"Mom told me that you loved eating strawberries since you were three years old, so I bought a box of chocolate-covered strawberries." As soon as Sheffield opened the box of exquisite chocolate-covered strawberries, Gwyn grabbed a strawberry and took a bite out of it in one fell swoop. "Oh, Gwyn! This is Daddy's birthday present for Mommy. You should eat it later."
Everyone burst into laughter at how adorable Gwyn looked in her perplexity.
When she noticed everyone laughing at her, Gwyn looked at the remaining strawberry in her hand with innocent eyes and then said to her father, "What should I do, Daddy?"
Sheffield smiled affectionately, shaking his head to imply that there was nothing to worry about. "Well, it's okay. Just eat it first."
One by one he opened all the gifts he had brought for Evelyn. Each box represented a special moment in her life and the amount of effort Sheffield had put into preparing such an elaborate surprise for her was far more valuable than anything money could ever buy.
The gifts were a token of Sheffield's love and appreciation for Evelyn because he strongly believed that mere words would never be enough to express how happy he was to have her in his life.
Evelyn felt her eyes mist and she could no longer hold back her tears anymore.
Terilynn handed a tissue paper to her and said, "Hey, please don't cry. Sheffield loves you very much. You should be happy about it."
Joshua sighed, shaking his head and pretending to be dismayed. "Bro, have some mercy on me. If you keep this up, you're going to make me look like a bad husband in front of my wife."
Sheffield pulled Evelyn into his arms and patted her back soothingly. Once Evelyn stopped crying, he looked at Joshua and said, "Then you should learn from me and give your wife the kind of treatment she really deserves. Trust me, it's the small things that count and make a relationship between two people last forever."
Joshua nodded earnestly and said, "Yeah, you're right." Glancing sheepishly at Terilynn, he said, "Honey, please don't be mad at me. I'll learn all about being a romantic husband from Sheffield, I promise!"
"It's okay. I don't think I was blessed with a romantic husband," Terilynn taunted, winking at Evelyn.
Sheffield echoed at once, "You slept like a log on your wedding night. I don't think someone like you will ever learn to become a romantic man."
Everyone burst into laughter. Joshua's expression was dead serious and he clenched his fist tight, fighting the urge of punching Sheffield in the face.
"Who gave you the right to mock me? Have you forgotten that you were kneeling on a keyboard on your wedding night?"
"Oh and am I to blame for that?"
"Then am I to blame for my sleeping like a log?"
Sheffield smirked. "I was just giving you a dose of your own medicine."
"You'd better watch your back, Sheffield Tang!"
Evelyn rolled her eyes at both men for bickering like children. She pinched her husband's arm and said, "Okay, okay, stop. I have something for you too."
"For me?" Sheffield was pleasantly surprised.
Needless to say, he wasn't expecting to receive anything today which piqued his curiosity even more.
Evelyn hid a cheeky smile on her lips as she handed over a tiny box to Sheffield and said, "Honey, Gwyn is going to have a sibling soon."
Evelyn found out that she was two months pregnant.
Sheffield's face was stuck in an incredulous expression as he opened the box and found a pregnancy test stick with two red lines on it.
He stood still like a statue, lips trembling as he stuttered, "You? Are you sure?" The past couple of weeks at work had been very demanding, leaving Sheffield very little time to spend with his wife. As such, news of her pregnancy came as a bit of a surprise to him.
"Yes, I went to the hospital yesterday to confirm it too!" Since the pregnancy test sticks weren't enough to convince Evelyn, she decided to pay the doctor a visit.
Immediately, Sheffield leapt in the air as if a firecracker had gone off and grabbed Evelyn's wrist to feel her pulse at once.
"Sheffield, congratulations! You are going to be a father again!" His friends began to congratulate the happy couple.
"Two children at just the age of 28? Wow! Sheffield is such a lucky man! And I don't even have a girlfriend yet! I feel like crying!" one of their friends sighed in a pitiful voice.
"Are you being serious? Get out of here if you want to cry!"
