His answer came as a surprise to Evelyn.

“You've been the CEO for only a few days, and you already know this stuff. Pretty good!"

He grinned. ‘I like showing off in front of her!‘ “I knew that before I took over the company."

Evelyn admitted, “Okay, you win." She had only learnt that after becoming the regional CEO.

“Now, it's my turn." At this point, Sheffield was energetic, nothing like a bored CEO at work.

“Go ahead!"

“It's a very simple question. You've been to the farmers’ market, right?"

“Er... only once or twice." Evelyn felt a little embarrassed. She didn't cook and didn't need to buy any vegetables either. She'd gone there with Savannah a couple times. The two girls wanted to cook something together, so they decided to go.

Sheffield didn't care how often Evelyn went to the farmers' market.

After all, that wasn't the purpose of his question. He continued,

"You've seen the vegetable stalls, right?"

"Yeah," Evelyn answered.

"What do you see at those vegetable stalls?"

“Vegetables, and the hard work of farmers and vendors..." She listed off a few items.

“You're right, but you get an incomplete for this one. Don't underestimate these vegetable sellers. They use natural science, modern logistics, marketing, pricing, metrics, economics, consumer psychology and math, to name a few."

Evelyn thought about it. What he said seemed legit.

"You'll do okay. Just keep on top of things. only Evelyn but also himself.

He was encouraging not

His inspiring speech made Evelyn smile.

"Right. Let's both work hard

Sheffield's lips curved into a cunning smile as an idea crossed his mind.

"Wanna make a bet?"

"On what?"

"On our companies’ profits. Let's go to the end of the year. Then we'll compare net profits. Hilton Group vs. Theo Group. Sound interesting?"

“Well, aren't you worried that you'll lose? If you're not, count me in." Competing against Hilton Group? Evelyn didn't want to scare him to tears.