Sheffield could smell the aroma of toast, scrambled eggs and hash browns in the morning. Still in a daze, he rubbed his eyes yawning. He could hear someone making breakfast in the kitchen, while a cleaningdy was cleaning up the mess in the living room fromst night. "Good morning, sir!" said the cleaningdy, as she nodded at him politely.


    Sheffield concealed his puzzlement as he nodded back and awkwardly retreated into the kitchen. Much to his surprise, there he was greeted by a chef, not Evelyn.


    He turned around and asked the cleaningdy, "Who asked you toe here?"


    "Ady called in for cleaning services earlier on. I assume she is your wife?" replied the cleaningdy, uncertain as to who Evelyn was.


    Since he was wearing matching pajamas, the cleaningdy simply concluded that they were a cohabiting couple.


    ''My wife?'' The way she addressed Evelyn made his heart jump with joy. He grinned from ear to ear and said, "Okay, thank you!"


    "You are wee, sir!" The cleaningdy continued to sweep the floor.


    Sheffield pushed open the door to the study and saw Evelyn sitting at his desk in her pajamas. Her eyes were glued to the screen of theptop and her phone was propped up against her face by her shoulder. "I''ll talk to you about thister." When she saw Sheffielde inside, she paused and continued, "I''lle to thepanyter. We''ll talk then."


    Putting away her phone, she stood up and pointed to theputer screen. "I was just checking my emails on yourputer." There were many things that she couldn''t understand on hisputer.


    Sheffield smiled affectionately and pulled her into his arms. "I thought I was dreamingst night. Turns out, you are really here."


    When she recalled how passionate he had beenst night, Evelyn blushed and looked up into his eyes. "Actually, I''m here to apologize." Last night, he had apologized to her first, and then she had no chance to speak.


    Now, Sheffield deliberately didn''t give Evelyn a chance to speak because he knew what she was going to say. He jutted his chin towards hisptop and said, "Are you done?"


    "Yes, I was just going to turn it off."


    "Allow me." Stretching out his arm to close theptop, he walked out with her in his arms and


    e to a critical point, so his presence at the research and development center was of paramount importance.


    His words left Evelyn in a trance. She wondered whether it was truly because he was going to be busy with work or he was just mad at her.


    After leaving his apartment, Evelyn got in her car, rolled down the window and told the man standing outside the window, "Wait, there''s one more thing."


    Evelyn opened the car door and got out.


    "What''s wrong?"


    "Well, it''s something rted to the Xiang family." After much reluctance, Evelyn weighed out all the pros and cons before she spoke.


    She felt ufortable at the moment because she had never helped him in anything and he had never asked any help from her before. How could she ask him to make apromise on the Xiang family matter?


    The moment he heard her mention the Xiang family, the smile in his eyes disappeared.


    For a while, both of them stood in silence as neither of them said anything to each other.


    Finally, when Evelyn recalled the troubled look on Savannah''s face, she said, "I know I don''t have the right to meddle in how you deal with the Xiang family. I don''t care about Sidell. He deserves it. I just wanted to ask...if you can be a little...lenient with...Dollie..." She was too embarrassed to continue. "For my sake, can you...forgive her? After all, she was just a kid back then."


    Fortunately, Evelyn was only pleading with him instead of other men, because she wouldn''t be able to bring herself to do that.