Suddenly, the office doors slammed shut, leaving only the two of them inside the Large room.

Sheffield stood close to her, close enough to cross the distance between them in a single step. Evelyn's anger was gone. She handed the box to him and said in a softer voice, "I brought you the Western dessert you used to bring me."

Sheffield took the box from her and looked at it.

“Thank you, Miss

Evelyn. But have you ever seen a man who enjoys eating dessert?"

“But you used to buy desserts all the time..." He would also sit down with her and eat them, sometimes.

With a smile on his lips, he continued, “That was then, this is now.

Besides, I didn't like desserts back then, either. I was thinking maybe you were too busy with work to eat. That's why I bought them for you. I never liked desserts. Didn't you know that, Miss Evelyn?"

Evelyn didn't know what to say. Since he often dropped by her office with desserts for her, she figured he liked them. She really didn't know him at all.

“I'm sorry, Miss Evelyn." He smiled as usual and returned the box to her.

Evelyn lowered her eyes to look at the box in her hand. Bitterness filled her heart. So this was how it felt to be rejected.

She controlled her emotions and said, “Can we talk?"

“We're talking right now, aren't we?" He put his hands in his pockets.

She shook her head.

"Can we maybe do this over dinner? My treat!"

“Nah, I don't think so. I've been really busy since I took over Theo

Group. If you have anything to say, Miss Evelyn, just come out and say iti"

Evelyn looked him in the eye.

"I never married Calvert."

“I know. So what?"

Evelyn didn't respond.

Thinking of a possibility, Sheffield said in a half smile, "How quaint,

Miss Evelyn! You think I still love you, don't you?"

Evelyn had to admit that was exactly what she thought. And that was why she came to see him.

Sheffield Laughed out loud. Only he knew how much he was hurting when he did that.