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.

gesturing, and finally saw Kasie, sitting 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

"Fifty minutes on the phone. A fussy

party was about to begin, someone opened

Debbie exclaimed when she saw the

back to the city. He'd been

eyes met, Debbie found the shy, reserved boy had

a white shirt was a

too. When he laid his eyes on her, he couldn't help

what was coming. Some

others showed sympathy.

timing their embrace. If the two

left the country 3 years ago.

said 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

his words-all of this was angering Carlos more and more. His face

was when Debbie sensed something was wrong. She realized how long Gregory had his arms

was no longer the timid schoolboy. Rather than let her go, he continued to prattle on. "I missed you so much. The only thing I knew about you was what I heard on

could she say? Yes? No? Neither sounded right. His timing wasn't right, that was

staring at us." She tried to

her again, Gregory wouldn't take the hint, nor did he remove

Carlos and Debbie. She decided to get involved, separate the two

Carlos beat her

by the wrist and roughly yanked her out of

quiet. No one dared breathe, for