"Evelyn, don't overreact. You will scare your friend." Zion smiled and put his arm on Evelyn's shoulders as he slowly pressured her to sit down.

Evelyn had a serious look on her face. "Zion, tell me the truth. Do you have anything to do with Aston's car accident?"

The 'you' that she mentioned included Theodore, and Zion knew it. He asked jokingly, "Evelyn, would you believe me if I say no?"

"Stop fooling around. I'm talking about a serious matter with you!"

When he saw Evelyn's face turn sour, Zion immediately gave an apologetic smile. "Come on, don't be angry. Didn't I just say no? It's nothing. Theo and I are good citizens abiding the law! Really good citizens!"

"Then how did you know that he broke his right leg? Wendy doesn't know this even though she is Aston's neighbor."

"Nobody in our neighborhood knows about this." Wendy's eyes lit up as she added. The way she looked at Zion had traces of adoration.

She had extremely loathed Aston, especially when witnessing his bossy ways. She wished so badly that she could turn into a hero, and root out the scums of the society.

Zion shrugged. "That is because nobody in your neighborhood asks about it. Aston's broken leg isn't even something confidential. You can just simply know about this by going to the hospital that he's admitted in."

"There are so many cases of car accidents every day. Why did you inquire about Aston's situation in particular? Also, SkyForge Group had just compensated him yesterday, and today he'd met with a car accident. Isn't the timing of it too coincidental?" After Evelyn finished talking, she stared at him.

Zion seemed helpless after being questioned in such an aggressive manner.

He slowly sipped on his wine and responded, "Evelyn, I'll tell you this. I really hate this Aston, and I would really want to teach him a lesson. But just like I said before, Theo and I are good law-abiding citizens. Even if I hate him, I won't break the law just to teach scums like him a lesson. Also, since Eric had told you about Aston using Elaine's death to cause trouble to SkyForge Group, he must have also told you why SkyForge Group used money to settle this matter, didn't he? Presumably, Elaine's death had nothing to do with SkyForge Group, so we can totally put this matter behind us."

Evelyn nodded. "Chief Finley said that the SkyForge Group is tendering for a big project, and doesn't want this issue to be an obstacle."

"Actually, I was afraid that this incident would be taken advantage of by people with bad intentions. Of course, SkyForge Group isn't actually intimidated. It's just that we would weigh things out first before taking action." Zion continued saying, "We have already taken a step back, letting Aston have his way, just to avoid unnecessary ramifications. If we sent someone to create a car accident to break Aston's leg, aren't we inviting trouble to ourselves again?"

"So it wasn't you?" Wendy was obviously disappointed.

Zion understood what she meant and joked, "My dear sister-in-law, don't worry. I will become someone that deserves your adoration one day."

Evelyn ignored the joke in his last sentence. She considered what he said for a while, and felt that he did make sense. Suddenly, she realized something and couldn't help but exclaim, "You just said that someone wanted to take advantage of Aston to create trouble for you. Is there someone who didn't want Aston and SkyForge Group to live in peace, and deliberately caused this car accident? After all, Aston met with a car accident at this sensitive time. It's easy to make people think that SkyForge Group was behind it."

"Wow, my sister-in-law isn't only a great forensic doctor, she's also a detective! I admire you, I really do! Come, come, come, Evelyn, let me raise you a toast!" Zion raised his glass.

However, Evelyn didn't raise her glass and expressed her worries. "If what I've guessed turns out to be true, SkyForge Group couldn't be in peace."

"Evelyn, don't worry. Your guess might not be right. Even if it is, it doesn't really matter. The contract for the project will be signed within these few days. Moreover, Aston will be staying in the hospital for at least half a month before getting discharged. He wouldn't be able to cause any trouble. Once the project is obtained, I will have my own ways to deal with him."

Wendy looked at Zion and then at Evelyn. Suddenly, she laughed.

Zion was stunned for a while before joining in.

"What are you all laughing about?" Evelyn looked at the both of them, confused.

"Turns out Evelyn cares about my Bro so much. Oh, I really envy him. He is really blessed!"

It turned out they were laughing about that.

