True Love Waits novel Chapter 997

Sheffield stood close to her, close enough to cross the distance between them in a single step. Evelyn's anger was gone. She handed the box to him and said in a softer voice, "I brought you the Western dessert you used to bring me."

Sheffield took the box from her and looked at it. "Thank you, Miss Huo. But have you ever seen a man who enjoys eating dessert?"

"But you used to buy desserts all the time..." He would also sit down with her and eat them, sometimes.

With a smile on his lips, he continued, "That was then, this is now. Besides, I didn't like desserts back then, either. I was thinking maybe you were too busy with work to eat. That's why I bought them for you. I never liked desserts. Didn't you know that, Miss Huo?"

Evelyn didn't know what to say. Since he often dropped by her office with desserts for her, she figured he liked them. She really didn't know him at all.

"I'm sorry, Miss Huo." He smiled as usual and returned the box to her.

Evelyn lowered her eyes to look at the box in her hand. Bitterness filled her heart. So this was how it felt to be rejected.

She controlled her emotions and said, "Can we talk?"

"We're talking right now, aren't we?" He put his hands in his pockets.

She shook her head. "Can we maybe do this over dinner? My treat!"

"Nah, I don't think so. I've been really busy since I took over Theo Group. If you have anything to say, Miss Huo, just come out and say it!"

Evelyn looked him in the eye. "I never married Calvert."

"I know. So what?"

Evelyn didn't respond.

Thinking of a possibility, Sheffield said in a half smile, "How quaint, Miss Huo! You think I still love you, don't you?"

Evelyn had to admit that was exactly what she thought. And that was why she came to see him.

Sheffield laughed out loud. Only he knew how much he was hurting when he did that. "Yes, I used to love you. I loved you more than life itself. I didn't want to live if I had to do it without you. But the past two years made me realize that I didn't need you in my life. Being single is good. I don't need to worry about how you're doing, and I don't have to think about how to make you happy. Nor do I have to rack my brains to please your family. Come to think it, it was exhausting being with you. Now, life is good since I have nothing to worry about."

When he finished, Evelyn didn't speak. The only thing anyone could hear was the sound of their breathing.

Except Evelyn suddenly found it hard to breathe. Her heart broke into pieces.

Her face was downcast, a look of loss crossed her features. "Then for the past two years... you never thought about me?"

"That's impossible. After all, I loved you. How could it be possible to forget so easily? At first, I thought about you every night. I couldn't even fall asleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I'd see you. But then, I remembered you didn't love me at all and even got engaged to another guy. That hurt. A lot. As time went by, it got better. I'm finally over you." He sounded so calm—there was no trace of sadness in his eyes.

"No, that's not..." she tried to explain. 'That's not it. I never stopped loving you...'

"So, Miss Huo, I won't bug you anymore. Date who you want, marry them if you love them. Don't worry about me. I'm all good with it."

She clenched the box in her hand and indignantly stated, "That's not what you said two years ago!"

He once told Calvert he would take her away from him if Calvert didn't treat her right.