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.

his plate and said gently, "Forget it. Let's eat. I trust

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

tell from the way he looked at Dollie that he didn't love her. There

because he said that he liked her, but still

my mom passed away fifteen years ago. At that time, she was only

only ever mentioned his family once, while they were in D City. He had told her playfully that his

was a doctor in the nephrology 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 everything changed one day. I was only eight years

and stared intently at the man who was now lost in his

softened as he

good at school. By the time I was eight 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 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

in a heavy voice, looking out the window. His hold

Evelyn with a bitter, sarcastic smile. "The one who had testified against

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

the testimonies of that little girl were

Ingrid. At that time, Sheffield saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for his parents.

him, saying that everything would be

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

called 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 he studied

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

seemed much older in such a short time. She was only in her forties, but most of her

in so many days. "Sheffield! You're

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