Matthew?"

Matthew fell silent.

However, deep down in his heart, Sheffield was yelling, ‘This is harder than I thought!* He continued, “Didn't you say that we would be friends if I could hack into the Hilton Group's defense system?" Sheffield wanted to grant Matthew's request as a New Year's gift.

Casting a sideways glance at him, Matthew snorted, "You want to marry my sister and make friends with me. You're being too wishful, aren't you?"

Sheffield grinned and replied, “Well, I haven't married your sister yet. So why don't we try being friends first?"

Matthew stood up with his hands in his pockets.

"My laptop is upstairs.”

Understanding what he meant, Sheffield stood up as well.

Evelyn wanted to grab Sheffield's hand, but she didn't have the courage to do it in front of Carlos. She grabbed Sheffield's sleeve instead and whispered, "Where are you going?"

Hearing her worried voice, Matthew turned around and asked, “Evelyn, are you afraid that I will eat him up?" His voice had a rare playful tone.

Feeling embarrassed, Evelyn blushed and rolled her eyes at him.

With a smile on his face, Sheffield patted on the back of her hand to comfort her.

“You stay here and keep Grandma company. I‘1ll be back soon."

Evelyn nodded, reluctantly letting go of his sleeve.

Soon, the two men, one dressed in black and the other in white, went upstairs.

Matthew stopped in front of the study and said, "Inside!"

Knowing what he had meant, Sheffield opened the door and stepped into the study first.

After leaving him in the study, Matthew went back to his room to fetch his Laptop.

The study was full of trophies and awards for achievements in business; philanthropy and education. Therefore, Sheffield assumed that this was

Carlos’ study.

There must have been at least a hundred awards in that room. As an entrepreneur, the man was indeed outstanding.

When Matthew came into the room, he noticed Sheffield pensively staring at the family portrait on the wall.

Unlike the one at Evelyn's apartment, there were two elderly members in this photo.

Matthew was a taciturn man, and thus, Sheffield didn't ask him who they were. However, since they Looked much older, Sheffield assumed that one of them might have been Evelyn's great-grandmother. Noticing the old man standing next to Miranda, he assumed that he was Evelyn's grandfather.

Evelyn was a teenager in the photo. And Matthew was short; he was not even ten years old.