True Love Waits

Chapter 457 That's Not Like You

Evelyn let go of Debbie and hugged Ivan. "Daddy Ivan, I missed you," she said sweetly.

At first, Ivan was surprised to hear her call him "Daddy Ivan." But after a moment's consideration, he got it. She called Carlos "Daddy" now. "You have your real daddy now. Daddy Ivan is sad."

Shaking her head, Evelyn consoled him, "No, I like Daddy Ivan. Won't forget Daddy Ivan."

Ivan was amused. He kissed her and said, "I'm happy. Go play."

Jus, Evelyn and Sean left their parents and they scampered off to play their own games. After mingling with the other guests, Debbie, hand in hand with Ivan, walked over to Carlos and handed him the birthday present. "Happy birthday, Mr. Huo," she said, standing over the couch where he sat.

Carlos glanced at the gift but didn't take it. "Who is it from?" he asked.

"Both of us," Debbie said purposefully.

"Oh." Carlos motioned Frankie to accept the gift and put it over on a table. Far from him.

Stephanie was sitting next to Carlos, and watched the whole exchange, smug and amused.

Ivan smiled, paying no heed to Carlos' cold attitude. He put his arm around Debbie's waist and pulled her into his arms. "Happy 32nd, Mr. Huo!" he said provocatively.

At the sight of the two in each other's arms, Carlos' face grew gloomy. "You doing this on purpose?"

"Doing what, Mr. Huo?" Ivan played dumb.

Carlos got up from the couch and walked over to Debbie and Ivan. "Mr. Wen, It looks like Kasie is here." A simple sentence, but you could tell by his tone it had tons of meaning.

in a corner playing games on her phone. Debbie was also surprised to see her here. She was thinking of calling her to ask where she was She wrenched her hand out of Ivan's grasp, walked over to Kasie and asked, "Hey girl! When did you get here? I called you

phone before Debbie's eyes. "Fifty minutes on the phone. A fussy client. I almost had a

and bantered for a while. When the party was about to begin, someone opened the door

exclaimed when she

the city. He'd been out of the

he instantly met her gaze. When their eyes met, Debbie found

expensive, tailored suit. Above a white shirt was a navy blue vest, matching his

here, Colleen let him know Debbie would be at the party too. When he laid his eyes on her, he couldn't help striding towards her excitedly and hugged her tightly. "It's been too long, Debbie." Immediately, the room

They knew what was coming.

others showed sympathy.

was silently timing their embrace. If the two didn't separate within ten

"I heard you left the country 3 years ago. How are you?" she asked, thrill and

quietly, "I'm a new man, Debbie. I head up a successful business. Back in school, I vowed to be worthy of your love and tell you when the time was right. Now, I'm back, and you and Mr. Huo are

more and more. His face was so dark it looked as

That was when Debbie sensed something was wrong. She realized how long Gregory had his arms around her. "Um, Gregory? Let

"I missed you so much. The only thing I knew about you was what I heard on the

say? What could she say? Yes? No? Neither sounded right. His timing wasn't

People are staring

to see her again, Gregory wouldn't take the

Carlos and Debbie. She decided

Carlos beat

and roughly yanked her

No one dared