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."

her head. "Fine, I don't want

and left with the

the paper bag. Inside were a

of preserved plums in a bin and burned the ticket with his

ashes in a flowerpot. Then, he retrieved the box of preserved plums out of the clean bin and put it back in the paper bag before calling Dixon

this to Evelyn," he

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

Huo asked me to drop something

bag in his hand. It wasn't hard to see it was

thrilled. She knew her father well. "Tell me what he

agree to go to the concert with Mr. Ji

love...' Dixon

without asking something in return. She took a deep breath

was alone in the office, Evelyn opened the gift

the brand she usually bought. But she tried this brand before, and

felt her heart warm up. She gently opened the box, unpacked one

tasted sweet, and she felt sweet in her heart

the WeChat app and tapped on Sheffield's dialogue box. There was one message waiting for her, the same message

fact, she

Very much.

she ignored the question and sent a message to him. "Thanks

she added, "Very

the parking lot of ZL Group. He was sitting in his car, working on his computer. When he saw the

the same plum?' Sheffield always

lip, Evelyn replied, "I'm busy.

thought Evelyn must have seen the ticket to the concert since she had eaten the preserved