True Love Waits

Chapter 417 Don't Be Afraid

Ivan shook his head and smiled at Kasie. "No, I've had enough rest. I'm not sleepy yet. Could you please hand me a book from there?"

He pointed at the tiny bookshelf in the corner of the ward.

Kasie turned around, following his finger and then nodded, "Sure. Which book would you like to read?"

"Just pick one. I'm fine with anything."

She picked up a novel at random, and handed it to him before she sat down on the chair next to his bed. "I hope you have fun reading. I'll keep an eye on the infusion bottle."

Ivan nodded and politely said, "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Kasie tilted her head and smiled.

Ivan sprawled across the bed, flipping through the pages of the book.

Silence filled the air again. Kasie exchanged text messages with Debbie for a while to pass the time. Later on, she started to feel a little sleepy as drowsiness got the better of her. She cast a short glance at Ivan, who was immersed in the book, and leaned over to the edge of the bed. Finding it difficult to keep her head up, she buried her face in her arms and drifted off to dreamland.

A few minutes later, when Ivan took his eyes away from the book, he found Kasie in a motionless state. He could hear her breathing steadily and he called out her name softly, but she didn't respond.

'Is she sleeping?' He lifted the quilt and got out of the bed to check up on her. Indeed, she had fallen asleep.

Clenching his teeth in pain, he slowly walked to the hanger and took his coat. He carefully draped it over her shoulders.

had felt the weight of coat on her

only met her a

nothing about Kasie-Debbie's closest friend. The only thing he knew was that she made investments in some businesses and opened a shop of her own

him, "I don't care whether you love Debbie or not. Since you've decided to marry her, you must treat my best friend like a queen. Or else, I will make you wish you hadn't met

"Birds of a feather flock together." Debbie was short-tempered, and

with her threat and finding no choice but to surrender himself, Ivan obediently nodded his head in agreement. "Rest assured. Whatever reasons we may have for getting married, now that Debbie is my wife,

on Kasie's face when she saw Debbie in danger. For the very first time, she looked frightened, which was far from her calmness when facing the kidnappers. Then again, it was human nature of her to feel afraid when Aldrich pointed the gun at

escape the guilt that he felt in the inner recesses of his soul. After all, Kasie had nothing to do with his private affairs and yet she had to go through such a harrowing experience because of him. No

his arms. He tightened his arms around her and while clenching his teeth in pain, he tried to comfort her, "Don't be afraid. You'll

tragic love story. Kasie

took her almost three years to come out

constantly worried about her daughter, as was naturally expected of a mother. Ivan understood how she felt and he pitied her deeply. Assuming that Mia had no idea about his wedding to Debbie, Ivan

his. He looked at her cute manicured fingers and thought, 'A

her. This girl had taken three years to overcome the grief of her boyfriend's death. 'They must have been a happy couple in love before the accident,' he guessed. When Kasie finally woke up, she noticed that Debbie had already come

with puzzlement. She shifted her gaze to Ivan, who was still reading the book in the bed. 'Who draped the coat on

Ivan closed the book and

she turned to Debbie. "Deb, how long have you been here?" She took off the coat on her shoulders and put it back to

up and walked over to her. Kasie stretched herself and moved her neck, while answering, "No, don't count me in. You will be too busy with your concert to have time for me. I'm going to get bored out there." Debbie patted her on the shoulder.

soon?" Kasie turned to look at Ivan and asked

nodded, "Yes, they'll heal eventually. I just need to stay at home and rest. I don't think I need to stay here for

if that's the case, I don't mind," Kasie

discharged from the hospital, Debbie

still under investigation, but unfortunately, there hadn't been any progress so far.