Take My Breath Away

Evelyn gasped for air. Of course she knew what Sheffield meant.

Joshua stood along the roadside, watching the cars zooming by. He had no choice. He had to hail a cab. 'Damn him, ' he thought. 'Some friend!'

But it was rush hour now. There were few taxis. And the ones he did see were full of passengers.

Just when he thought of calling Terilynn and begging for a ride, a familiar car stopped in front of him. The window of the passenger seat lowered slowly, revealing Sheffield's handsome face. "Hop in!"

"That quick?" Joshua asked in surprise. He figured he wouldn't see them again tonight. Didn't anything happen? Or...

Sheffield frowned. "I know that face. What's going on in your head?"

Joshua opened the door and got into the car. "I thought you'd be awhile, is all. You haven't seen Evelyn for some time. You were done awfully quick. Having some trouble with your plumbing, bro? I know a good doctor..." He was so curious about this question that he didn't bother to fasten his seat belt.

Sheffield was already in a bad mood since he didn't get the chance to have sex with Evelyn. Now, being teased by Joshua only added fuel to the fire. He let off a scathing remark. "Fuck off!" The CEO scratched his ear. "I could ask the same of you. After all, you and Terilynn..."

"Dunno. Haven't tried it yet. But I'm sure I'd last longer!" Joshua would make himself a eunuch if he were impotent.

Sheffield lapsed into silence.

Joshua stopped kidding around and said seriously, "You know Sexton Qi? CEO of Qi Group? Roscoe is his kid. After his older brother died, Roscoe became the apple of his dad's eye. Beating him up like that probably wasn't the best idea. I'd be looking over your shoulder if I were you."

"Whatever! I'm not afraid." Sheffield didn't give a damn about it.

"Just be careful, okay? You're the head honcho of Theo Group now. You can't just do what you want, because you need to think of your employees. Sexton Qi might want to take your company. You should take that seriously," Joshua reminded his friend.

"Well, Roscoe's face had best take my fist seriously!" Sheffield replied nonchalantly, not taking his friend's advice.

Joshua's lips twitched. "You've lost your mind over a woman."

"I'll take that as a compliment," Sheffield said seriously.

Joshua

ield curled his lips and answered, "I didn't want to apologize to you. But I didn't want Evelyn to take the blame for me either." So, he meant that he had to come, for Evelyn's sake.

Sexton Qi suppressed his anger. "Just get out of here, Mr. Tang! I've already asked my lawyer to draft a letter. Just go back home and wait for it!"

"Bring it!" Dropping the phrase, Sheffield grabbed Evelyn's hand, intending to take her with.

But Evelyn didn't move. "Mrs. Qi, Uncle Sexton, please deliver my apology to Roscoe."

The old lady snorted and went into the ward. Sexton Qi nodded reluctantly.

After entering the elevator, Sheffield released her hand and leaned against the wall. "You don't need to worry about this. I have a lawyer. I'll take care of it."

"My father's lawyer is Xavier Shangguan. I'll ask him to..."

"No, thanks. It's late now. You should go back home and get some sleep." After taking a look at the time on his wristwatch, he turned her offer down.

Evelyn didn't respond.

When they left the inpatient department, Evelyn stood where she was, watching Sheffield walk towards the parking lot.

Realizing that she wasn't following him, he turned around and looked at the woman standing there. "Aren't you going home?"

She took a few steps closer to him, "Roscoe is the younger brother of my second ex-boyfriend, the one who was the former CEO of one of ZL Group's branch companies."

Sheffield nodded without looking at her. "And? Are you feeling guilty? Is that why you let them treat you like that?"