True Love Waits

Chapter 280 A Life-Or-Death Situation

Debbie was lost in her complicated thoughts when Zelda dropped by to give her an invitation. "Mrs. Huo, Mr. Huo was afraid that you might be bored at home and asked me to give you the invitation to a tea party held by the wife of a high-ranking official."

Ignoring what Zelda had said, Debbie grabbed her hand and asked anxiously, "Why is Carlos' phone switched off?"

With an embarrassed smile, Zelda answered, "I have no idea either, Mrs. Huo. Maybe his battery is dead."

"Tell me the truth!"

Zelda sighed helplessly, "Mrs. Huo, I really have no clue. I'm not Mr. Huo's personal assistant. My answer will be the same even if you ask me another ten times."

Seeing her sincere expression, Debbie gave up. "All right. Thanks. Bye, Zelda," she said in a hushed voice.

Zelda bade her goodbye and drove off.

Looking at the invitation in her hand, Debbie puckered her mouth. She was in no mood to go to the party. She knew that the guests would be a bunch of gossiping women who would act all elegant and aloof or the surface.

Kasie, however, liked to attend these kinds of parties. So Debbie called her and offered, "Hi Kasie. Carlos' assistant, Zelda, just brought me an invitation to a tea party. Would you like to go?" "A tea party? Is it Mrs. Jiang's?"

Debbie took a closer look and saw the name on the invitation. "Yep."

"Yeah! I'll go! Why don't you go along with me? Mrs. Jiang is really fond of holding parties, and she hires Michelin star chefs to prepare the food. Come on, foodie! Join me!" Kasie said in a cheerful tone. Debbie was not at all in a good mood because of Carlos' sudden disappearance. She told Kasie in a low voice, "If it weren't for Carlos' injury, I would've already been on a flight to England. I'm in no mood for some stupid tea party." She hated mingling with those hypocrites. She was afraid that she might end up having a row with some of them.

Kasie didn't give up. "Come on. If you stay at home alone, you will get more and more dejected. Just ask Zelda if she can give you an extra invitation. We can attend the party together. If she can't, then you'll have to go alone."

Sighing in defeat, Debbie agreed to accompany her.

Zelda soon came back, holding another invitation with Kasie's name on it.

That evening, Debbie and Kasie arrived at the tea party together. She gave Kasie one of the invitations.

the first floor of

was a security guard at the entrance of the tea house. Debbie gave him the invitation. It was only then that she noticed the invitation in her hand

a big deal, so she

to toe when he saw the name on her invitation. But

had expected, the party was filled with ladies from

to Debbie to

Nevertheless, she had to smile

tea. After a while, Mrs. Jiang bade Debbie farewell as she had to

and went to the food section

Kasie fed

sweet."

Debbie to join them. She was Lucinda's friend, and Debbie had

of Portia, who was as arrogant as ever. Neither of them greeted each

to the food section, Kasie was nowhere to

pulled out her phone and called her. But her phone was out of range. It

looked everywhere, but to no avail. She got anxious and began to ask people about Kasie's whereabouts, but no one

bad feeling-like something horrible had happened to Kasie. As time ticked by,

all those snacks, and the scented tea was so inviting that she ended up having too much of it.

and she saw a tall woman in the mirror. The woman was taking out a

pay much attention to her because she

next thing she knew, the woman grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth and nose

get out for a while, Kasie passed

didn't know how long she had been unconscious. When she came to, she felt someone throw her onto a bed. She

wanted to cry out for help, but she had no strength left. And her body felt like it was

long, she heard someone open a

fast. She wanted to look who it was, but she didn't even

heard some rustling of clothes, a person pressed against her. She