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.

Carlos was 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

minutes on the phone. A fussy client.

and bantered for a while. When the party was about

when

come back to the city. He'd been out of

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

clothes, he wore an expensive, tailored suit. Above a white shirt was a navy blue vest, matching

eyes on her, he couldn't help striding towards her excitedly

They knew what was coming. Some of the guests

others showed sympathy.

embrace. If the two didn't

She returned the hug and patted Gregory's back. "I heard you left the country 3 years ago. How are you?" she asked, thrill and concern evident

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 time was right. Now, I'm back, and you

angering Carlos more and more. His face was so dark it looked as if a storm was

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

you so much. The only thing I knew about you was what I heard on the news. Apparently, you got famous. Am I too

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

staring at us."

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

and Debbie. She decided to get

beat

by the wrist and roughly yanked her

No one dared breathe, for fear the