True Love Waits

"You learned that from me, so stop it! Whatever! That's not the point. Joshua, get up! Tell me why my girl has become your girlfriend!" That was why Sheffield was at Joshua's place. Joshua was fully awake now. "It was her idea."

"And you agreed?"

"Yes. Evelyn's really attractive. I finally understood why you couldn't resist her, neither could I. I too want to snuggle up in her arms—"

Sheffield jumped on the bed, pinned him down and rained blows all over his body. "Asshole! Break up with her! Right now!"

"Woah! Stop it. Be careful, man! My grandma will beat you to death with her walking stick!" Joshua whined in pain. That successfully froze Sheffield.

He got goose bumps all over his body as he stole a glance around Joshua's room. "Sorry Grandma, I won't hit him anymore. Please rest in peace and don't come for me," Sheffield murmured. When Joshua's grandmother was still alive, the old lady would always threaten to beat the naughty boys up with her crutch.

Joshua laughed at his friend's reaction and then said, "Don't worry. I'm more interested in the younger sister." He pulled the thin quilt up to his chest and took a cigarette from the night stand. "The younger one? But you're dating Evelyn now. Aren't you afraid that their father will break your leg?"

Sheffield and Joshua were still ignorant of who Evelyn's father was. They had a hunch that he was someone with incredible power; probably some sort of legend.

Sheffield never looked deep into Evelyn's background even after knowing her true identity.

Joshua didn't know because his mother never filled him in about his blind date's family background.

"I'm not afraid. I'll just sit and watch what happens. After you successfully win Evelyn over, I will go after Terilynn." 'You wish.' Sheffield rolled his eyes at Joshua.

He lit a cigarette. Taking a drag, he said, "It's not gonna be as simple as you think. What if Terilynn already has someone she loves?"

Joshua nodded, "She does. Evelyn's bodyguard."

"Are you serious?" Sheffield asked, as he imagined the tough, no-bullshit Tayson falling in love with someone. "So, knowing that she loves another man, you still want her?"

"Do you think I'm no match for a bodyguard?" Joshua cast him a sidelong glance.

outmatch you!" Sheffield put out his

is your research going? I haven't seen you work on it

time. "It's still under repeated

dollars in the research. Why haven't you given up yet? You're insane!" If he had a billion dollars, he would have invested it all and lived off the proceeds. "You're wrong." Sheffield turned

"What?"

money before I finish the research." He then muttered to himself, "I don't even know if I can

who might need your help. He said that he has a strange disease. Why don't you go see this patient and demand a high fee? You'll

in traditional Chinese medicine back when he was alive; very few contemporary doctors could compare to him. Before he had passed away, he left his hand-written notes of traditional Chinese medicine to Sheffield. The members of the Tang family scrambled for the book, and some even hired men from the gangland to

notes.

had extremely good memory, Sheffield had hidden himself for more than a year and memorized the contents of the book. After that, he burned

the Tang family broke all ties with him. Sheffield's relationship with his

combined knowledge of Chinese and Western medicine, he cured a lot of patients

them. So far, he had been working

the doctor's reply surprised him. "How much

not a problem, as long

Before closing the door,

head, sighing with a

figure. It was such a shame that she had

leaving Joshua's house, Sheffield drove back to the hospital. As he was waiting for the traffic light at a crossroad, he noticed

came to his mind. He turned the car around and rolled up in front of the

he headed straight

entrance

red convertible sports car came to a sudden halt. Sheffield watched the employees walk out of the company one

but

Joshua's number. "Send a message to Evelyn and tell her that I'm waiting for her at the entrance of her company. If she doesn't come down in ten minutes, I'll go and search each and every floor for her. And tell her that I will