Evelyn closed the door behind her and walked up to the man who sat very comfortably on the couch, with one leg resting on top of the other. "I've been worried about you lately," she said, standing across him.
Sheffield took another sip from his glass. "Oh! Thank you for your concern, Miss Huo." His words were dripping with sarcasm.
His haughtiness triggered Evelyn's anger. She snapped at him, gritting her teeth in anger, "Since you don't want to talk to me, then there's no point to this. We're done! I will no longer interfere with your life from now on!"
Evelyn turned around on her heel and started walking towards the door.
Just as she had taken a few steps, Sheffield sprang up to his feet and wrapped his arms around her waist. Grinning from ear to ear, he said, "Evelyn, I was just kidding."
"Kidding?" Evelyn turned around to look at him, who had changed his face faster than the speed of light.
"Yes!" Sheffield nodded and cocked his head to the side, giving the effect of rakishness. "How could it be possible that I don't want to talk to you?"
Evelyn's face settled back into her emotionless, cold expression, and she stepped forward, forcing Sheffield to take a step back. "What did you call Dollie? Baby? Huh?"
"No, no, no. You must have misheard me. Why would I call her 'baby'?" If he had known things would go this way, he wouldn't have treated Evelyn like that.
"Oh, so I must have misheard you?" Evelyn took another step forward, Sheffield responded aptly with another step backwards. "I can hear just fine. I heard you call her 'baby.' How dare you invite her to a threesome with me? Since you think that I would be into something like that, we should just break up now!"
Having run out of space to retreat to, Sheffield fell on the sofa, but he kept smiling at his queen. "You've misunderstood me. I was just joking!" He realized what a big mistake he had made by teasing Evelyn like that.
Evelyn squeezed his cheeks harder and harder.
Before long, the pitiful expression on his face changed to a bitter one. "Evelyn, sweetie... please..."
"I just wanted to have a word with you, but I can see that you're very busy. It must be a lot of fun being surrounded by all these women."
"No, not at all," he replied meekly, eyes lowered to the floor. As his face was still in Evelyn's hands, he had no choice but to give in.
Evelyn bent down to get closer to him. "Am I going to have to go through this again in the future?"
"Never! I wouldn't dare."
"I need you to give me your word. What if it happens again?" Evelyn looked him straight in the eye.
Suddenly, an idea popped to Sheffield's mind. He grabbed both of her hands and pulled her into his arms.
"Sheffield Tang!" Caught off guard, Evelyn fell into his lap.
Before she knew it, Sheffield turned around and pressed her down on the sofa. He grabbed hold of her wrists and put them over her head. She couldn't move under the weight of his body, feeling his warm breath against her cheek and lips. "I promise, you are the only woman I want. Trust me!"
Evelyn's scent sent him into a heady trance, one that didn't end until their bodies were still once more, just warm and snuggled in as close as two souls could be. "Will you let go of me, please?" she demanded. Someone could have easily walked in on them as the doors weren't locked.
"Evelyn, I missed thee."
'Thee? Seriously?' Evelyn clenched her teeth and said, "I did not miss thee."
Sheffield chuckled. "Yes, thou didst."
Evelyn didn't have the patience to play his silly games. "Get off me! I'm still mad at you. Don't say that you missed me. I won't fall for that!" Evelyn was a woman, not a gullible teenage girl.
"It's normal for a couple to have a fight. In fact, I blame myself for every time we quarrel. Every time we have a fight, I love you more than I did before! What about you? Do you ever feel like that?" Sheffield teased her shamelessly.
"Not at all!" Evelyn was a very plucky, determined, headstrong lady. "Get off of me first. Then we can talk!" Evelyn was actually worried that someone would come in and catch them in such a compromising position.
Sheffield let go of her hands obediently and helped her up on her feet. But as soon as they got up, he hugged her again. "I'm glad that you came to me on your own. I mean it!"
"Just talk! Don't come so close to me!" He was holding her so tightly that she almost ran out of breath.
Sheffield grinned. "I know you've missed me, and I missed you too."
He then stepped forward, forcing her to step backwards, just as they had done earlier. "Stop talking nonsense! I never said I missed you!"
Before long, she had retreated to the door. Sheffield smiled, pressing her against the door, and said, "Fine. I missed you. You were worried that someone would walk in on us, weren't you? They can't get in now!"
"What do you mean?" Suddenly, Evelyn had a bad feeling about this.
Sheffield gave her a slight peck on her ruby red lips and said, "This is what I mean." He flipped his woman over, facing her back towards him.
Evelyn was forced to put her hands on the door. Upon realizing what he was going to do, she felt both angry and anxious. "Let go of me! I'm here to talk to you. Hmm..."
"It's okay. Go ahead. I'm listening."
'Go ahead? How can I talk like this?' Evelyn felt a strong urge to hit him.
Joshua got off the cruiser and turned around to look back. The more he thought about it, the guiltier he felt. Evelyn was obviously angry, and how could he have left Sheffield alone like that?
After struggling with his thoughts for a few minutes, he decided to go back and put in a good word for Sheffield, so he could put his guilt to rest.
When he came to the corridor leading up to Room 266, he saw Tayson.
The bodyguard had been standing guard at the door since Evelyn went inside, but now, he was leaning against the wall of the corridor, a bit farther away from the door.
Joshua waved at Tayson and stood in front of the door. As he was about to push the door open, it suddenly occurred to him that it would be awkward if he had just pushed the door open and walked in on them. Being the thoughtful man that he was, Joshua decided to avoid any sort of awkward situation and knocked on the door. "Hey! It's me!
Joshua heard a noise, but then suddenly everything went quiet on the inside.
He knocked on the door again and said, "Sheffield, Evelyn, I'm coming in."
Meanwhile, just on the other side of the door, Sheffield leaned closer to Evelyn and whispered, "Tell him to go away."
Evelyn was on the verge of going crazy because of Sheffield. She bit her lip hard, but didn't say anything.
Sheffield, however, had plenty of ways to make her speak.
In less than two minutes, Joshua heard Evelyn's voice coming from inside the room. "Joshua...could...you give us a moment here?"
Something about the way Evelyn spoke sounded odd to him.
With brows furrowed, he squinted his eyes and rested his ears on the door. "Evelyn, can you hear me?"
Joshua turned his head to look at Tayson and asked, "Who else is in there?"
After a moment's silence, Tayson answered, "Just the two of them.
Mr. Fan, you'd better go home now."
"Why?" Joshua asked. Then the expression on his face changed drastically.
Joshua looked like he had received some sort of divine revelation as he looked at the door in utter disbelief. His eyebrows shot up in bewilderment, and there was a twist in his mouth that nearly resembled an astonished droop. As he locked his eyes at the door, he suddenly heard a muffled thudding noise and the door started moving. Joshua stood there frozen, gazing in speechless astonishment.