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.

chicken on his plate and said

she was angry, but she wasn't stupid. Even while he was holding Dollie in his arm, she could feel no

from the way he looked at Dollie that he didn't love her. There was no passion

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

kissed it. "Evelyn, my mom passed away fifteen years ago.

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

concerned about her patients. My mother was like an angel to me. She was beautiful and gentle, and my

her chopsticks down and stared intently at the man who was now lost

softened as he thought about

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

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

to the law, since children were too young to tell right from wrong and articulate clearly, they couldn't testify in court. The witness' testimony was to

that little girl

Ingrid. At that time, Sheffield saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for his parents. He asked his parents what was going on, but no one told him anything. He was a

saying that everything would be all right.

sent him to a school in America. Later, Sheffield's half-brother

times, asking for permission to come back. His father not only forbade him from coming

from

Ingrid in prison, she had already lost the light in her eyes and her beauty. She seemed much older

the first time in so

the middle-aged woman in shock. He wanted to