In response to the Look of warning in her eyes, he smiled and let go of her hand as if nothing happened

Lea was confused when she looked at them. She glanced at Peterson, hoping to find some answers, but he didn't seem to care at all.

“You know Miss Evelyn?" Peterson asked Sheffield, feigning ignorance.

“Nope. But we know each other now, right, Miss Evelyn?" Sheffield answered quickly.

Although he was lying, Evelyn decided to play along.

"Yeah." It had been two years since they had separated. And now, she couldn't figure out what Sheffield was up to.

They clinked glasses and tossed their heads back to drain them. But

Sheffield deliberately tripped on Joshua's leg. As he tried to regain his balance, he came close to spilling his wine on Evelyn.

Although Felix rushed out to try and stop it, the wine splashed on

Evelyn's evening gown, staining it a dark red in places.

This scene reminded Evelyn of how Sheffield had done the same thing, long ago.

Although the dress was the same color, fabric tended to darken and glisten when Liquid hit it. So it was pretty obvious her clothing was wet.

Looking at the stains, Evelyn wondered whether there was something wrong with her gown and why Sheffield tried to ruin it.

“I'm really sorry, Miss Evelyn. It's all Joshua's fault. If he hadn't tripped me, I wouldn't have spilled the wine!" After he shifted the blame to Joshua, Sheffield acted quickly. He took off his suit jacket and put it around the woman's shoulders. Now Evelyn's bare back was completely covered. Mission accomplished.

Joshua was totally floored by Sheffield's accusation. He swished the wine in his glass and pondered this.

‘When did I trip him? If he tripped over me, I should have felt it, right?'

Peterson gazed at Evelyn and then back to his son, who was wearing only a white shirt, and then at the stunned Joshua. He knew his son well.

Instantly, he understood what Sheffield was doing. ‘My son is pretty possessive when it comes to Evelyn, ' he mused.

Evelyn was angry and helpless. She needed time to calm down. Handing her glass of wine to Felix, she politely bid goodbye to Peterson and his wife.

"Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, I'm leaving now. Goodbye."

"I'm sorry, Miss Evelyn. I'll have my son pay to replace your dress when he gets a chance," Peterson said to Evelyn.

“Thank you, Mr. Peterson, but that's not necessary!" She took off the suit jacket and handed it to Felix.

"Give this back to Mr. Sheffield," she said.

“Mr. Sheffield, your jacket." Felix handed the jacket back to Sheffield at once.

Taking his jacket and ignoring whether the woman was angry or not,