True Love Waits

Carlos scoffed at the excitement on Debbie's face. A housemaid came to the table with a plate of roasted lamb chops in her hand. He made a mockery of Debbie's tone and said, "Calvert, this is the New Zealand mutton chops. Freshly roasted. Have a taste!"

Everybody sat in stunned silence, baffled to see the man, who was infamous for his arrogance, act in such a childish and immature way.

What Carlos said made Calvert feel less awkward. "Thank you, Uncle Carlos," he said politely.

While cutting the meat with his knife, Sheffield thought to himself, 'Calvert, what a coward!'

When a small portion of lamb chops was placed in front of Calvert, Sheffield glanced at the lamb chops and came up with a joke in his head. He leaned towards Calvert and whispered, "Did you know that roasted lamb chops help to improve bodily functions and treat impo... Ahem! You should certainly eat a lot of it!"

Sheffield's voice was so low that the people sitting on the other side of the table couldn't hear him. However, Evelyn, who was sitting next to Calvert, managed to hear what he had said and she almost choked on her juice.

'Sheffield can be so mean!' she mused.

The others turned to look at them. Calvert's face darkened at their look of confusion. 'Would it kill this guy to be a little nice to me?'

Although Carlos couldn't hear what they were talking about, when he noticed the dispirited look on Calvert's face, he guessed that Sheffield must have said something to him. Casting a cold glance at Sheffield, who was busy eating, Carlos asked, "What? Dr. Tang, is the food not up to your satisfaction?"

Sheffield's heart skipped a beat when he heard Carlos. He grinned and said, "Of course not! How could all this delicious food not satisfy anyone? I was just feeling a little jealous of Calvert." "Jealous? What for? Are you not happy with the dish my wife asked the housemaid to bring to you?" Carlos didn't hesitate to attack Sheffield, cunningly exploiting the loophole in his words.

"Of course, I am. Look, I've already emptied my plate. That was delicious!" Sheffield said, flaunting his plate at Carlos with a serious look. Then in order to further support his statement, he turned to the servant near him and said, "May I have some more please? One more serving for me, please. Thank you!"

"Yes, sir. Please wait a moment."

fist under the table, while glaring at Debbie and wondering what she ever

Carlos, Debbie put down her fork and with an innocent smile on her face, said,

determined to teach Carlos a lesson later for not telling her about Sheffield before. How

understood what Debbie was thinking about just by the tone of her voice. Immediately,

of the Huo family: his wife was the boss; nothing could

dinner-time went smoothly. Shortly after, it was

a lovely little doll of a princess dressed in pink. Every year, Carlos would order the same kind of cake

make a wish in front of the beautiful cake bearing lit candles, while everyone sang the birthday

make a wish. The man was truly smitten, clapping his hands and

wish for my dear Evelyn to be happy, beautiful and healthy

brought a smile on everyone's faces as they marveled at how delightful it was. Meanwhile, Sheffield had been looking for a chance to talk to Evelyn. When Calvert walked away to answer a phone call, Sheffield immediately approached her and said, "Evelyn, you look stunning today." Blushing, Evelyn cast him a sideways

always be the most beautiful girl in the world. And you look extraordinarily beautiful today. You take my

just telling

and jammed it into his mouth. "Here

out the broken pieces from his mouth and smirked roguishly before he leaned in towards her and said,

eyes at him,

against the wall by the window and swirling his wine, Matthew ponderously watched Sheffield

in the Huo family angry at Sheffield, including Matthew. Although he didn't want to ruin everyone's mood by demanding an explanation from Sheffield at Evelyn's birthday party, it didn't mean that he would easily turn a

then, Miranda walked up to the happy