The room was filled with joyous laughter.
A few moments later, wearing an excited expression, Sheffield gently carried Evelyn in his arms, eyes beaming with affection. "Honey, sweetheart..." In truth, the man was too ecstatic to utter a word.
"All right, all right. Put me down now. Everyone is watching us!" Evelyn whispered in his ear, her face turning red as a tomato.
Gwyn, who was playing with the balloons, also ran towards them when she saw her dad carrying her mom. "Dad, hug!" She stretched out her arms to Sheffield.
Sheffield carefully set Evelyn down. He then scooped the little girl up, threw her in the air, and caught her in his arms. "Gwyn, Daddy is so happy!"
Although the little girl didn't know why her father was so happy, she giggled, eyes dancing gleefully. "I'm happy too."
A buddy of Sheffield who was still single started protesting in a loud voice, "You did it on purpose, didn't you? You didn't invite us here for the party. You just wanted to show off and make us all look bad!"
Joshua swirled the champagne in his glass and casually said, "Yeah, that's him. You finally know what kind of friend he is."
Sheffield winked at the bachelors and said, "Then just get married as soon as possible and get back at me."
"Wow! Listen to you! You're so smug! We can't be friends anymore!"
Sheffield smiled, arrogantly raising an eyebrow. "Okay, we are done with each other. But, I just asked someone to bring me some bottles of red wine from a French chateau. Since we're not friends anymore, I'm not sharing with you." He turned to the housemaid and continued, "Ms. Li, please bring me the bottles of red wine I prepared two days ago."
The person who cracked the joke just now immediately compromised. "Well...the wine you gave me last time was really one of a kind. I was just kidding. You're my best friend. You know, sharing is caring bro!"
Joshua sneered, "You loser! Anyway, I'm definitely having some of that wine!"
Everyone laughed uproariously at this.
Ms. Li, however, upon receiving his order, didn't go to the storage room, but instead she walked straight towards Sheffield. After having one look at the little girl in his arms, the housemaid sheepishly said, "Oh, Mr. Tang, I forgot to tell you. That red wine..."
Following her eyes, Sheffield looked at Gwyn. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling in his gut. "What's wrong with the wine?"
"Two days ago, when Gwyn was playing with the little daughter of the Lu family, they had the servants open all the bottles of red wine. I've already scolded the servants, but the wine..." Since the bottles were uncorked two days ago, it was safe to assume that the wine had lost the purity of its flavor.
Sheffield felt his chest tighten into a knot, like a cramp. He clutched at his chest as if he was having a heart attack!
The others laughed and made fun of him. "I think it's time you teach the naughty kid a lesson!"
"No, she's such a good girl! Are you sure you want to scold her? Maybe you can just throw her out of the house and I'll pick her up and take her home with me. Then, she'll be all mine!"
Evelyn looked at Sheffield with a smile, curiously wondering how he would deal with his daughter.
Sheffield raised his hand and as he slowly moved it towards Gwyn's head, the little girl blinked her round eyes innocently and murmured, "Daddy..."
The man's heart melted in an instant, and he ended up patting on his own thigh. "Sweetie, it's okay, but don't do it again."
"Okay." Gwyn nodded meekly.
Evelyn laughed, once again shaking her head in disbelief. Sheffield was clearly a slave for his daughter, after all.
Although Evelyn was doing a lot better right now, ever since she got pregnant again, Sheffield persuaded her to stay in bed most of the time.
On some occasions, he would allow her to walk around the manor. On most occasions, however, she would just lie in bed and rest.
Carlos and Debbie decided to put a stop on their traveling for the time being so they could take care of Evelyn and Gwyn.
Sheffield bought a house in a high-end neighborhood, not far from the Huo family's manor. The house was just as Gwyn had asked for—a big one!
It was a four-story villa, about four thousand square meters, fully furnished and equipped with all mod cons, down to crockery and cutlery.
Matthew also bought a house near Sheffield's. Although the renovation of the two houses had begun almost at the same time, Matthew's house was only halfway through.