Evelyn scowled at Sheffield. "You should have been born a woman, and married a man like Gifford."
"Eh?" 'Me and Gifford?' The mere thought made him want to puke. Wrapping his arms around her, Sheffield said, "No. I prefer my Evelyn. She's bossy at times, and other times as gentle as a doe. Also, she calls me 'honey.' She and I are perfect for each other!"
"You are such a sweet talker, Mr. Tang."
"Oh! I've been exposed!" he exclaimed with a grin. "Actually, I just had some honey. Do you want to taste some of that lingering sweetness off my lips?" He pressed his body onto hers.
Evelyn burst into laughter. "Let go of me, you perv! You're heavy!"
"Come on. It's late, and we are all alone. We shouldn't waste such good times."
"Go away. I haven't taken a shower yet."
"Wonderful! Neither have I. Let's shower together," he suggested in a horny tone.
"No way!"
"Then, you are stuck under me." He pressed onto her further. She could feel the warmth radiating from his body now.
"Okay, fine! As you wish," Evelyn said quickly.
Sheffield grinned and stole a kiss. "Wait. I'll fill the tub. You've had a tiring day. A bath would be better."
"Yes, that sounds good. One of my employees collected the rose petals from the proposal venue and asked me to use them when I take a bath. It's in the car. I'll ask Felix to bring them up."
After the proposal, Sheffield had asked the bodyguards to clean the venue. But when the employees heard that the roses were imported Bulgarian roses, each of them took some back home.
One of the employees, Lily, picked some clean petals and specifically asked Nadia to give them to Evelyn.
"Okay. Call him. I'll open a bottle of red wine for us." After a few minutes, they were both in the tub. It was refreshing. A gentle smile played on Sheffield's lips. He was in the bath with his beloved woman in his arms, drinking wine from the vineyard. He felt like he was at the peak of his life at that moment.
He watched Evelyn tie her wet hair up. Taking a sip of the wine, he said, "I want Gwyn to have long hair too." He liked long-haired women, but Gwyn's was only about the same length as his.
"Why? It's troublesome to manage such long hair," Evelyn said, exasperated from her own experience. Women had too many troublesome things to take care of in daily life.
"That's okay. I'll take care of it for her. I'll learn to comb and braid." He could also wash and dry his daughter's hair.
Evelyn looked back at him with a pout. She asked in a jealous tone, "I've had long hair all this time. Why haven't you taken care of mine?"
Sheffield was a bit stunned. He then put down the wine glass, pulled her into his arms and whispered in her ear with a smug smile, "Are you feeling jealous of our own daughter, honey?" When he had woken up in the hospital the other day, he had wondered if Evelyn was mad at him because she was jealous that he was giving all his attention to Gwyn. It looked like he had guessed right. She was indeed jealous.
"I am not!" Evelyn denied. If someone heard that the regional CEO of ZL Group was jealous of her own daughter, they would laugh at her.
He gently bit her earlobe and said in a hoarse voice, "I like it when you are jealous." It meant that she cared about him and loved him enough to not share him with anyone else.
"Ahem… I said I wasn't jealous." To hide her embarrassment, she quickly changed the subject. "Did the police contact you regarding the progress of the case?" She traced her fingers over the scars on his body.
"They don't have any evidence yet," he answered as he caressed her face.
"Something is wrong, Sheffield," Evelyn said with a frown.
"Hmm. I think you are right." He smelled foul play. The people who were involved in the attack seemed to have acquaintances at the police station.
"We have cooperated with them so far. It is because of their assurance that my father authorized him to investigate the incident." As a result, Carlos dropped his own investigation into the incident.
"Him? Who?" Sheffield asked, letting her rest her head on his chest.
"Dad knows Mr. Tao, the police chief." Evelyn thought that Mr. Tao had a good relationship with her father. Every time they met, Mr. Tao seemed very enthusiastic.
Sheffield thought for a while and said, "The people who attacked me that day were from three different groups. I don't know about one of them, but…" He paused before continuing in a low tone, "The other two group of men belonged to Pierson and Sterling."
The three groups had attacked him together. He was lucky enough to have survived that day.
"What?" Evelyn was shocked. "Are you sure?"
"I never say anything without absolute certainty." Although he had many enemies, most of them wouldn't be desperate enough to chase and kill him.
Of course, while he was a hacker, he made enemies who hated him enough to kill. But so far, only the Huo family members knew that he was Star Anise. Even his own father didn't know about that identity.
"But why? Is Sterling after the company? And what about Pierson?" Evelyn was confused by his sudden reveal.
"Pierson is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. He works at the Y City Hospital of TCM."
"So, he had someone attack you for your grandpa's notes? But, didn't you already burn that book?"
"Would you believe me if I said I burned a book that was worth millions?" He flashed her a mysterious smile.
"Didn't you?" She was lost now.
"I did." After a pause, he continued, "But Pierson doesn't believe that I would burn such a valuable book. He repeatedly beat around the bush to ask me about the notes."
"But, you are brothers. How could he harm you?" She was shaken by how heartless his family was towards him.
"Brothers?" A dash of mockery flitted across Sheffield's eyes. "I'm just his half-brother. He wouldn't mind killing his own brother for something so valuable. The Tang family members are selfish that way. Nothing is more important to any of them than their own interests."
Evelyn felt sorry for him. "Then why did you return to the Tang family and take over the company?" She knew that Sheffield didn't care about wealth and power. He loved being a doctor more than anything.
Sheffield sighed, "It was all for a woman."
"A woman?" Evelyn was slow in the intake. "What woman?"
He looked down at his chest and said, "The woman who is in the spot that is a centimeter from the junction of the middle lines of my left collarbone and my fifth rib."
"What? A centimeter from the junction of…" Evelyn murmured to herself as she looked at the middle of her left collarbone, "And the fifth rib… Sheffield, where is the fifth rib?"
Sheffield was amused by her confused, but serious look. He kissed her cheek, which had turned rosy because of the hot bath. "The woman who is in my heart."
"The woman in your heart…" She stopped abruptly.
"Yes, the woman in my heart," he repeated, smiling at her.
She suddenly blushed and avoided looking into his eyes. She feigned ignorance and asked deliberately, "And who might that be?" She wanted to hear it from him.
"Take a guess."
"How would I know?"
He blew gently on her ear. "Who else could it be other than the aloof Evelyn Huo?" he asked, pulling her closer to him.
"Hey, stop! We are not done talking yet!"
"Okay. I came back because of this woman named Evelyn Huo. She came all the way to D City to find me a couple of times. I didn't have the heart to disappoint her, so I came back. And in order to reassure my father-in-law that I could take care of his precious daughter, I took over Theo Group. I wanted him to know that I am not some loser, that I am the CEO of a company. But I didn't think that he would be so demanding. He continues to reject me and refuses to bless our marriage."
"It doesn't matter," Evelyn said with a smile. "He has Terilynn and my mother keeping him company. I will just have to move out for a while and let him calm down."
