True Love Waits

During the meal, Sheffield rested his chin on his hand as he watched Evelyn gracefully drink her wine. "Evelyn, I am so much in love with you. What spell have you cast on me?" After a pause, Evelyn asked, "How many women have you said that to?"

"Only you. You are the one I love the most in the world." His words were genuine; there was not a drop of lie in them.

Evelyn couldn't help laughing. "Yet, you stand beside another woman right in front of me."

Sheffield sighed. He felt it was time to explain his intentions to her. She had the rights to know. "I don't care about Dollie; it's Sidell whom I'm trying to get close to."

"What do you mean?"

"Evelyn, do you know why I chose to be a doctor?" No one knew the truth.

But to reassure her that she was the only one he loved, he had to tell her everything.

Evelyn stopped eating.

But Sheffield didn't continue.

She raised her eyes to look at the man sitting opposite her. He was lost in thought, and his eyes had turned gloomy, without the usual cheerfulness.

This was the first time Evelyn had seen him this way. He looked more mature than ever.

But this melancholy side of his kind of... broke her heart.

Everyone had their own secrets of the past, which they kept to themselves, just like Evelyn did. She had never told anyone about her ex-boyfriend and Melody Song.

on his plate and said

had seen Sheffield and Dollie show up together at the gathering in the video, she was angry, but she

didn't love her. There

was just angry at the time, because he said that

kissed it. "Evelyn, my mom passed away fifteen

ever mentioned his family once, while they were in D City. He had told her playfully that his father

was always so concerned about her patients. My mother was like an angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father

at the man

eyes softened as he thought about his

someday. Once, she didn't come home for two days. It was normal for her, because work was her life. Most of the time, she ate and stayed in the hospital. But three days after that, news spread all over the city that Ingrid Chu, the director

the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand tightened, as

turned to Evelyn with a bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one

wrong and articulate clearly, they couldn't testify in court.

Ingrid's case, the testimonies of that little girl were taken

to their home, looking for his parents. He asked his parents what was going on, but no one told him anything. He was

that everything would be all right. He had

to a school in America. Later,

His father not only forbade him from coming back,

was then old and isolated from the outside world. His grandpa then contacted someone who eventually brought him back to

light in her eyes and her beauty. She seemed much older in such a short time. She was only in her forties, but

she smiled for the first time in so many days. "Sheffield! You're back?"

shock. He wanted to