True Love Waits

Hearing Mrs. Mo's words, Debbie looked Sheffield up and down; the young doctor was focused on examining his patient. She asked Mrs. Mo, "Really? He looks so young. Yet, he has already performed such a difficult surgery? Honestly, he looks like a university graduate. How old is he? Twenty-one, twenty-two years old?"

"I haven't asked him that." The Mo family members had never asked Sheffield about his age. The topic had never come up during their conversations.

"Dr. Tang is twenty-six," the doctor standing next to them cut in to tell Debbie. He had been waiting for a chance to talk to the big star.

"Twenty-six?" Debbie threw a glance at Sheffield's face. He looked much younger than his age. She then commended, "Well, twenty-six is also a very young age for such accomplishments. And he's also making ward rounds with other doctors. Is he the director of your department?"

A female doctor replied this time, her eyes filled with admiration, "Dr. Tang is the deputy director of the neurology department. He's also doing a research and development project right now. Quite amazing, isn't he?"

Debbie nodded repeatedly. She was glad to have met such a handsome and hard-working young man. Unable to hold back her curiosity, she blurted out, "Does he have a girlfriend?" Sheffield and Terilynn were about the same age. If he didn't have a girlfriend, she wanted to try and pair them up.

Evelyn was still talking over the phone. Her voice trailed off as her attention was drawn to her mother's question. 'What is Mom trying to do here?'

Sheffield was done with the patient. He turned to Debbie and said with a broad smile, "Mrs. Huo-"

Before he could say anything further, the doctor, who had cut in to talk to Debbie earlier, interrupted him. "He is the future son-in-law of the president of our hospital. We envy him for his good fortune." Sheffield cursed the talkative doctor a million times in his mind. He had wanted to tell her that he didn't have a girlfriend.

Disappointment was written all over Debbie's face. "Oh, you already have a girlfriend. I see. Well, that's only obvious. You're such an outstanding young man after all." Introducing Terilynn to him seemed impossible now.

Sheffield was overwhelmed by an urge to strangle his fellow doctor. As he read the ECG monitor of the patient, he explained, "No, Mrs. Huo. Please ignore my colleague. I don't have a girlfriend yet. I'm only friends with the president's daughter. There's nothing romantic between us." If he didn't explain himself now, it would be less likely for him to get together with Evelyn.

she was done with her phone call, Evelyn turned to look

nurses in the ward admired Evelyn's beauty. "Wow! Mrs.

is so good-looking, including you, Mrs.

always hearing abundant compliments about Evelyn from everyone, Debbie, as the doting mother she was, never got bored of it. She smiled from ear to ear. "Thank you. You are all lovely too." Sheffield turned to look at Evelyn and asked Debbie, "Mrs. Huo, your daughter is indeed gorgeous. Does she have a boyfriend? If not, I

be bold enough to say that to Debbie in front of so

I was just kidding." Then, he turned to the patient's family and said, "He is recovering quite well after the surgery. I'll prescribe two boxes of medicine to lower his blood pressure. Also, make sure

his family, he turned to Debbie. "Mrs. Huo, we're moving to the next ward. It was nice meeting you."

exclaimed. Watching his receding figure,

9, a nurse asked Sheffield eagerly, "Dr. Tang,

wondered if she would have a

pretty girl after all.

and the nurses didn't bother

Once they were back in the car, she asked, "Evelyn, what do you think about that young doctor?" Evelyn asked absentmindedly,

He has already become the deputy director of his department at such a young age. What do you say we introduce him to Terilynn?" Debbie asked. 'What?!' Evelyn was snapped back to

Terilynn loves men like Tayson. But, this one is a doctor...

like we will have no chances

a short pause, she asked tentatively, "Do you really like him that much? You want him

it now? You have Joshua, and he is not your sister's type." It was