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.

chicken on his plate and said gently, "Forget it.

angry, but she wasn't stupid. Even while he was

the way he looked at Dollie that he didn't love her. There was no passion

angry at the time, because he said that he liked

fifteen years ago. At that time, she was only forty-five,

into his eyes. He had only ever mentioned his family once, while they were

too. She had a good heart and was always so concerned about her patients. My mother was like an angel to me. She was

and stared intently at the man who was now lost

he thought about his

years old, I had skipped to the fifth grade, while my peers were still in the second or the third grade. Mom was always so busy, but I still worked extra hard so that I could be like her someday. Once, she didn't come home for two days. It was

heavy voice, looking out the window. His hold on Evelyn's

smile. "The

tell right from wrong and articulate clearly, they couldn't testify in court. The witness' testimony was

the testimonies of that little girl were taken strongly

Sheffield saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for his parents. He asked his parents what was going on, but no

saying that everything would be all right. He had

day Ingrid was arrested, Sheffield's father sent him to a school in America. Later, Sheffield's half-brother told him

his father many times, asking for permission to come back. His father not only forbade him from coming back, but also arranged bodyguards to make sure that

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

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

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

He wanted