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 eat. I trust

seen Sheffield 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, she could feel

love her. There was no passion or affection in his eyes; it

said that he

mom passed away fifteen years ago.

once, while they were in D City. He

My mother was like an angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father was good to her too. But everything changed

at the man who was now

as he thought about his

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 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 a patient with counterfeit medicine, and that

voice, looking out the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand tightened, as if he was trying to

a bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one who had

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

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

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

him, saying that everything would be all right. He

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

only forbade him from coming

and isolated from the outside world. His grandpa then contacted someone who

older in such a short time. She was only in her forties, but

Sheffield, she smiled for the first time in

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