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.

salt chicken on his plate and said gently,

was angry, but she wasn't stupid. Even while he was holding Dollie in his arm, she could

the way he looked at Dollie that he didn't love her. There was no passion or affection in his eyes; it was

the time, because he said that he liked

"Evelyn, my mom passed away fifteen years ago. At that time,

were in D City. He had told her

was like an angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father was good

stared intently at the man who was now lost in his

softened as he

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 of the nephrology department of First General Hospital,

he said in a heavy voice, looking out the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand tightened,

bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one who had testified against her was a five-year-old

testify in court. The witness' testimony was to be verified,

case, the testimonies of that little

evidences were collected against Ingrid. At that time, Sheffield saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for

saying that everything would be all right. He had believed

arrested, Sheffield's father sent him to a school in

many times, asking for permission to come back. His father not only forbade him from coming back,

his grandfather, who was then old and isolated from the outside world. His grandpa then contacted

grandpa went to see Ingrid in prison, she had already lost the light in her eyes and her beauty. She seemed much older in such a short time. She was only in her

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

in shock. He wanted to yell, "You