True Love Waits

Carlos called Dixon and quickly made some arrangements. After getting everything in order, he hung up the phone and stared at Evelyn's bedroom door, deep in thought.

After dinner, Evelyn finally plucked up some courage to call Sheffield.

However, to her disappointment, his phone was switched off. "Sorry, the subscriber you have dialed is currently unavailable."

Evelyn tried calling him a few more times after that, but to no avail. In the end, she gave up.

Ever since Evelyn was pregnant, she stopped going to the company. Carlos gave no explanation as to why she suddenly decided to quit her job.

As such, people's imaginations ran wild, creating baseless narratives, one stranger than the other. Some guessed that Evelyn was so devastated by what Calvert did that she decided to go on a soul-healing vacation.

As time went by, Evelyn's whereabouts became a mystery. Despite all the media reporters' best efforts, no one could tell where she was.

Two years later, in Leafside Village, D City

The entire village was home to a bustling population set against the backdrop of the ruins of dilapidated houses.

A gray-colored, seven-seater minivan slowly stopped opposite a small clinic at the entrance of the village. Without rolling down the window, the woman in the car stared at the shabby clinic.

Sitting in the back seat of the minivan, she squinted her eyes to get a closer look and found a doctor examining a crying child with his stethoscope.

The doctor's white uniform looked relatively new. Neither his clothing nor his temperament fit in well with this run-down village.

Having noticed what was wrong with the child, the doctor began to write down the prescription on paper. "Give him Western medicine first. Then switch back to Chinese medicine after he's better."

"Okay, okay. Thank you, Dr. Tang." The plainly-dressed woman, who was holding the child in her arms, looked at him with gratitude.

He was the most skilled and handsome doctor in all the nearby villages. He could easily draw a long queue of patients from here, all the way to the opposite side of the road. It was already past noon, and this child was his last patient for the morning.

Any outsider would simply assume that he didn't have many patients, but the truth was that Sheffield had a lot of patients on his waiting list this afternoon.

A woman in a nurse's uniform came out of the inner chamber with medical equipment and smiled sweetly at the man. "Sheffield, my mom's calling us in for lunch. Let's go before she gets mad at us again." "Okay, I'll be there in a bit," he said, smiling back at her.

the others will be available in the next room," he said, passing the child's mother a piece

very much,

the woman left with

a tattered toy in her hands and said, "There's that car again,

asked the girl in a soft voice, "What car did

it is, but it looks new and expensive. I think the people inside the car

girl stretched out her hand and pointed to

pointed at, Sheffield caught sight

had seen the minivan outside this clinic, but it was the first time in this month. Although Sheffield was aware of it, he didn't seem to care enough to probe into

by. Their curious eyes fell on the minivan, which didn't seem to

away and started to pack his stuff. "Have you had lunch?" he

yet. Grandpa hasn't

he walked out of the clinic with the nurse who had also changed out of her work

they walked out, the gray minivan turned

window slowly rolled down, a familiar face revealed itself from

of makeup on, nothing too fancy. On the bridge of her nose rested a pair of sunglasses, and her lips had a reddish-brown glaze. As she took off her sunglasses and peered into Sheffield's eyes, she calmly

time they had seen each other. In just ten more days, they would have

smiled and remained silent, standing

a movie star! She must have come from a big city. I've never seen someone so beautiful in these

to her surprise, Sheffield

right," said the

thought, 'They seem to be quite close

clenched her sunglasses and asked him expressionlessly, "Are you planning on staying in this village for the

around, Sheffield nodded and said in a relaxed tone, "Why not? The villagers here are simple, the girls are beautiful, and the children are adorable. Without the clamor and fast-paced

really matters is that the

her sunglasses. "If that's the case, then I wish you a

him. He's seen the minivan before, but he didn't reach out. What a jerk!' she cursed

rolled up the window and told

off into the distance, Sheffield curled up

asked again, "Sheffield, is she really not