"Marry him!"
"Say yes!" The crowd yelled their approval. Everyone was trying to get a word in edgewise, and it was quite loud. They all liked the idea, and were trying to let Evelyn know about it.
Sheffield continued to make a confession of his love. "Evelyn, please marry me."
Two years ago at the Phoenix Resort, she had no choice but to turn down his proposal. No matter what, she would not turn him down this time. Things were different, and no one could stop her.
She put the bunch of roses aside, crouched down and hugged him in front of everyone. "Yes, I will marry you, Sheffield," she replied in a choked voice.
The crowd burst into cheers and applause.
"Oh, my God! Kiss her!"
"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" These two voices belonged to Joshua and Gifford, who stirred up the crowd behind them.
Then Sheffield put the red diamond ring on her finger. Myriad feelings welled up in his heart. "When I was surrounded by a dozen attackers two weeks ago, I thought I'd be dead and would never get the chance to give you this ring. But by God's grace, I'm alive and can put this ring on you. Evelyn, from now on, I'll never let you down."
With tears in her eyes, the woman said, "Sheffield..."
"Yes?"
"I love you too! So, so much!" She was truly head over heels in love with the man in front of her.
Ever since he met Evelyn three years ago, he longed to hear her confess her love for him. He pulled her into his arms and told her gently, "Me too, Evelyn." After saying that, he leaned in and kissed her red lips.
"Yes, yes, yes!" the crowd chanted. In part, spurred on by Joshua and Gifford. The atmosphere reached a fever pitch.
From the moment Sheffield made his proposal, the words "Evelyn Huo Marry me! I love you!" were mirrored on all the LED screens in Y City, including shopping malls and office buildings.
At the same time, in Orchid Private Club
The fathers of both Evelyn and Sheffield happened to run into each other at a dinner party. Carlos was watching a particular video on his phone—the one where Sheffield proposed to Evelyn. Carlos suddenly thought of something. "I want to see if they really love each other," he said.
Peterson was speechless. 'So Carlos is still trying to give Sheffield a hard time.' Still, he asked politely, "So what are you thinking, Mr. Huo?"
"I have an idea, but I need your help to pull it off."
Peterson suddenly had a bad feeling about this. That evening, when Evelyn went back to the Huo family manor, she saw Carlos waiting for her with a long face, Gwyn in his arms.
"Dad! Gwyn!" She greeted the two of them excitedly. Evelyn felt that nothing could sour her mood.
Carlos didn't respond. Gwyn greeted her mom in reply. "Mommy."
"Good girl." She wanted to hug her daughter, but Carlos refused.
Not until then did Evelyn notice that her dad was in a bad mood. "You okay, Dad?" she asked cautiously.
"You said yes to Sheffield?"
"Yeah." Evelyn wasn't surprised that Carlos knew what happened. Her grandmother Miranda knew as well. She even called Evelyn and asked about it.
Carlos' face darkened. "Did I give you permission? Did you discuss this with your family first?"
Evelyn couldn't believe her ears. "Why should I? I'm an adult, and I want to marry Sheffield." 'What's the matter with Dad today? I thought he was fine with Sheffield. Did something happen?' she thought to herself.
"Humph! We have rules in this family! So Sheffield has taught you defiance. Last chance: it's either him or me! Choose wisely."
'What? What's wrong with him?' Evelyn was speechless. Her dad was becoming more and more unreasonable. She took a deep breath and calmly answered, "Dad, we've been separated for two years. I don't want to waste any more time. I'm going to marry him no matter what!"
"And if I disown you, what then? Do you want it that bad?" he asked.
'Disown me?' Evelyn was stunned. "Dad, you... Are you serious?"
"Have you known me to make jokes like that? I don't object to your marriage with Sheffield, but you are no longer my daughter!"
Meanwhile, in the Tang family's house
Sheffield struck the desk in front of Peterson with his palm and asked with a frown, "You didn't have a problem before, did you? Why are you doing this? Why now, when she accepted my proposal?"
Peterson's heart skipped a beat, but he managed to keep calm on the surface. He looked at Sheffield's hand and felt pain for him. "Why am I doing this? You two aren't meant for each other. If you insist on marrying her, you have to give up Theo Group!" he threatened.
"Theo Group? Think I care? Let me make it clear to you, Peterson Tang. Ten Theo Groups are not as important as Evelyn is to me."
Peterson felt rather angry; he couldn't believe his son didn't give a damn about their family business. He slapped him on the shoulder and shouted, "How dare you! How dare you say my name!"
"So what? Whatever. Don't bother with the bride price. I have money. I'll support Evelyn myself." Then he turned and left the study.
Bang! Sheffield slammed the door shut with all his might. Peterson shuddered again. His son was so arrogant that he might have to re-think his plan. He wondered if he should let Carlos know.
On The First Floor
Sheffield strode to the door with a long face. There were quite a few people sitting in the living room. They had just finished dinner.
Spotting Sheffield, Kaylee smiled, "Hey, Sheffield, you leaving?"
Sheffield squinted at the people in the living room. Suddenly an idea occurred to him. Since he was having a hard time because of what happened just now, he wouldn't leave these guys in a good mood. With an evil smile on his face, he decided to start with Kaylee and said, "Hey, Kaylee. I know something you don't. Your husband's mistress is from the Xiang family."
The woman he was talking about was Dollie. Now she was a mistress of Sheffield's brother.
How could Kaylee not know this? But the couple had their own fun and pretended that they didn't know what was going on.
Now that Sheffield said this in front of everyone, her face turned pale. "What are you talking about? Quit spreading your fake news," she said.
"I get it. You don't know, because you don't care about your husband. You only care about other guys," he said.
"Sheffield Tan!" she yelled.
Regardless of her reaction, Sheffield turned to look at Pierson, who was standing close to him, and asked, "Pierson, what do you think of Felton's wife?" His words changed the faces of the four people present. In fact, Felton Tang, the sixth son of Peterson, was almost never home. Today, he was, and Sheffield decided to use this chance to hurt them.
Pierson's wife had suspected that he and Felton's wife were having an affair for a long time. Now it was confirmed. She flew into a rage.
The two couples started fighting. This was what Sheffield was hoping for.
Ignoring the couples, he turned to look at Willis and asked, "How's your secretary? Heard you two got a room in a certain five-star hotel. Room 708, wasn't it? But to be honest, your secretary isn't that hot. Your wife's prettier."
Willis' face turned as red as a tomato. "What are you talking about, Sheffield?" Their relationship had always been bad. Now that Sheffield exposed his affair with his secretary, he really wanted to kill him.
Willis' wife pulled his ear and cursed, "No wonder she texts you every day!"
And just like that, another big fight.