NovelEnglishIvan knew Little to nothing about Kasie—Debbie’s closest friend. The only thing he knew was that she made investments in sbusinesses and opened a shop of her own after graduation. As strange as it sounded, it was Debbie who inadvertently mentioned her to him.
However, the first the began to notice this girl in a different light, was on the day of his wedding. She secretly approached him without Debbie’s knowledge. With tearful eyes, she warned him, “I don’t care whether you love Debbie or not. Since you’ve decided to marry her, you must treat my best friend like a queen. Or else, I will make you wish you hadn’t met me!”
Ivan was amused by her vigor. Like the saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock together.” Debbie was short-tempered, and so was Kasie.
Faced with her threat and finding no choice but to surrender himself,
Ivan obediently nodded his head in agreement.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Rest assured. Whatever reasons we may have for getting married, now that Debbie is my wife, I will be sure to treat her with the utmost respect.”
The next the saw her was right after she was kidnapped by Aldrich.
Ivan hadn’t forgotten the Look on Kasie’s face when she saw Debbie in danger. For the very first time, she looked frightened, which was far from her calmness when facing the kidnappers. Then again, it was human nature of her to feel afraid when Aldrich pointed the gun at her. Kasie finally lost her cool and her whole body was trembling in fear at that time.
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Ivan could not escape the guilt that he felt in the inner recesses of his soul. After all, Kasie had nothing to do with his private affairs and yet she had to go through such a harrowing experience because of
him.
No wonder, when Aldrich pulled the trigger, Ivan instantly tugged her into his arms and shielded her with his body, without little hesitation.
He felt Kasie’s delicate body shuddering like a dried leaf in his arms.
He tightened his arms around her and while clenching his teeth in pain, he tried to comfort her, “Don’t be afraid. You’ll be okay.”
Earlier this morning, after Kasie had gone to the nurse station to apply sointment to her hand, Mia had told Ivan about Kasie’s tragic love story. Kasie had a boyfriend who had died in a car accident. They were supposed to get married after Kasie finished her junior year.
The shock of her boyfriend’s death left a trauma in her heart, and nothing was ever the swith Kasie since then. It took her almost three years to cout of the shadow of her boyfriend’s death. Since
Ivan saved Kasie’s life, Mia begged him not to turn Kasie down if she ever opened her heart to him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMia was constantly worried about her daughter, as was naturally expected of a mother. Ivan understood how she felt and he pitied her deeply. Assuming that Mia had no idea about his wedding to Debbie, Ivan made her a promise after little hesitation.
Coming back from his train of thoughts, he sat down next to Kasie and carefully took her right hand in his. He looked at her cute manicured fingers and thought, ‘A woman’s hand is so small.’ He also noticed the scalds on her right hand, covered in a layer of ointment.
He felt his heart ache for her. This girl had taken three years to overcthe grief of her boyfriend’s death. ‘They must have been a happy couple in Love before the accident, ‘ he guessed.
When Kasie finally woke up, she noticed that Debbie had already cback to the ward.
In a haze, she looked at the coat over her shoulders with puzzlement.
She shifted her gaze to Ivan, who was still reading the book in the bed. ‘Who draped the coat on my shoulders? Ivan or Debbie?’ she wondered.
“Awake?” Ivan closed the book and smiled at her.
She nodded and her cheeks flared with embarrassment before she turned to Debbie.
“Deb, how Long have you been here?” She took off the coat on her shoulders and put it back to the hanger.
“I just arrived here a few minutes ago. I’m leaving for Mipburg tomorrow. My concert tour will start there. Would you like to joinfor fun?” Debbie stood up and walked over to her
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