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.

weight of coat on her shoulders. But she didn't

a

in some businesses and opened a

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 queen. Or else, I will make you wish you

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

himself, Ivan obediently nodded his head in agreement. "Rest assured. Whatever reasons we may have for getting married, now that Debbie is

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

private affairs and yet she had to go through such a harrowing experience because of him. No wonder, when Aldrich pulled the trigger,

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

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

left a trauma 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

and he pitied her deeply. Assuming that Mia

right hand in his. He looked at her cute manicured fingers and thought, 'A woman's hand

death. 'They must have been a happy couple in love before the accident,' he guessed. When Kasie finally

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

Ivan closed the book and smiled

"Deb, how long have you been here?" She took off the coat

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. "Fine. Ivan will be discharged

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

need to stay at home

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

got discharged from the hospital, Debbie left for M

there hadn't been any progress so far. The