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.

plate and said gently, "Forget it. Let's

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

because he said that he liked her, but still had Dollie

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

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

to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my father was good to her too. But everything changed one

down and stared intently at the

as he thought about his

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

drugs," he said in a heavy voice, looking out the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand tightened, as if he was trying to restrain

sarcastic smile.

too young to tell right from wrong and articulate clearly, they couldn't testify in court.

that little girl were taken strongly into

people come to their home, looking for his parents. He asked his

everything would be all right. He had

a school in America. Later, Sheffield's half-brother told

only forbade him from coming back, but also arranged bodyguards to make sure that

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

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 grey and she had lost

in so many days. "Sheffield! You're back?"

shock. He wanted to yell, "You are not