True Love Waits

Dollie felt ignored by everyone at the table. Losing her appetite and patience, she whispered to Sheffield, "I'm full. I have classes to attend in the afternoon. Shall we leave?" Sheffield didn't refuse. He took a tissue and wiped his mouth. Feigning a casual look, he said to the other three, "Enjoy your meal. I have to drop Dollie back at school."

"Bye bye, handsome," Terilynn sang playfully with a smile.

Sheffield returned the smile, and then looked at Evelyn. "I got to go. Bye."

Evelyn froze, but she remained silent.

Joshua stood up and told Evelyn, "I'll see them off. Will be back soon."

"Okay," Terilynn replied instead, waving her hand at him.

The three of them left the table together. On their way to Sheffield's car, the men slowed down their pace and walked further away from Dollie. Joshua whispered, "Buddy, I really had no idea who she was or that she was your woman."

"I know." Sheffield could tell.

Joshua had done nothing wrong. If it weren't him, there would have been another man on a blind date with Evelyn.

"Cheer up, man. Don't be so crestfallen. And if you want to win her heart, you should keep your distance from Dollie. If I were Evelyn, I wouldn't choose to date you either if you were with another woman," Joshua said in all earnestness.

"I know what I'm doing," Sheffield nodded.

"All right, just saying. Anyway, you gotta work harder than ever to buy the best gemstone in the world." 'A girl like Evelyn indeed deserves the best,' Joshua thought, remembering their conversation from the other day.

With a sneer on his face, Sheffield muttered, "Let's hope she'll accept it."

Joshua patted him on the shoulder. "She likes you."

"How do you know that?"

Joshua flashed the gloomy doctor a mysterious smile. "Trust me. Now off you go. I need to get back to Evelyn. I'll take care of her for you. Don't worry."

"Fine. But remember, she's mine. Know your boundaries," Sheffield reminded his friend in a serious tone.

know. I might snatch

his joke. "Then, we

the restaurant. "Best friends becoming sworn enemies because of a beautiful woman.

staring blankly at the food in front

her mind. "Ladies, are you enjoying the

you treat Evelyn to some Chinese food next time. You never get tired

thousands or even ten thousand dollars. Joshua couldn't believe his ears. The younger daughter of the Huo family casually

offered to drive them home. But Evelyn declined. "Please don't bother, Mr. Fan. I drove here myself. May I have

booth

family to get married, right? I have an idea. We could be together for the time being. That way, our

only for the time being? Why can't we have a long-term

a short pause, Evelyn replied bluntly, "I don't like you, Mr. Fan. If you don't agree to my suggestion, then just forget that I said

moment, Joshua became truly aware of the pain Sheffield had felt when he was turned

All right, I agree to your deal,"

let's try to get along while we are at

to walk away, Joshua called,

turned around to look

he used to have a lot of women around him, there was never a woman who could drive him crazy like you do. Miss Huo, if you like him, please try not to be so indifferent towards him." With that, he smiled at her politely and walked out

next afternoon, at Y City First General

patient when a nurse called him on his phone. "Dr. Tang, someone is here to see

"Who is it?"

didn't give a name. I have never seen him.

excused himself

corridor, Tayson was waiting

what Evelyn had told him the

tie and walked up to the bodyguard. After scanning around, he asked, "Where is

"Miss Huo is at the company. She asked me to

he didn't take the brocade box from Tayson. "I gave this

that it was very expensive. She wanted you to sell it

faint smile, "Your lady is