True Love Waits

Evelyn turned to look at the source of the voice. It was none other than Joshua, and the man standing right beside him was Sheffield, hands in his pockets. Peterson waved at them and said, "Sheffield, Joshua! Get over here. I'd like you to meet Miss Huo."

The two young men just stood there. "You sure that he doesn't know about you and Evelyn?" Joshua asked his buddy in a low voice.

"Yeah, he knows," replied Sheffield, staring at Evelyn.

'He knows everything about me. He's just pretending not to. I've been around Evelyn a lot. There's no way he couldn't know,' he thought to himself.

"Okay. So we just roll with it!" 'That's what I figured!' Joshua thought. 'There were a lot of people on Uncle Peterson's payroll. And some of them were sent to spy on Sheffield. And it's not like Evelyn and Sheffield were trying to hide their relationship. Yeah, Uncle Peterson knows all about it.'

Sheffield tilted his head. "Give me your glass!"

"What?" Joshua was about to head over to greet Peterson when he heard Sheffield's sudden request. He was taken aback.

"Your glass of red wine. Give it to me," he repeated.

Joshua took a glance at the contents of his glass. He'd already drunk some of it. "No way, dude. Flag down a waiter. What? You haven't become a complete lush on me, have you?"

Not in the mood to trade quips with his friend, Sheffield stopped a passing waiter and grabbed a glass of red wine from the tray. Then he started walking toward Peterson and Evelyn.

Joshua positioned himself in front of Peterson. This way, Sheffield had no choice but to confront Evelyn. Joshua wanted to see how the two were going to react.

Sheffield didn't let Joshua down. He took advantage of the situation and was near Evelyn. When he saw this, Joshua thought his friend was still not close enough to Evelyn, so he crowded Sheffield. Sheffield, his space invaded, instinctively moved closer to the love of his life.

The two buddies exchanged knowing looks. They gave each other a thumbs-up in their hearts.

Peterson could introduce everyone, a young woman in a pink cheongsam came over, taking his arm intimately.

smiled brightly when she saw Sheffield. "Oh, Sheffield, your friend's here too! Nice to see you again, Mr.

not even

and defuse the situation, Joshua nodded at the woman and said, "Hello,

not until then that Evelyn realized Peterson had married a woman much younger than

for a second when Lea Chi heard a man her own age call her "Auntie." But she

that Lea Chi had met Evelyn. Evelyn didn't go to many parties, or even out much. Like the others, Lea Chi had

"This is Evelyn Huo, the regional CEO of ZL Group. Miss Huo, this is my wife, Lea Chi, and my son, Sheffield Tang. I'm handing him the reins to Theo Group. Here's to a great relationship

mysterious smile on his lips. "I've heard the regional CEO of ZL Group is a beautiful and talented lady. They're not wrong.

a light,

know how to respond to him. She put her hand in his

hands touched, their

tried to let go after a while, Sheffield held her hand tightly and looked into her eyes. "Mr. Tang? You're too formal. It's just

of the other patrons. "You

response to the look of warning in her eyes, he smiled and let go of her

She glanced at Peterson, hoping to find some answers, but he didn't

know Miss Huo?" Peterson asked

But we know each other now, right, Miss Huo?"

to play along. "Yeah." It had been two years since they had separated. And now, she couldn't figure

on Joshua's leg. As he tried to regain his balance, he came close to spilling his wine

try and stop it, the wine splashed on Evelyn's evening gown, staining it a dark red

reminded Evelyn of how Sheffield had done the

was the same color, fabric tended to darken and glisten when liquid hit it.