True Love Waits

In the middle of the night, Sheffield walked into the bedroom with the keyboard, trembling from the cold. He closed the curtains and stood by the bed, looking at Evelyn, who was lazily leaning against the headboard. He cooed, "My queen, I've finished saying 'baby' a thousand times already. May I come to bed now?"

Trying hard to hold back her laughter, she said, "You may not."

"What? Why?"

"Shower first. You can sleep after that."

"As you say, my queen..." he sighed and threw the keyboard onto the corner sofa. He slowly dragged his feet into the bathroom.

After a quick hot shower, he dried his hair and threw himself onto the bed, naked. Before she could run away, he wrapped Evelyn up in his arms.

"I'm sleepy! Leave me alone now," she warned.

Sheffield didn't respond. He held her tight against his body.

Evelyn kicked him hard. "Cut it out. I want to sleep."

He didn't say anything; he couldn't keep his hands off her.

He silently slipped into the quilt and lay on top of her chest.

Evelyn felt his warmth, but she was also really sleepy. She hadn't gotten a good sleep in the past few days since she was worried about Sheffield. And she was exhausted after being tortured by him in the nightclub. She had intended to tell him about Napier tonight, but now, she didn't have the energy for that either.

Evelyn patted on the quilt without looking. It felt like she had hit him in the head. She didn't care. She mumbled, "Sheffield, behave yourself before I kill you."

She was so tired that her tone didn't sound as menacing as she meant it to be. It turned out like a soft, cute warning.

When Sheffield had no intention of moving away, Evelyn lost her temper and kicked the man once again.

crept out from under the covers with a pout. When he saw the already asleep woman,

in his arms, Matthew was trying

of defense, but the third layer was a bit of work. Now, he was stuck at the fourth layer. It was not that he was incapable.

After cautiously trying several methods to find the loopholes of the fourth

mysterious phone call. He got up quietly and went to

that the fourth layer of the defense system

fifth time he was encountering the situation this month. He hacked into the

yawned, turned off his laptop, and went back to sleep with his

was just about to break through the fourth layer, his computer suddenly went blank. After a few seconds, several

it-"You're a pig, and your nose

his fist in

of all the viruses. By the time he was done,

At breakfast

sleep the previous night, not to mention, his computer was also hacked, Matthew showed up in the dining room with a long face. Carlos was having breakfast; Debbie and Terilynn were

Matthew said in a flat tone,

stopped eating and looked up at his son. "You

Anise when I was at the fourth layer and he crashed my

nodded thoughtfully. He was satisfied with his son's efficiency. Matthew wasn't a professional hacker, after all. "Did you try to track down Star Anise's traces?" he

did try, but it was no use. I also tried to use some previous clues to find his identity. Nothing so far. He seems to appear and disappear out of thin air." Matthew wiped his hands with a warm

Star Anise. Now, he wanted to hire him

fell silent. After a few minutes, Matthew asked casually, "Evelyn didn't come home last night.

hands froze. He

sure about it.' Matthew

to overwork, so he had

is not busy at work. She didn't stay at the office, nor was she in her apartment. She didn't come back

good mood, so

to bring her back this time since he knew she was