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!"

ear tightly, leaving no time for his response.

grabbed by her, Sheffield cried in an exaggerated way. "Aah!

that Evelyn

him, for awhile

to give in so quickly. Seeing him nod obediently, she wanted to

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

Puzzled, he asked, "Why?"

about us." She knew it was unnecessary, but she hadn't been mentally prepared to show

clutched his heart. "Come on, baby,

to him, so she paused, stood on tiptoe,

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

arms and pressed her against the door. "You can only convince me like this." 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 already in

supposed to meet at the supermarket near Sheffield's apartment complex. Then they would pick out the foods they wanted, and Sheffield would cook. Sheffield arrived first.

came back, Sheffield had already opened the door for Evelyn, umbrella in hand. Evelyn looked at Tayson and was about

it coming down out there. We need a second one."

say I never got you anything!" Then he jogged to keep up with the woman

up behind her, giving her a

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

might get cold, he wrapped

as Sheffield stood in her way. All she saw was his chest in a

There was no way his umbrella

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

the water from his shoulders and rebuked in a soft voice, "I told you we needed two umbrellas.

away the umbrella, Sheffield pecked on her lips. "It's no big deal. It doesn't matter as long as

entered the