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.

complete surprise, their parents met each other soon after that. They hadn't even told them the time and place of the meeting beforehand. On the fifth

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 my dad called your dad. I don't know what they talked about, but in

must have been her father's idea to meet at this place. She slowed down and said,

there as well. She was playing on her phone, while

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

looked at her hand that had been grabbed tightly by Penelope Dong. She then quickly greeted

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

him up with a

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

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

The 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. and Mrs.

if Evelyn marries into our family, I'll treat her like my own daughter. Joshua, say something to

their conversation. "Evelyn and I have just decided

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 get married by

to Carlos, who remained indifferent, and said, "Dad, I've only

I'm sure you'll be happy together." Carlos never joked around and that made Evelyn anxious. She tried to grasp at any straw she could find.

from us, and we haven't had the chance to tell Joshua

the Fans. "Mr. Fan is right. We already have some clues about the incidents.

at Carlos. "Does Mr. Fan know