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.

but she wasn't stupid. Even while he was

love her. There was no passion or affection in his eyes; it was nothing like the

at the time, because he said that he liked her, but still had Dollie by his

kissed it. "Evelyn, my mom passed away fifteen years ago. At that time, she was only forty-five, and I was

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

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

at the man who was now lost

softened as he

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

the window. His hold on Evelyn's hand

turned to Evelyn with a 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

saw a lot of people come to their home, looking for his parents. He asked his parents what was going on,

would be all right. He had believed

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

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

grandfather, who was then old and isolated from the outside world. His grandpa then contacted someone who eventually

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

time in so many days.

middle-aged woman in shock. He wanted to