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 gently, "Forget it. Let's

and Dollie show up together at the gathering in the video, she was angry, but she wasn't stupid. Even while he was holding Dollie in his arm,

Dollie that he didn't love her. There was no passion or

just angry at the time, because he said that he

mom passed away fifteen years ago. At that time, she was only forty-five, and

ever mentioned his family once, while they were in D City. He had

department too. She had a good heart and was always so concerned about her patients. My mother was like an angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father was good to her too. But

intently at the man who was now lost in

he thought about

be like her 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, treated

heavy voice, looking out the

bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one who had testified against her was a

articulate clearly, they couldn't testify

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

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

saying that everything would be all right. He

Sheffield's father sent him to a school in America. Later, Sheffield's

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 he

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

the light in her eyes and her beauty. She seemed much older in such a short time. She was only in her forties, but most of her hair had turned

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

middle-aged woman in shock. He wanted to yell, "You are not my mother!"