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!"

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

an exaggerated way. "Aah! It hurts! Uncle! Uncle! Let

But still, he put up such a fuss that Evelyn wondered if she was really

She had tamed him, for

quickly. Seeing him nod obediently, she wanted

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

Puzzled, he asked, "Why?"

coughed and said, "I'll get in 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 mentally prepared to show up together

clutched his heart. "Come on, baby,

him, so she paused, stood on tiptoe, and gave

it was enough to fill his heart with

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

pick out the foods they wanted, and Sheffield would cook. Sheffield arrived first. It started raining right when he pulled

Evelyn, umbrella in hand. Evelyn looked at Tayson and was about to

kidding? Look at 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 in front of him. Tayson had

came up behind her, giving her a

who was holding her tightly. "I thought we

cold, he

now? Broken so 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 out

was no way his

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

his shoulders and rebuked in a soft voice, "I

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

entered the supermarket