True Love Waits

"You see what kind of man you're hanging out with? Why is he so rude?" Carlos cast a burning glance at his daughter and added, "Humph. He broke a smart lock worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in just a few minutes. Seems like the brat has some clever tricks. Next time I see him, I'll charge him ten times that!"

Carlos then told Nadia to order a new one.

Looking at the broken smart lock, Evelyn said helplessly, "Since when did you care about the cost of a lock so much?"

Sheffield was running out of capital for his drug research project. Ten times the price of the lock would be a few million. She didn't think he could afford that.

"I won't allow him to take one more cent of my money. If he can't afford it, I'll go to First General Hospital to collect the debt and let the doctors and the patients know that he is not a good man!"

"Dad... Don't you think your behavior is..." Under Carlos' withering gaze, Evelyn cleared her throat and changed her words. "You're acting like a kid throwing a tantrum!"

She sighed inwardly. Her father had never been able to stay calm when it came to Sheffield. Maybe because Sheffield was so good at ticking people off, or maybe Carlos was getting old and becoming more and more childish.

Carlos had never encountered such a rude, cocksure man. Even though he already spread the news that Evelyn was going to get engaged to Calvert, it still didn't stop Sheffield. He just wouldn't stop bugging her.

Thinking of this, he glanced at his daughter's desk. There was a light brown paper bag that Sheffield left there.

He walked toward the desk. But before he could reach it, Evelyn quickly grabbed the paper bag and tucked it in the drawer. "Was there a reason you came by?" Carlos looked at her coldly. "I'm serious about you marrying Calvert. Make sure you're ready." Finally, he reached out his hand and demanded, "Give me that bag." "What?" Evelyn played dumb.

Carlos stubbornly walked around the desk, whipped open the drawer, and grabbed the paper bag. "I'll take that!"

"Dad!" Evelyn stood up and called out to him.

Carlos didn't stop or even turn his head.

"That's mine. Give it back."

Emotionless, Carlos said, "Everything of yours is mine too, including..." He raised the paper bag to show her. "This!" "Okay. How do I get it back?" She knew he had demands. She might be willing to meet them. Evelyn tried to bargain with him. "If you cut all contact with Sheffield, you'll get it back."

head. "Fine, I don't

left with the

paper bag. Inside were a ticket to a concert and a box of preserved

the box of preserved plums in a bin and burned the

smoldering ticket, Carlos suddenly remembered something. He buried the ashes in a flowerpot. Then, he retrieved the box of preserved plums out of the clean bin and put it back in the

this to Evelyn," he

office, she was sulking silently in her chair. When she saw him, Evelyn stood up from the chair and called out politely,

Huo asked me to

hand. It wasn't hard to see it was the same one

her

Huo said, if you agree to go to the

in love...' Dixon felt sorry for the

right. She knew her father wouldn't give it back to her without asking something in return. She took a deep breath and said, "Okay. I'll go." Dixon put the bag on

in the office, Evelyn opened the gift

usually bought. But she tried this brand before, and

She gently opened the box, unpacked one of the packaged plums and put it in her

she felt sweet in

app and tapped on Sheffield's dialogue box. There was one message waiting for her, the same message that Sheffield had sent earlier: "Evelyn, do you

she loved

Very much.

question and sent a

added,

his computer. When he saw the message from her, a

the same plum?' Sheffield always

lip, Evelyn replied, "I'm

replied. Sheffield thought Evelyn must have seen the ticket to the concert since she