Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife novel Chapter 382

What happened on July 7th was beyond belief. Every copy of Debbie's albums, a million all told, was sold out on the day of release. An aggressive promotional cycle including hourly Twitter and Instagram updates fueled a number of pre-orders. Most of the physical products, which contained limited edition posters, signed photos, and a DVD of the music video never made it to the shelves.

When Ruby told Debbie the news, she thought she was lying to make her feel better. "Come on! If all of my albums were really sold out in one go, I'll hold twenty concerts in a row to thank my fans," said Debbie.

Ruby handed her iPad over to Debbie. She could clearly see the sales figures on the AMOLED screen. Debbie's heart skipped a beat when she saw Ruby's serious expression. 'So she's telling the truth?' she wondered.

Debbie took the iPad from Ruby, and the screen was filled with small, closely-written figures. She scrolled the screen all the way to the end. It showed that a million albums had been sold out in a single day and the sales had reached $17 million.

"Know what, Deb? You're the most popular singer now!" Ruby was practically in tears; she was so excited. Debbie was number one among all the singers with the best album sales.

Debbie clenched her fists without uttering a single word. Her head was spinning because of the figures on the iPad. She had only one thought, 'That's a lot of money!' Of course it wasn't all going to her, because the company needed to be reimbursed for its efforts. The promotional cycle came to $500, 000 easily, and that wasn't chump change. But neither was how much Debbie would be getting.

Of course, when Debbie held a concert here before, she was already a popular recording artist.

Maybe she was both excited and exhausted. She slept for 32 hours straight, alone in her apartment, after being notified of the album sales. After that much sleep, she felt better. She hopped in the shower and went through her morning routine before heading to Curtis' house to take Piggy back to her own apartment, planning to spend the rest of the time with her.

At dusk, Debbie went downstairs, holding Piggy in one hand and Harley's leash in the other. She decided to go the garden of the apartments, and that was where she ran into Carlos.

Last time she saw him at the hospital, she had decided to change her methods. So she walked right past him, pretending not to see him.

However, to her surprise, Piggy shook off her hand and rushed headlong towards Carlos. She held onto his leg, looked up at him and called out, "Uncle Carlos!"

Harley saw Carlos as well and barked excitedly. And loud. If it weren't for the leash in Debbie's hand, Harley would have already pounced on him too.

Carlos couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Piggy. "Evelyn," he said, greeting her softly.

"Uncle Carlos, I'm so happy to see you," Piggy said cheerfully.

Carlos looked past Piggy, and then saw Debbie with her dog. He squatted down on the ground and scooped her up in his arms. "Did you have supper, Evelyn?"

"Yeah! Mom cooked. Yummy! Uncle Carlos, you want to eat?"

Upon hearing that, both the adults were at a loss for words.

In order to save Carlos from embarrassment, Debbie chipped in, "Uncle Carlos already ate. Piggy, we should go."

"Mom, I want to play with Uncle Carlos," Piggy said with a hopeful expression.

"You can't!" Debbie turned her down without hesitation. It was harsher than she intended, but she was getting more uncomfortable by the moment.

Piggy pouted her lips and didn't want to give up yet. And she was too smart for her own good. "Uncle Carlos lives here too."

"Sorry, darling. Uncle Carlos still has work to finish. We can't take up his time. Piggy, be a good girl, okay? Let's go back home." Debbie gestured for Piggy to get down.

She was not sure whether Carlos would even get back together with her, so she didn't want Piggy to get close to him. What if he found out Piggy was his daughter? What if he wanted to take Piggy away from her? She didn't want to take any chances.

Piggy felt sad, but she had to listen to her mom. So she said to Carlos, "Uncle Carlos, we play later, okay?"

Carlos' heart somehow softened when he saw Piggy's dejected look. Turning down this little girl would be a dick move. He turned to Debbie and said, "I haven't eaten yet. Go home and cook."

Debbie rolled her eyes and snapped, "Okay, and...?"

Carlos' face darkened. He even felt a little wronged. 'What's wrong with her? She gave up easy. Is that it, then?'