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.

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 a couple of times on the

"Fifty minutes on the phone.

the party was about to begin, someone opened the door

Debbie exclaimed when she

just come back to the city. He'd been

he instantly met her gaze. When their eyes met, Debbie found the shy, reserved boy had grown up a lot in

of casual 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

know Debbie would be at the party too. When he laid his eyes on her,

Carlos. They knew what was coming. Some of the guests were

others showed sympathy.

the two didn't

oblivious to this. She returned the hug and patted Gregory's back. "I heard you left the country 3

your love and tell you when the time was right. Now,

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

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

go, he continued to prattle on. "I missed you so much. The only thing I knew about you was what I heard on the

say? What could she say?

People are staring at us." She tried to

again, Gregory wouldn't take the hint,

knew how things were between Carlos and Debbie. She decided to get involved, separate the two before Carlos blew

Carlos beat her to

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

so quiet. No one dared breathe,