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 saw in a

Debbie put down her fork and with an innocent smile on her face, said, "Honey, is

Carlos a lesson later for not telling her about Sheffield before. How dare he keep the truth from her and have the audacity to

just by the tone of her voice. Immediately, he smiled and said, "No, of course not. Everything is

was the boss; nothing could be more important than his wife's happiness and no matter what, his

smoothly. Shortly after, it was time to cut the

lovely little doll of a princess dressed in pink. Every year, Carlos would order the same kind of cake for Evelyn's and Terilynn's birthdays. It

while everyone sang the birthday song. 'May my friends and family be happy and healthy and may Sheffield and I end

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

dear Evelyn to be

custard filled dessert 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 glance and asked, "You

course not. In my eyes, you will always be the most beautiful girl in the world. And you look extraordinarily beautiful today. You take my breath away." Evelyn couldn't help but

I'm just telling

cookie from the table and jammed it into his mouth. "Here

smirked roguishly before he leaned

her eyes at

the wall by the window and

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

then, Miranda walked up to the happy couple and engaged Sheffield in a