I'll be leading the Theo Group. I'm honored to be chosen as the next

CEO."

After that, he stepped aside and stood beside his father, Peterson.

When they went off the stage, Peterson took him to meet some businessmen.

Evelyn looked at Joshua, still in shock.

“You knew all this time?"

Joshua turned to her.

“What?" he asked.

“You knew his father is Peterson?"

“Yes. It's not that I purposely Lied to you. I promised him that I wouldn't tell anyone. He told me that I could just pretend that I didn't know. Didn't you know about this, Evelyn?"

Evelyn shook her head in resignation. She had always thought that

Sheffield was an orphan whose parents had passed away.

And Sheffield had never told her anything about his relationship with the Thompson family.

Bitterness surged from the bottom of her heart at this thought.

Upon hearing this, Joshua was rendered speechless. He figured it was better if he just didn't say anything more.

When Evelyn came back from the Ladies’ room, Joshua was nowhere to be found. She ran her eyes throughout the hall and couldn't find Sheffield either. She saw Peterson talking to a bunch of businessmen, though.

They looked like CEOs of other companies.

Just as she was hesitating whether to leave or not, Peterson caught sight of her.

“Miss Evelyn, you came! I was looking for you." Sheffield had been saying that he wanted to meet the representative of Hilton

Group. It was not until Peterson had his men look around that he knew that Evelyn had gone to the ladies' room.

Peterson turned around and found that Sheffield, who had been standing beside him, had disappeared.

Evelyn stood up and gave him a broad smile. She raised her glass and said, "Mr. Peterson, congratulations!"

She had met Peterson before. Hilton Group and Theo Group were both large companies, so it wasn't entirely impossible for them to run into each other every now and then. Peterson was actually Gwyn's grandfather. This thought made Evelyn have mixed feelings.

She had to Look Peterson up and down again. Today he was wearing a dark blue suit and a tie of the same color. His short hair was slightly grey. His face was a Little wrinkled and whenever he wasn't smiling, he always Looked serious.

Sheffield didn't look like his father very much on the surface. But if one looked closely, they did have some slight resemblances. Perhaps,