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!"

his ear tightly, leaving no time for his response. "You don't listen

Sheffield cried in an exaggerated

that Evelyn wondered if she was really pulling

him, for awhile at

give in so quickly. Seeing him nod obediently, she

out, Evelyn reminded him, "You need to stay put for a couple minutes while I go

Puzzled, he asked, "Why?"

out. I don't want people talking about us." She

on, baby,

knew it wasn't fair to him, so she paused, stood on tiptoe, and

lips lightly swept over his, but it was enough to

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

would pick out the

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

"You kidding? Look at it coming down out there. We need a second one." She took the umbrella from Tayson and turned to

at his umbrella and Evelyn's receding figure, Sheffield gave the umbrella to Tayson. "Here. Don't say I never got you anything!" Then he jogged to keep up with the woman in front of

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

tightly.

get cold, he wrapped her in his

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 a sky blue shirt. He also warned her playfully, "Watch

speechless. There was no way his umbrella

body was sopping wet, while there wasn't a

shoulders and rebuked in a soft voice, "I told you we

big deal. It

the supermarket