True Love Waits

Sheffield was indeed in dire need of money because of his research and development. Carlos knew this.

Even though he was being laughed at, Sheffield kept his temper. "It is true that I can't afford to buy this chair now, but I'm looking forward to the day I will be rich enough to buy the manufacturer of this chair," he said calmly.

"I'm looking forward to it too," Carlos snorted.

Silence befell the office again. Leaning against the windowsill, Evelyn watched Sheffield as he typed something on her laptop really fast.

Carlos frowned when he saw how fast Sheffield was. 'Could he be...?'

Three more minutes passed and Carlos stood up from the couch. "I don't have time to waste on you. If you can't unlock the door within the next two minutes, I'll open it myself. The security will escort you out of the building and our lives." 'Good riddance, ' Carlos thought to himself.

Sheffield didn't reply. His eyes were fixed on the codes that were continuously changing on the screen.

Carlos became even more curious as to what he was doing, so he paced towards the desk.

But before he could catch a glimpse of the screen, Sheffield pressed the Enter key and said, "Done!"

He memorized the six digits and closed the pop-up window. "Mr. Huo, don't blink," he said with a naughty grin.

Carlos remained expressionless and watched him walk to the password lock on the door. Sheffield mumbled as he tapped in the numbers, "5-8-9-7-3-2."

Beep! The high-tech smart lock was now deactivated.

All three people in the room had different looks on their faces. Sheffield had a devil-may-care smile; Evelyn was surprised and also excited. Carlos was on the verge of erupting as he fisted his palms. When the two men made eye contact, the smug look in Sheffield's eyes seemed to be saying, "Gotcha, Mr. Huo! I'm better than you thought I was, aren't I?"

Evelyn trotted over to Carlos and grabbed his sleeve nervously. "Dad, you cannot go back on your words now."

Carlos was already fuming with rage. And his daughter had been siding with Sheffield all this while, which made him even angrier.

asked in a mischievous tone, "So, Mr. Huo, may I have the honor of hanging out with your daughter today? Tomorrow is her

your gift. Besides, what can you afford to buy her?" Even Carlos didn't understand what had gotten over him. He had now become a person who would take out his anger on someone with snappy comebacks. It was very

smiled. "I'll buy her a lollipop. I'm sure she would appreciate

be in a horrible

became rigid at his words. "You think my daughter is only worth a

in the market. There is no way I would buy her a cheap one. I take good care of her." As he spoke, Sheffield tried to slowly

standing next to Carlos, Sheffield

have such a glib tongue," Carlos sneered. 'What does

could almost touch Evelyn's hand, Carlos suddenly pulled her towards his back. He stood in front of

He was ready to be punched

answer one question first, and then, I'll allow you to

with joy. "Seriously? No problem! Ask me ten questions! As long as I can take her away, I

Then, I'll ask

Are you trying to fool me?" Sheffield felt like he had been neatly tricked by

that software?" The independent security system on Evelyn's laptop was powerful. Although it was different from the

of my friends," he said, and then thought, 'Got it BACK from one of my friends.' He

Carlos went ahead with

medicine. Star anise is the seedpod from the fruit

kind of programming language do

C programming."--and so on.' It wasn't exactly a lie; he just chose

plate number into our

with Evelyn, asking

understood. She cleared her throat and said softly, "Dad, it was me. I

to the young man, Carlos asked the next question. "How did you get in here today?" He had asked all the security guards to keep

him in," Evelyn

Sheffield all these questions about security, but she knew she had to shoulder some responsibility in this

he tried to find the answers within the