The newcomers in Y City had only heard of Evelyn's name and had never seen her before. When they saw her, they marveled at her beauty. Some young men even wanted to approach her. However, they were blocked by her bodyguard, Felix.
It had been half an hour since Evelyn had entered the venue. She chatted with the host for a while before staying at a table near the window, so she could look out and enjoy the view. Her mind went from work to Gwyn and so many other things.
"Hey! Evelyn!" She heard a familiar male voice.
She turned around only to find Joshua standing a few meters away as he was blocked by Felix. He wore a white suit and was holding a glass of champagne in his hand.
Evelyn nodded at Felix, who then stepped aside. Joshua walked up to her and sat down in front of her. "Evelyn, you have such a diligent bodyguard."
Evelyn felt quite helpless as Felix was so protective. The Huo family had a lot of enemies who were always after them. It was better to be safe than sorry. "My father's just worried about me," she said apologetically.
Joshua nodded with an understanding smile. "I understand. By the way, I haven't seen you much in the last two years. What have you been busy with?" he asked. Evelyn had kept such a low profile these past two years that even Joshua had barely seen her. In fact, in the previous year, he hadn't seen her at all.
He'd already asked Terilynn about it, but she always responded with the same thing. "I can't say anything. My father won't let me."
Evelyn smiled. "Nothing much."
Although she was smiling, Joshua could tell that she didn't want to talk about this. He immediately changed the topic and looked at her mysteriously. "Do you know who's going to take over the Theo Group?"
Evelyn shook her head honestly. She had heard a lot of rumors before. When she saw Joshua's mysterious smile, she asked with astonishment, "Are you suggesting that Mr. Tang's one-year-old son is going to take over the group?"
It was rumored that Peterson was going to hand over the position to his youngest son, but everyone knew that he was just a baby. Peterson had held a grand party last year for his son's one-month celebration. Gwyn was about the same age.
"Hahaha, that's impossible!" Joshua was amused by her reaction.
"All right!" If that was the case, then she really didn't know who was going to take over the Theo Group. It was kind of mysterious.
"Have I told you this before?" He had forgotten whether he had already told Evelyn about it or not.
"What?"
Joshua hadn't mentioned Sheffield to Evelyn in a long time, and he figured he should watch for her reaction when he did mention him. "Sheffield..."
As soon as the name left his mouth, he made sure to observe how Evelyn would react.
Evelyn, however, was doing a good job hiding her emotions from him. Her face was unreadable which left him with nothing. He had no idea what was going on in her mind. After some hesitation, Joshua continued, "If Sheffield doesn't succeed in his endeavors as a doctor, he'll have to go back to his family and take over his father's business."
'What? His father's business?' Confused, Evelyn asked, "Didn't his parents pass away already?"
"His mother passed away, but his father... Well, in his eyes, his father is dead." 'Well, the story of Sheffield's family is too complicated. I should just let him tell Evelyn himself, ' Joshua thought to himself.
As Evelyn tried to process the information, the host on the stage suddenly announced, "Now, let's welcome the new CEO of the Theo Group, Mr. Peterson Tang's son—Mr. Sheffield Tang!"
'Mr. Peterson Tang's son... Sheffield Tang? What the hell?'
Evelyn turned to look towards the stage in utter shock.
The crowd was clapping and cheering, roaring in applause. "Wow! He's so handsome!"
"It's Sheffield Tang! The one who has developed a new drug for the treatment of the Moss Syndrome!"
"He's so handsome! I hope I can get married to him!"
The spot light turned a color of light blue as a man in a crisp suit walked on stage.
He was wearing a pair of leather shoes that clicked as he walked.
After he walked onto the stage, the screaming only got louder. It was like he had his own fans!
He wore a black suit, a white shirt and paired it with a wine-colored tie. It'd been two years and he looked more mature like he was sure of himself and everything that he did.
Evelyn found it difficult to breathe—like most of the women at the banquet hall. They were all going crazy over him.
Sheffield's bright, upturned eyes creased in the most charming way when he smiled. Charming enough to make every woman swoon over him. He waited until the cheers and screaming stopped before he spoke. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sheffield Tang and from now on, I'll be leading the Theo Group. I'm honored to be chosen as the next CEO."
After that, he stepped aside and stood beside his father, Peterson.
When they went off the stage, Peterson took him to meet some businessmen.
Evelyn looked at Joshua, still in shock. "You knew all this time?"
Joshua turned to her. "What?" he asked.
"You knew his father is Peterson?"
"Yes... It's not that I purposely lied to you. I promised him that I wouldn't tell anyone. He told me that I could just pretend that I didn't know. Didn't you know about this, Evelyn?"
Evelyn shook her head in resignation. She had always thought that Sheffield was an orphan whose parents had passed away.
And Sheffield had never told her anything about his relationship with the Tang family.
Bitterness surged from the bottom of her heart at this thought.
Upon hearing this, Joshua was rendered speechless. He figured it was better if he just didn't say anything more.
When Evelyn came back from the ladies' room, Joshua was nowhere to be found. She ran her eyes throughout the hall and couldn't find Sheffield either. She saw Peterson talking to a bunch of businessmen, though. They looked like CEOs of other companies.
Just as she was hesitating whether to leave or not, Peterson caught sight of her. "Miss Huo, you came! I was looking for you." Sheffield had been saying that he wanted to meet the representative of ZL Group. It was not until Peterson had his men look around that he knew that Evelyn had gone to the ladies' room.
Peterson turned around and found that Sheffield, who had been standing beside him, had disappeared.
Evelyn stood up and gave him a broad smile. She raised her glass and said, "Mr. Tang, congratulations!"
She had met Peterson before. ZL Group and Theo Group were both large companies, so it wasn't entirely impossible for them to run into each other every now and then. Peterson was actually Gwyn's grandfather. This thought made Evelyn have mixed feelings.
She had to look Peterson up and down again. Today he was wearing a dark blue suit and a tie of the same color. His short hair was slightly grey. His face was a little wrinkled and whenever he wasn't smiling, he always looked serious.
Sheffield didn't look like his father very much on the surface. But if one looked closely, they did have some slight resemblances. Perhaps, Sheffield looked more like his mother than he did his father.
"Thank you, Miss Huo. I hope you're having a wonderful night." Peterson was courteous to Evelyn. After all, she was Carlos' daughter.
Right at this moment, a man's voice interrupted them, "Uncle Peterson!"