True Love Waits

Debbie pushed the door open. She gently reminded her daughter of what was to come. "It's time to go, Evelyn."

Evelyn nodded, acknowledging Debbie. "Yes." She stood up and walked out of the lounge, holding Debbie's arm firmly.

Debbie looked at her daughter, sighing inwardly. She was beautiful and radiant in her dress, but Debbie could tell from her stone face that she was sad.

Miranda and Matthew didn't come to the engagement ceremony today, so only Debbie, Carlos and Terrilynn were there.

The MC's happy and eager voice was soon heard all around. "Ladies and gentlemen, now let's welcome our bride-to-be, Miss Evelyn Huo." The happiness in the MC's voice sounded ironic to her.

A wave of applause broke out among the guests. Evelyn loosened her arm from Debbie and stepped onto the stage in her white high heels.

She was wearing a white off-the-shoulder evening dress. Her permed long hair fell on the shoulders. She wore make-up that made her features appear delicate. Her lipstick was a wonderful contrast to this, with its red hues. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Evelyn was the shining star of the night.

The MC was standing in the middle of the stage, and on the other side was Calvert in a black suit.

Evelyn didn't turn to look at the guests. She didn't even care how many people there were under the stage and who they were. She just wanted the engagement ceremony to be over as soon as possible, so that she could leave this place. She tried her best not to show it, but it was all starting to suffocate her.

When Calvert placed a diamond ring on her finger, she tried to force a thin smile.

The crowd would not stop clapping. Their applause almost seemed deafening now. A man leaned against a wall, swirling a glass of red wine in his hand, and his eyes never averted from the woman on the stage.

"Kiss her! Kiss her!" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

With a smile, Calvert looked around the hall and noticed the man in a grey suit leaning against the wall. 'He is here.' The smile on his face grew bigger. Finally, he had won over Sheffield this time.

He lowered his head and drew closer to Evelyn. Just as he was about to kiss her on the lips, she turned her head all of a sudden. The kiss fell on her hair.

were dimmed, and this gave the illusion that the couple had already kissed. The guests had

He suppressed his own embarrassment for them and pretended not to

Sheffield, the man and woman on the stage had just "kissed" each other. He patted on the doctor's shoulder and teased, "Bro, I admit that I can't understand your feeling of being cuckolded, but you can always cry on my

him a

Joshua could say anything else, Sheffield blurted out all of a sudden, "Screw you! Who

can't hold back your anger.

Sheffield sneered, "Do you want me to give you a piece of my

you, but now you

before I really lost it and rearrange your

It was all he could do to control himself and respond in kind to Sheffield's backlash. "Bah! Listen to you. You're not making any sense. There's no point in

embarrass himself, or make a scene. He nodded and acknowledged Sheffield, then clinked glasses with him and said, "Bro, I'll go find

alone. The engagement ceremony on the

the man holding her hand and headed towards the lounge. She desperately wanted to

observed by everyone in the room. Evelyn felt all their prying eyes fall upon her. With so much scrutiny, she just couldn't embarrass herself. She turned around towards Calvert. There

chin to a corner and said, "I'll take you to

everything going on, and she wanted to ignore Calvert. Every instinct in her body told her to just walk away.

What's he doing here?

She was worried that the two

big smile on his face. He raised his glass to

smiled calmly at Calvert before speaking. "Evelyn, why didn't you give me an invitation card to

meaningful

Calvert's face melted away when he heard Sheffield's defiant words. He wanted to punch the man in the face right then and there. It was a very tempting idea, but Calvert kept his composure. He would not allow

Sheffield wanted to say was not that their kiss was sweet, but that Evelyn's

"Calvert!" she blurted out. It was clear that she didn't want this to break down into another fight, but there was little that Evelyn could

Calvert continued to provoke Sheffield in spite