewis, as everyone held their breath. "And then, you will marry Lewis."

"What? Marry Lewis?" Everyone was taken aback. His verdict was beyond their expectations.

No one understood what Carlos' intention of marrying Portia to Lewis was.

Portia made eye contact with Lewis. Seeing the disgusting man, she shook her head and rejected in a choked voice, "Please, no! I will never marry Lewis Huo!" 'This good-for-nothing creep doesn't deserve me, ' she cursed in her mind.

On the other hand, Lewis didn't mind at all. He actually felt lucky. Marrying Portia wouldn't bring him any loss in any way.

Valerie helplessly reminded him, "Carlos, marriage is an important event in a person's life and it requires approval from the parents. How can you decide his marriage without consulting Wade and Miranda?"

Carlos raised his eyebrows at her. "Uncle Wade and Aunt Miranda have always wanted to ally with the Gu family by marriage. Correct?"

Wade and Miranda were lost for words. Before they had a grasp of Portia's true colors, they did want Lewis to get engaged to her. But now, seeing such a disgraceful and malicious woman, they could hardly bless this marriage.

As Wade was about to speak, Miranda pulled at the hem of his clothes to silence him.

Instead, it was Tabitha who spoke. "Carlos, your grandma has a point. We can't rush a marriage like this." She tried to persuade the decisive man.

Carlos said coldly, "I haven't made the final decision for them. The choice is Portia's."

Stumped by his words, Tabitha dropped into silence once again.

Hayden looked at his sister sympathetically. Lewis was notorious as a philandering scumbag in Y City. He always dated multiple women at the same time and even got them pregnant. His biggest hobby was fooling around with women. How could he let his sister marry such an asshole? He tried to bargain with Carlos once more. "Mr. Huo, I'm afraid that Portia and Lewis wouldn't hit it off. They have such different personalities. How about this? I will take my sister to England right away and apologize to Mrs. Huo, until she forgives Portia. Is that enough?"

Carlos leaned back on the sofa and suddenly had a craving for a smoke. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, but didn't light it. Instead, he placed it near his nose and breathed in the scent of the tabacco. While Debbie was attending to him at the hospital a few days ago, she had forbidden him from smoking until his wound was completely healed. As he thought of her, Carlos responded to Hayden, "Do you think I will ever give you a chance to approach my wife?"

There was pin-drop silence in the living room.

They were rendered speechless again. Carlos was really a handful and it was so hard to change his mind once he had made a decision.

He turned to Portia. "Make a choice. You have one minute. If you fail to make a decision, then you will have no choice but to go for the first option."

Portia's face contorted in anguish and misery. She bit her lower lip and battled in her mind. With no time left, she stammered, "I choose... the second option."

She would rather marry Lewis than be put behind bars for the next ten years.

"Good." Carlos looked at Wade. "Uncle Wade, Lewis marrying Portia is the biggest concession in his punishment. As for the rest, that depends on his behavior."

Wade was baffled by Carlos' quick decisions. 'Lewis marries Portia? This is not good at all...' he thought with a sigh.

Now that Portia had made her choice, Carlos shifted his attention to Lewis. He asked the lawyer again, "What is the sentence for attempted rape?"