True Love Waits

After having their lunch, Sheffield checked Evelyn's legs once again. Luckily, they looked much better after the treatment and there was no trace of the allergy. Placing the dirty dishes into the dishwasher, he said to Evelyn and Joshua, who were about to leave, "Wait!"

"Why? Don't you have to clean up? I'll drive her back to her office," Joshua said as he changed into his shoes. Sheffield wiped his hands on a towel, grabbed his coat and walked towards them. "It's my job to drive her back." Evelyn sighed. "I don't need either of you to drop me. Tayson is waiting for me downstairs."

"I don't care. Let him follow us. I need to attend to something anyway." He needed to get rid of the tattoo.

The three of them left the house together. Sheffield dropped Evelyn off at the company.

He opened the door for her. "Thank you," she said.

"Evelyn," he called just as she was about to leave.

She turned around and looked at him.

"Do miss me while I'm gone." With a wicked smile, he winked at her.

The corners of Evelyn's lips lifted into an unnoticeable smile. But in the end, she still rebuked, "Don't expect this to happen again. We are not going to be together." Sheffield's smile remained. He leaned against the car door and waved at her. "I'll cook chicken wings with plum next time, or maybe some toast with brown sugar and plum." Evelyn left without turning back.

It was not until her figure disappeared into the building that the smile on his face gradually faded away.

'Eve, no matter how much you push me away, I won't give up,' he swore.

soon after that. They hadn't even told them the time and place of the meeting beforehand. On the fifth floor

building, she ran into Joshua, who had just gotten off work. "I'm sorry, Evelyn. It was probably my mom's idea. I had planned to put off the meeting between the two families, but

been her father's idea to meet at this place. She

was there as well.

Dong, stood up immediately. "Josh, what took you so long? Ah, this must be Evelyn! You look

been grabbed tightly by Penelope Dong. She then quickly

had walked into the booth. Hearing Evelyn's greetings, he turned to Carlos and Debbie. "Mr. and

with him. Debbie sized him up with a smile and said, "Hello, Joshua. Take

Terilynn smiled, "Hello, Brother-in-Law."

turned to glare at her. But unlike Evelyn, Joshua's parents, Darius Fan and Penelope Dong, seemed quite satisfied with the way Terilynn had addressed

atmosphere wasn't as awkward as they had expected. Evelyn remained silent. Debbie shook her head and said, "My daughter is a woman of few words. She takes after her father. I hope you will be more tolerant of her in the future, Mr.

Penelope Dong replied politely, "Mrs. Huo, if Evelyn marries into our family, I'll

Joshua, surprised by their

early at all. You are not young anymore. Before you arrived, we already discussed and decided that you should get engaged as soon as possible. We will start the preparations very soon. You'll

widened in shock. This, they hadn't expected. Evelyn turned to Carlos, who remained indifferent, and said, "Dad, I've only started dating Joshua. I

is young. It's time to get engaged. Love can be cultivated after marriage. You are both outstanding people. I'm sure you'll be happy together." Carlos never joked around and that made Evelyn anxious. She

chance to tell Joshua yet. I don't believe in jinxes or coincidences. The murderers will

of the Fans. "Mr. Fan is right. We already have some clues about the incidents. Over time, the truth will come

Fan know that a few months