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.

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

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 to

Debbie exclaimed when she saw

just come back to the city. He'd been

gaze. When their eyes met, Debbie found

suit. Above a white shirt was a navy blue vest, matching his suit pants of the same color.

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

knew what was coming. Some of

others showed sympathy.

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

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

her, Gregory nodded and 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

his words-all of this was angering Carlos more and more. His face was so dark it looked as

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

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 the news. Apparently, you

should she say? What could she say? Yes? No? Neither sounded

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

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

how things were between Carlos and Debbie. She decided to get involved,

beat her to

by the wrist and roughly yanked her

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