True Love Waits

Chapter 68 A Broken Heart

"Who is the 'old man' you referred to?" Hayden asked as he was surprised by Debbie's response when she answered his call.

"Never mind, I was referring to no one in particular," Debbie replied casually. "What made you call?"

"I've been in Y City for a couple of days now. I have no plans tonight, so I'm thinking maybe we can have dinner together."

"Oh, sorry. I'm out of town. I'm on a trip."

Hayden hadn't expected her response. For a moment, he was in a daze but soon realized that Debbie was such a travel gal. He remembered how much she enjoyed going to places. She had visited different tourist destinations, more than he ever had. He envied her determination and her free spirit.

"Oh! I see. It's okay. Anyways, my schedule will be cleared out early next month. How about I take you to England for a vacation then?"

"No, thanks." Debbie turned him down immediately. "I've been busy lately. I have all these different classes every day. I had to make time for this trip."

Debbie was telling the truth. When her trip was over, she would once again be occupied with dance, yoga, English, and other classes.

"Debbie, don't lie to me. I know you. You always hate studying. You're just trying to blow me off by making up those classes."

"No, I'm not. That's the old me. People change. Now I have yoga, dance, English, Advanced Mathematics, and so on, but I don't learn martial arts anymore."

For a moment, there was only silence at the other end of the line. "You used to say you will never quit martial arts. My mom and I once asked you to quit, but you refused. Why now?" Hayden knew how much she used to hate those classes she just mentioned.

Debbie smiled and said, "Because I don't have to protect you anymore." One of the reasons why she had worked hard on martial arts was to protect Hayden and his sister, Portia Gu, who was frail like a willow leaf.

Debbie and Hayden started dating when she was 16 and their relationship lasted for two years. Just a few days before her 18th birthday, for some unknown reasons they broke up. During those two years, being his girlfriend, Debbie was the one who had protected Hayden and his sister, although she herself was a little girl.

return for her bravery, she got ridiculed by Hayden himself. "You

Deb. I didn't treat you well before. I didn't treasure what we had.

with dozens of women after Debbie had left him, but none of them truly

though she didn't know how to cook, to make sure he ate well, she used to bring takeouts to

her character for him. She was perky, but when she learned that Hayden's mom liked quiet girls, she had always reminded herself to

days because Hayden's family was wealthy, he got kidnapped or blackmailed a lot, or sometimes into some other kinds of trouble. All those times, Debbie tried her best to protect

for him, just because drinking was bad for his

had done so many things

her go this time. "Hayden, it's too late." Every time Debbie mentioned his name, it hurt. She was the one who gave and gave in their relationship, but in the end, all she

him now. She had moved on. Except

was her favorite. She remembered how Hayden hated it. Every time Debbie ate a durian snack in front of him, he would say it smelled disgusting and that she would get fat from eating too many snacks. He had even told her not to eat durian

She could tell that Carlos hated durian's smell too. But he had eaten the snack with her even

for Debbie the other

years older than Debbie, Carlos was thoughtful in many things. He would ask Julie to make durian dishes

that, she had tried to sneak into his room again, but he never busted her. To think about it, Debbie thought maybe it was not that he didn't know

to Portia Gu's bedroom in the middle

so Debbie stayed in Hayden's house. When she was sleeping alone in the guest room that night, suddenly thunder roared and lightning flashed. She was too scared to sleep. But she

Gu pushed her out of her room impatiently and locked the door. "Don't interrupt my sleep again!" she had warned her. She remembered how scared she was that night. She had to bear with the thunder and lightning and

Debbie missed Carlos, that

was one missed call from Carlos. She made up her mind that

days had passed. Carlos still didn't

her stuffed belly and decided to stroll down the streets to hasten the digestion of the food. Then she came across an emerald store. She walked in and looked around. In the dim light, a lucky peace buckle caught her eyes. "I'd like to

genuine. This lucky peace buckle is exquisitely