True Love Waits

"Evelyn-" A sharp meow interrupted Sheffield just as he was about to say something.

Meow!

A large furry creature came into sight. If it hadn't been for the meowing, Evelyn would've thought that Sheffield kept a leopard.

But as far as she was concerned, cats were far worse than leopards.

The animal stared at her and started walking towards her.

"Dude! Why didn't you send Bailee to the pet store? You knew I was coming!" Joshua asked as he ran away from the cat and towards the kitchen.

'Baby?' Evelyn couldn't believe that Sheffield would give his pet such... well, such an adorable name.

"It's not Bailee now. It's Eve," Sheffield corrected him.

'Eve?' Evelyn's face darkened. The cat was still walking towards her. Sheffield turned around to look at Evelyn, who was standing completely still. "Eve, wait-" he paused. He realized that it would be confusing to use that name with both Evelyn and the cat in the room, and at the same time, he also thought that no one could replace Evelyn. "All right. We'll just call her Bailee. I don't want to change the name anymore. Evelyn, her name is Bailee. She might look huge, but she is very meek."

'Oh, it's Bailee, not Baby,' Evelyn thought, but she didn't say anything.

Joshua decided to make fun of Sheffield. "Evelyn, the cat is his mistress. He spoils her to no end. He doesn't even stop her when she messes around with us," he teased.

The two men waited for a long time, but there was no movement from the woman. They thought that she was playing with Bailee, so they didn't pay much attention, and took all the food into the kitchen. "Achoo!" Suddenly, a sneeze came from the living room.

Sheffield craned his head from the kitchen and asked, "Evelyn, did you catch a cold?"

She shook her head. "Sheffield..." Her voice was trembling.

Even Joshua, who was far away from the cat, sensed that there was something wrong with Evelyn this time.

The cat walked around her legs, staring at the motionless woman with her yellow eyes.

"Achoo!" Evelyn sneezed again.

soon as Sheffield saw her reaction, he knew

was allergic to cats, and more than that, she was scared

She had always been

had a weakness, and Evelyn was

from her. He had first thought of locking her up in his bedroom for the time being, but what if Evelyn wanted to go into

that, he opened all the windows of the living room

cat was locked away, Joshua returned to the living room. "Evelyn, are you afraid of cats or

admit that she was afraid, Evelyn answered, "I'm

or any uncomfortable feeling?" Sheffield asked

she answered honestly. The cat had

and was about to lift up her trouser legs. Then, he glared at Joshua, who was looking at her curiously. "Go to the

Oh," Joshua murmured

pulled Evelyn's trouser legs up. Within just two minutes, her skin had become red. "Wait. I'll

"Mm hmm."

ointment he was looking for, opened it and applied some on Evelyn's skin. "It heals allergy. Let's try this first. If it doesn't work, I'll

me apply

giving the ointment to her, he lifted her trouser legs and carefully applied it on

away the ointment and the medical kit after he was sure that he had left out no spot. After washing his hands, he said to her, "Wait in the

not too large, probably just over two hundred

and study door were closed. One of the bedroom doors was open, but it was next to the balcony, where the cat was kept. So, she decided to stay in the living

Joshua was kicked out of the kitchen. He walked over to Evelyn. "Are

Sheffield applied

his cat, but I'm not allergic to it. I didn't expect that

"I am."

the living room. Then, Joshua lowered his voice and asked, "By the way, are you really going to let our

kitchen and then at him.

but only they knew about

Joshua had met her twice, and he could tell