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.

she had felt the weight of coat

though admittedly, he had only met her a couple of times. The first time was at Debbie's concert and then the

was that she made investments in some businesses and opened a shop of her own after graduation.

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

was amused by her vigor. Like the saying goes, "Birds of a feather

reasons we may have for getting married, now that Debbie is my wife, I will be sure to treat

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

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 wonder, when Aldrich pulled

a dried leaf in his arms. He tightened his arms around her and while clenching his teeth in pain, he tried

gone to the nurse station to apply some ointment to her hand, Mia had told Ivan about Kasie's tragic love story. Kasie had

heart, and nothing was ever the same with Kasie since then. It took her almost three years to come out of

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 made her a

cute manicured fingers and thought, 'A woman's hand is so small.' He also

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

looked at the coat over her shoulders with puzzlement. She shifted her gaze to Ivan, who was still reading the book in the bed. 'Who draped the coat on my shoulders? Ivan or

the book and

long have you been here?" She took off the coat on her shoulders and

leaving for M Country tomorrow. My concert tour will start there. Would you like to join me for fun?" Debbie stood 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

Kasie turned to look at Ivan and asked in surprise, "But what about your

they'll heal eventually. I just need to stay at home and rest. I don't think

then, if that's the case,

from the hospital, Debbie left for M Country that

unfortunately, there hadn't been any progress so far. The case was still