Langston called his assistant and ordered, "Have someone tail Evelyn, and find out whom she is spending time with. And cancel all my meetings for this afternoon. I'm going to ZL Group."
Rowena blurted out hastily, "The man's name is Sheffield Tang, the doctor who has recently risen to fame in the medical circle."
Langston recognized the name. After all, Dr. Tang had become pretty well-known in Y City recently. 'So, it's him...'
he mused. After a short pause, he said, "He's not in Y City at the moment." Sheffield had handed over all his work to his subordinates and had gone to the countryside to offer some much-needed medical support. But nobody knew where exactly he had gone.
Langston figured that since Evelyn had kept him as her boy toy, it was highly likely that she would find someone else in Sheffield's absence. So, it was imperative that he keep an eye on her.
After making his decision, he turned to Rowena and snorted when he saw the hopeful expression on her face. He said sharply, "Even if Calvert doesn't end up with Evelyn Huo, I will make sure he finds another capable woman. You can never have him." Ignoring her pale face, he said to Ally, "When this matter is settled, you'd better introduce some men to her. Marry her off as soon as possible."
Ally was so angry that she screamed, "Langston!"
Regardless of her angry shrill, he left the study to rush to the company.
Ally's heart rose and fell in fury. Everything was ruined. She had had her own selfish motives from the beginning. Ally had always hoped that her daughter would marry Calvert. After all, they were not related by blood.
If her plans had fallen into place, the Ji family's fortune would have belonged to her daughter, and in turn, her.
But she hadn't expected in her worst nightmare that the affair between Rowena and Calvert would be exposed so openly to the world at such a horrible time. The scandal had ruined all her plans in an instant.
Calvert was on a business trip abroad when the scandal had been exposed. As soon as he touched down in Y City, he went straight to Evelyn.
She was in her office, busy talking to a client. When the man saw Calvert rush in, he frowned in clear distaste. He looked at the female CEO sympathetically and said, "Miss Huo, I'll take my leave. Let's talk later."
Evelyn nodded, "All right, Mr. Liu. Please remember to check the documents."
"Yes, Miss Huo. Rest assured."
Evelyn and Calvert were left alone in the office now.
Evelyn tidied up her desk and told Calvert, "Have a seat."
Instead of sitting down, he walked up to her and jumped straight to the point. "Evelyn, it happened long back. Ever since our engagement, I haven't been with Rowena."
"I know."
Her reaction was so indifferent that it pissed him off. "I turned a blind eye to what had happened between you and Sheffield. Now that we are engaged, let's just move on and forget the past. I promise you that I will keep a distance from Rowena."
Evelyn put down her pen and replied, "There's no need for that. I don't love you, and I don't care who you sleep with. We are done. I'm calling off the engagement."
She had never planned on marrying him anyway. She had only gotten engaged to him because she had promised Carlos to do so.
However, she had never said anything about getting married to the sick pervert.
Calvert flew into a rage and snapped, "Are you still thinking about Sheffield? He has already left you!"
"So what?" Indeed, he had left, but he was always in her heart and in her thoughts.
"Evelyn, if you insist on calling off the engagement, I will tell the press that you were with Sheffield Tang! I admit that Rowena and I had a relationship. But Evelyn, you weren't completely innocent either." He was desperate. At that moment, he was ready to do anything to keep her from backing out of the engagement.
Evelyn wasn't afraid. She sneered, "Calvert, I've been telling you right from the beginning. I don't love you, and I don't want to be with you. But you wouldn't let go. You only brought us to this point with my father's help. But it's over now. You can do whatever you want. You want to expose my relationship with Sheffield to the world? Please, go right ahead. That way, I might actually have a chance to be with Sheffield. We might not have everyone's blessings, but as long as I can be with him, I will be happy. Though, I wonder what you would do. Would you marry Rowena? Do you think everyone will bless your union with your dear sister?"
Now that things had come to this, it was a clear showdown between the two of them.
Calvert yelled, "No!" He grabbed her wrist forcefully. "It was not easy for me to get engaged to you. I won't allow you to leave."
Enduring the pain from his grip, Evelyn closed her eyes and said firmly, "That's not up to you. I'll announce that the engagement has been cancelled. Don't bother me anymore." This was her chance to get rid of him forever. She wasn't about to let go of this opportunity.
She had to bring this drama to a close soon and go find the man she had lost.
Staring at the cold woman, Calvert had no choice but to concede. "I'll take responsibility. I'll tell the media that I cheated on you, as long as you don't break off the engagement."
"That won't be necessary." She had already made up her mind to break it off with him.
Sheffield was right. She had never made any efforts to further their relationship. She had been a coward in the face of love, and she could no longer turn a blind eye to his affection for her.
"Tell me, what should I do to keep our engagement?"
Meeting his eyes, Evelyn replied coldly, "No matter what you do, I'll break off the engagement. Give up, Calvert."
With his full strength, he pulled her closer to him. His eyes turned dark. "Evelyn, you cannot be with him. You are mine. So, you give up on that idea!"
He let go of her and left the office without turning back.
As soon as he walked out of ZL Group, he was surrounded by reporters who had been waiting to interview Evelyn. They bombarded him with questions. "Mr. Ji, did you come to see Miss Huo?"
"Mr. Ji, the rumor on the Internet about your affair—is it true?"
"Did Evelyn Huo do something wrong to you? Why did you do this to her? Why were you so ungrateful?"
"It hasn't been long since you got engaged to Miss Huo. And the rumors claim that the other woman is your step-sister. How do you feel right now? Are you feeling guilty? Ashamed?"
Calvert did appear to be guilty as he was swarmed by the cameras.
"I do feel sorry and I owe Evelyn an apology, but the affair happened before we were engaged. I didn't cheat on her and I promise I'll treat her well in the future."
His confession took the media by surprise.
The news about the confession of his affair became the trending topic on Weibo, and went completely viral.
Sympathies flooded for Evelyn, the victim of the affair. Since she didn't have any private Weibo account, the netizens left comments on ZL Group's official account to comfort the poor woman.