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.

knew what was wrong. "Are

look good. She nodded her head. She was allergic to cats, and more than that, she was scared to death of the

always been afraid of

a weakness, and Evelyn was

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

the windows of the living

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

that she was afraid,

Sheffield asked seriously as he pushed up

honestly. The cat had circled around her legs a few

legs. Then, he glared at

Joshua murmured

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

"Mm hmm."

the 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 take you to the

me apply it

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

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

place was not too large, probably just over two hundred square meters

it was next to the balcony, where the cat was kept. So, she decided to stay in the living

soon, Joshua was kicked out of the kitchen.

fine. Sheffield applied some

not allergic to it. I

"I am."

silence in the living room. Then, Joshua lowered his voice and asked, "By the way, are you really

kitchen and then

and Evelyn were only together to ease the pressure from their families, but only they knew

likes you very much. Why don't you give him a chance?" Joshua had met her twice, and he could tell that