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.

being held at a tea house on the first floor of a building. The building also had

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

was not a big deal, so she didn't give much thought to

he saw the

the tea house. Just as Debbie had expected, the party

walked over to Debbie to

barely knew them. Nevertheless, she had to smile back at them

invited Debbie to a private room where they chatted over tea. After a while, Mrs. Jiang bade Debbie farewell as she had to attend to other

went to the food section where Kasie was busy

taste this!" Kasie fed her a macaroon from the

not too sweet." They sat together, eating

invited Debbie to join them. She

even caught a glimpse of Portia, who was as arrogant as ever. Neither

the food section, Kasie was

her. But her phone was out of range. It was weird because Debbie had

looked everywhere, but to no avail. She got anxious and began to ask people about

happened to Kasie. As time ticked by, she became

had kept herself glued to the food section. She was stuffed after eating all those snacks, and the scented tea was so

ladies' room, and she saw a tall woman in the mirror.

much attention to her because she didn't know the

her from behind and covered her mouth and nose

get out for a while,

onto a bed. She struggled to open her eyes, but there was no lighting in the room.

out for help, but she had no strength left. And

heard someone open a

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

clothes, a person pressed against her. She wanted to