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

recalled the first time he had met this girl, even though admittedly, he had only met her a couple of times. The first

little to 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 after graduation.

day of his wedding. She secretly approached him without Debbie's knowledge. With tearful eyes, she warned 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

by her vigor. Like the saying goes, "Birds of

assured. Whatever reasons we may have for getting married, now

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 her. Kasie finally lost her cool and her whole body

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 the trigger, Ivan instantly tugged her into his arms

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

apply some ointment to her hand, Mia had told Ivan about Kasie's tragic love story. Kasie had a boyfriend who had died in a car

in her heart, and nothing was ever the same with Kasie since then. It took her almost three years to come out of the shadow of her boyfriend's death. Since Ivan saved Kasie's life, Mia begged him not to turn Kasie down if she ever opened her heart

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

and carefully took her right hand in his. He looked at her cute manicured fingers and thought,

three years to overcome the grief of her boyfriend's death. 'They must have been a happy couple in love before the accident,' he

to Ivan, who was still reading the book in the bed. 'Who draped the coat on my shoulders? Ivan or

Ivan closed the book and smiled

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

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

Ivan and

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

case, I don't mind," Kasie promised

morning right after Ivan got discharged from the

was still under investigation, but unfortunately, there hadn't been