The screen of her laptop kept changing. Each time it refreshed, the icons were re-arranged, and even the names were misspelled. Evelyn got more and more annoyed.

“I said no, Sheffield. I'm not in the mood to eat! Find something to do. Play on your phone, sleep, anything! Leave me alone, or go away!" she spat impatiently

He lowered his head and said in a soft voice, "Okay. I have some work to finish up in the research lab. The food's here if you get hungry.

Don't forget the milk-it's still warm. It's cold outside. You should bundle up—"

“Cut it out. If you're going, just go," she interrupted him. Her head was about to explode. If she couldn't get to her data, the loss would be unpredictable.

As usual, the smile on Sheffield's face didn't fade away though his heart stung at her words.

“Yes ma'am! I'm outies."

He turned and walked to the door. Looking at his back, Evelyn felt guilty all of a sudden. She stood up and said, “Sheffield..

He stopped, but he didn't turn around, waiting for her to continue

“I'm sorry... I guess this is getting to me. I didn't mean that. I'm sorry...

" She didn't know how to express her feelings properly.

Then Sheffield turned around and gave her a gentle smile.

"No worries.

I'll let you go back to work. Bye!"

He left the office. Silence befell the room again. Evelyn sat back in her seat, her mind full of guilt.

After returning to the car, Sheffield closed his eyes and leaned back in the driver's seat for a bit before he grabbed the laptop on the passenger seat. His hands moved swiftly over the keyboard, and after more than half an hour, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, while Evelyn watched her icons rearrange themselves, she got a call from the IT department.

“Evelyn, we've figured it out.

There was a zero-day vulnerability that the makers of the security suite hadn't prepared for. The virus is gone, so my best guess is they fixed it. Just reboot and see if it works."

Evelyn was relieved to hear the good news.

"I see. Thank you."

She did as they asked. It logged her off, and then went through the boot process. Eventually, the desktop came up and her Laptop returned to normal. Evelyn took out the files and continued to check them. When she saw the two unwrapped desserts and a glass of warm milk, she felt warm inside.

She put the documents down and scooped some cake into her mouth with a spoon. The desserts that Sheffield brought to her were quite delicious, not that sweet.

As usual, she ate all the desserts while reading the documents.

At about midnight, someone rang the doorbell of Sheffield's apartment twice. He was working on his Laptop. When he heard the ring, he raised his head and looked at the time confusedly. ‘Who would come here this late? Joshua?’