True Love Waits

Evelyn adjusted her clothes and said nothing.

Sheffield walked over to his desk and dug into the shopping bag sitting there. There was a pen inside. An expensive one, made of gold, encrusted with precious resin.

He then kissed the brand-new pen and winked at Evelyn. "I love it! A gift from Evelyn! I'll treasure it as long as I live. If the pen is lost, so am I."

"Shut up!" she laughed. Evelyn was not in the mood for his jokes.

Sheffield corrected himself immediately, "Seriously, it's a great gift. Thanks. And if I lose it, you can buy me a new one."

Evelyn didn't want to talk to him anymore. She grabbed her purse and made her way to the door.

Sheffield ran after her and stretched out his arms to block her way. "Baby, can you wait? I need to change."

"No!" Evelyn refused but stopped.

Sheffield giggled and said, "Come on! My belly thinks my throat's been cut. I'm starving!" He ran to his wardrobe and opened it to take out his coat.

Watching him hang up the clothes, Evelyn asked, "So how did the surgery go? You were in there for awhile."

After hanging his coat in the crook of his arm, he closed the wardrobe and walked towards her. He put his arms around her waist and kissed her on the lips. "Thanks for asking, wife of mine. It went well." Hearing that, Evelyn was relieved. But at the same time, the gloom on her face returned. "I'm warning you..."

"What?"

"Quit calling me your wife." She rolled her eyes at him, pulled his hands off her waist, and turned around to leave.

"Yes! Miss Huo! I will never call you 'wife' again, I will call you 'honey' instead!"

and grabbed his ear tightly, leaving no time for his response.

Sheffield cried in an exaggerated way. "Aah! It hurts! Uncle! Uncle!

put up such a fuss that Evelyn wondered if she was really pulling that hard. "Are you

had tamed him, for awhile at

give in so quickly. Seeing him

Evelyn reminded him, "You need to stay put for a

Puzzled, he asked, "Why?"

can come out. I don't want people talking about us." She knew it was unnecessary, but she hadn't been mentally prepared to show up

clutched his heart. "Come on, baby, you're breaking my

fair to him, so she paused, stood on tiptoe, and

lightly swept over his, but it was enough to fill his heart

After saying that, he kissed her on the lips, his own lips lingering and passionate. By the time Sheffield came out of the hospital, Evelyn was

out the foods they

trunk to grab an umbrella. When he came back, Sheffield had already opened the door for Evelyn, umbrella in hand. Evelyn looked at Tayson and was about to take the umbrella, but Sheffield said, "It's not raining heavily. This umbrella is big enough

We need a second one." She took the umbrella from

Sheffield gave the umbrella to Tayson. "Here. Don't say I never got you anything!" Then he jogged to keep up

was still walking when Sheffield came up behind her, giving her a backhug.

was holding her tightly. "I thought we agreed on two. What

that she might get cold, he wrapped her

soon?' Evelyn turned to look at Tayson. But she could see nothing as Sheffield stood in her way. All she saw was his chest in

rendered speechless. There was no way his

the supermarket, half of Sheffield's body was sopping wet, while there wasn't a single drop of rain on

in a soft voice, "I told you

"It's no big deal. It doesn't matter as long as you're dry. It's freezing out

the supermarket