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!"

no time for

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

exaggerated reaction, to be sure. But still, he put up such a fuss that Evelyn wondered if she

She had tamed him, for awhile

didn't expect him to give in so quickly. Seeing him nod obediently, she wanted to

to stay put

Puzzled, he asked, "Why?"

the car, and then you can come out. I don't want people talking about us." She knew it was unnecessary, but she hadn't been

"Come on, baby,

fair to him, so she paused, stood on

it was enough to fill his

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

pick out the foods they wanted, and Sheffield would

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

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

got you anything!" Then he jogged to keep

up behind her, giving her a

holding her tightly.

that she might get cold, he wrapped her in his coat. "It's

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.

rendered speechless. There was

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

rebuked in a soft voice, "I told you we needed two umbrellas.

her lips. "It's no big deal. It doesn't matter as long

entered the supermarket