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.

piece of spiced salt chicken on his plate and

at the gathering in the video, she was angry, but she wasn't stupid. Even

he didn't love her. There was no passion or affection in his eyes; it was nothing

just angry at the time, because he said that he liked her,

gently held her left hand, and kissed it. "Evelyn, my mom passed away fifteen years ago. At that time, she was only forty-five, and I was just

looked directly into his eyes. He had only ever mentioned his family once, while they were in D City. He had told

angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father was good to her too. But everything changed one day. I was only eight years old when my world came crashing

chopsticks down and stared intently at the man

eyes softened as he thought about his

could be like her someday. Once, she didn't come home for two days. It was normal for her, because work was her life.

her for trading fake drugs," he said in a heavy voice, looking out the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand tightened, as if

know..." He turned to Evelyn with a bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one who had testified against her was a

clearly, they couldn't testify in court. The witness' testimony was to be verified, and then, it could

that little girl were taken

saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for

everything would

arrested, Sheffield's father sent him to a school in America. Later, Sheffield's half-brother told him that his mother

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

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

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

time in

in shock. He wanted to yell, "You are not