True Love Waits novel Chapter 457

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.

Ivan looked where 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 girl! When did you get here? I called you a couple of times on the way, but the line was busy the whole time."

Kasie swayed her phone before Debbie's eyes. "Fifty minutes on the phone. A fussy client. I almost had a meltdown. I just now finished."

The two friends talked and bantered for a while. When the party was about to begin, someone opened the door to the booth.

"Gregory!" Debbie exclaimed when she saw the newcomer.

Gregory had just come back to the city. He'd been out of the country.

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

Instead 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 dashing.

On the way here, Colleen let him know Debbie would be at the party too. When he laid his eyes on her, he couldn't help striding towards her excitedly and hugged her tightly. "It's been too long, Debbie."

Immediately, the room went quiet.

Everyone looked at Carlos. They knew what was coming. Some of the guests were smirking;

others showed sympathy.