"Why don't we skip breakfast? I can think of better things to do than have breakfast!" Sheffield suggested, grabbing Evelyn and lifting her up.

She let out a cry of surprise and lowered her head to regard the man holding her. "No, breakfast is ready. I was wrong. Put me down!"

"Oh? Wrong about what?" he asked with a smirk.

"Um... I... I don't know." She gave up.

He felt a headache coming on. "Listen up. I'll tell you!"

She nodded.

"I don't give a damn what happened to Gillian. I don't care where she goes. She can live on the streets for all I care!" When that woman had decided to mess with Evelyn like that, she flushed the last trace of her friendship with Sheffield down the drain.

"You brought it up!" She felt wronged.

"Yes, I did. It was a simple question. That bitch Lea complained about me to Peterson. He texted and asked me about it. That's why I said anything at all. Get it?"

"Yeah. Can you put me down now?" She hadn't washed her face yet.

Sheffield lowered her gently so she could get her footing. "You're off the hook for now. But if you make me unhappy next time, I'll..."

His voice disappeared in the woman's feigned serious look.

"Sheffield," she said in an expectant tone.

'Uh-oh, this can't be good.' He smiled and kissed her cheek. "Yes, honey?"

"What will you do?"

"I'll... I'll apologize to you honestly!" This was absolutely not what he was going to say.

"I ticked you off. Why apologize to me?"

"If I'm not happy, that just means I'm being petty. I shouldn't fight with you. It would be all my fault if things soured."

Evelyn kept silent. She didn't know what to say about his honeyed tongue.

After breakfast, they agreed to go out and have some fun the next afternoon. And take Gwyn with them. Then they went their separate ways.

At Theo Group

When Joshua arrived at Sheffield's office, Sheffield was on the phone. "You heard me, I want 9, 999 blue roses and red roses delivered by air in two days. The sooner, the better. It's urgent."

When he heard Sheffield placing such a huge order, Joshua muttered, "Holy shit!" under his breath. If Sheffield hadn't been on the phone, Joshua would have been louder.

As soon as he hung up, Joshua leaned forward and whispered in his ear

fact that it was already past midnight.

He left the elevator and walked to the door. Before he opened the door, he noticed something suspicious about the lock.

He caught a glimpse of the camera in the upper right corner of the corridor. He couldn't see the little LED light that was usually lit up. The camera wasn't working.

He was sure that the camera was still fine when he left his apartment that morning. Still, he opened the door anyway. He pushed the door open but didn't rush in. Standing there, he listened for suspicious noises. But he heard nothing.

Yet he was sure it was not a burglary. An ordinary thief wouldn't be able to break into his apartment easily.

He walked into the living room vigilantly, turned on the light and looked around. There was nobody else there.

He fixed his gaze on the half-closed door of the bedroom, but it was too far away for him to be certain if there was anyone inside.

As usual, he took off his jacket and walked to the clothes rack. He took this opportunity to look to the bedroom out of the corner of his eye.

The bed and table were in the same places as before. Nothing unusual.

historical

He turned around and walked towards the fridge. When he was about to open the fridge, he suddenly found something coating the handle.

Though it was transparent, the strange smell alerted Sheffield.

He took out his phone and called Joshua. "Josh, what are you doing? Oh, I just got home and felt a little hungry. How about we go out for a midnight snack?"