Decker, who was left in the living room alone, felt helpless. ‘Ugh!


    She’s impossible!‘ he cried in his mind.


    Ivan, on the other hand, opened the door for Kasie to climb into his car. They were both all smiles after


    leaving the Orchid Private Club.


    Kasie was in a good mood this evening, and drank a lot with Debbie. She hadn’t seen her friend in a


    while, nor had she remembered thest time she’d Laughed this much.


    With her eyes shut, Kasie rested her head on Ivan’s shoulder and murmured, “I’m sorry. I feel so bad


    for you.”


    Ivan cast a sidelong nce at her and said, “Why? I’m good.”


    “Wow! You don’t even know it.”


    Anything Ivan was about to say was stuck in his throat.


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    After a while, he pulled her into his arms and asked softly, “Where do you Live?”


    Kasie didn’t resist. Instead, she settled herself in his arms easily.


    “I don’t know,” she grumbled.


    “I’m sure Debbie knows, ‘ Ivan thought. ‘I’ll call her.’ But he decided against it. Debbie was with Carlos


    now, and he didn’t want to disturb them.


    He pinched Kasie’s nose softly and said yfully, “Then I’ll have to take you home with me.”


    “Okay,” she stammered.


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    Ivan didn’t know whether tough or to cry.


    He also lived in the same apartmentplex as Debbie, though his apartment was in Building 5 and


    Debbie’s was in Building 2.


    The reason he chose to live in the Champs Bay Apartments was that


    Debbie was right there if his mother suddenly came by to check up on him. It would be easy to grab her


    and maintain the fiction of a happy marriage—-at Least until his mom left.


    When his car reached Building 2, Ivan asked the driver to stop.


    He opened the car window and had a couple cigarettes before he finally saw Carlos’ car approaching.


    He saw Debbie and Carlos emerge. Then


    Decker also sauntered over.


    Despite his yful suggestion, Ivan had nned to take Kasie to


    Debbie’s apartment and have her crash there. But things had gottenplicated.


    After Carlos’ car pulled away and Debbie and Decker headed for Building


    2, Ivan directed the driver to Building 5.