Take My Breath Away

Sheffield stood close to her, close enough to cross the distance between them in a single step. Evelyn's anger was gone. She handed the box to him and said in a softer voice, "I brought you the Western dessert you used to bring me."

Sheffield took the box from her and looked at it. "Thank you, Miss Huo. But have you ever seen a man who enjoys eating dessert?"

"But you used to buy desserts all the time..." He would also sit down with her and eat them, sometimes.

With a smile on his lips, he continued, "That was then, this is now. Besides, I didn't like desserts back then, either. I was thinking maybe you were too busy with work to eat. That's why I bought them for you. I never liked desserts. Didn't you know that, Miss Huo?"

Evelyn didn't know what to say. Since he often dropped by her office with desserts for her, she figured he liked them. She really didn't know him at all.

"I'm sorry, Miss Huo." He smiled as usual and returned the box to her.

Evelyn lowered her eyes to look at the box in her hand. Bitterness filled her heart. So this was how it felt to be rejected.

She controlled her emotions and said, "Can we talk?"

"We're talking right now, aren't we?" He put his hands in his pockets.

She shook her head. "Can we maybe do this over dinner? My treat!"

"Nah, I don't think so. I've been really busy since I took over Theo Group. If you have anything to say, Miss Huo, just come out and say it!"

Evelyn looked him in the eye. "I never married Calvert."

"I know. So what?"

Evelyn didn't respond.

Thinking of a possibility, Sheffield said in a half smile, "How quaint, Miss Huo! You think I still love you, don't you?"

Evelyn had to admit that was exactly what she thought. And that was why she came to see him.

Sheffield laughed out loud. Only he knew how much he was hurting when he did that. "Yes, I used to love you. I loved you more than life itself. I didn't want to live if I had to do it without you. But the past two years made me realize that I didn't need you in my life. Being single is good. I don't need to worry about how you're doing, and I don't have to think about how to make you happy. Nor do I have to rack my brains to please your family. Come to t

focus on their work, Carlos also joined in their activities. In addition, he decided to hand out awards to some outstanding employees. The excitement of getting an award fired up the workers.

Each employee could bring someone to the team building activity. It could be a family member or a friend. But children were not allowed, because too many kids might disrupt things. There might be kids who were there to cause problems. And that was not what the night was all about.

On the day when the programming department and the finance department held their activities, Carlos was away on business. He couldn't make it, but he wanted someone in a leadership role to be there, so he called Evelyn. He told her to attend the activities on his behalf. It was just a formality.

Evelyn agreed. That afternoon, she went to a spa, and then that evening she was headed for the building where the party was being held.

When Gillian knew Evelyn would be there, she gnashed her teeth angrily.

Evelyn was now the thorn in her side, stinging her, and yet she couldn't get rid of her.

But then, Gillian got a brilliant idea. She called Lea and rescinded her invitation to the dinner. Then she called Sheffield and said, "Sheffield, our company is holding a dinner tonight, and I heard that the CEO will also be here to give awards to the hard workers. My colleagues all have a plus one. I invited my sister, but she can't make it. I'm embarrassed to be alone. Will you be my plus one?"