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.

her here. She was thinking of calling her to ask where she was She wrenched her hand out of Ivan's

"Fifty minutes on the phone. A fussy client. I almost had a meltdown. I just

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

exclaimed when she

back to the

their eyes met, Debbie found the shy, reserved boy had grown up a lot in

clothes, he wore an expensive, tailored suit. Above a white shirt was a navy blue vest, matching his suit pants of the same color. He looked masculine and

him know Debbie would be at the party too. When he laid his eyes on her, he couldn't help striding towards her

what was

others showed sympathy.

timing their embrace. If the two

Gregory's back. "I heard you left the country 3

"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,

face was so dark it looked as if a storm was on

realized how long Gregory had his arms around her. "Um, Gregory? Let

much. The only thing I knew about you was what I heard

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

let me go. People are staring at us." She tried

the hint, nor did he remove his arms from

Debbie. She decided to get involved, separate the two

Carlos beat her

Debbie by the wrist and roughly yanked her out of Gregory's

so quiet. No one dared breathe, for fear the sound would break