Evelyn blushed and argued, "What are you guys talking about? I was only laying out the facts. I..."

Wendy pinched Evelyn's face and interrupted, "Hey, Young Master Kingsley is your husband. It's normal that you care for him and love him. What is there to be embarrassed of?"

"Me? Love him? Nonsense!"

"You're already married to him. You're telling us that you don't love him?"

"Do I have to love him just because I'm married to him? We are just..."

"Just what?"

Theodore's voice suddenly rang behind her. Evelyn almost bit her tongue and instantly stuttered, "Just that-that..."

While she was still stuck at speaking 'that', Theodore hugged her waist and said to Zion, "Do you want to witness your sister-in-law confessing her love to me?"

Zion nodded like a chick chirping for corn. "Yes! I do, I do, I do."

Theodore gave him a light kick and spat "Get lost."

"Just tell me if you don't want me to see it. It's not reasonable if you start kicking me." Zion winked at him when he managed to jump away and avoid his kick. As he saw Wendy still stunned on the spot, he pulled her toward him. "There's going to be some adult rated scenes soon. We might see the things that we shouldn't see. Let me bring you to the dance floor."

"Hey..." Feeling a slight pain on her waist, Evelyn swallowed the rest of her words back into her throat, and looked timidly at Theodore.

"This cake tastes really good. Try it."

Theodore presented the fork to her with a deep loving gaze. His expression was totally different from when he was scolding Zion just now.

Evelyn nervously opened her mouth and slowly ate the cake.

"Does it taste good?" His voice was much sweeter than the cake.

Evelyn instinctively nodded her head.

"Do you love me?"

"Um..."

"Eat slowly. Here, drink some water." Theodore patted her back lightly while he gave her a glass of water.

When he waited for her to swallow the cake, he repeated his question that he asked before.

"This cake tastes really good. Do you want to try it?" Evelyn laughed dryly and changed the topic.

Theodore pushed away the cake she gave him and hugged her waist again. His lips were at the side of her ears. Gently but stubbornly, he asked again, "Do you love me? Do you love me?"

Evelyn wanted so badly to push him away and said loudly that she didn't love him, but she knew she couldn't do so.

At this time, Theodore repeated his question again, as if he would continue asking as long as she didn't answer him.

Understanding his intentions, Evelyn hesitated for a while. Finally, she bit her lip and said loudly, "I love you." At the corner of her eyes, she could see everyone looking toward her immediately.

She instantly felt so embarrassed that her face was flushed all the way to her neck. She quickly lowered her head to avoid everyone's gazes.

"Silly girl, I know that," Theodore said while he gently hugged her toward his chest. He lowered his head to kiss her head and responded softly, "I love you too."

"Isn't this acting a bit too much?" Evelyn thought.

Evelyn buried her face deeper into his embrace and could feel all eyes on her back.

At this moment, the banquet hall was suddenly filled loud waves of whistles, shouts, cheers, applause and ear-shattering drums that rang altogether.

"Does anyone want to confess to me? Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly get onto it! Oh yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Zion grabbed this opportunity to beat the drums crazily and hooted.

The whole crowd cheered loudly and responded, "Mr. Zion, we love you!"

"I love you all too!" Zion stood on the stage and gave everyone flying kisses. Then, he threw a flirty look at Evelyn. "Sister-in-law, I love you too!"

The crowds responded, "Sister-in-law, we love you too!"

Shouts came one wave after another, which made Evelyn even more reluctant to lift her head. She pulled Theodore's sleeve and whispered, "Can we go back?"

"Sure." Theodore then pulled her hand. Asking Zion to come over, he mentioned Evelyn being tired and that she wanted to go home. After asking him to send Wendy home, he left the Gloria Hotel with Evelyn.

As soon they got into the car, Evelyn heaved a sigh of relief. She patted lightly on her hot flushed cheeks to dissipate the heat.

"Go back and practice properly on saying this sentence."

"What sentence?" Evelyn looked at Theodore in shock.

"The sentence that you've said so loudly just now. If you aren't used to it, then you can go stand in the backyard and practice every morning. Practice loudly."

Evelyn thought, "Oh my God, I thought he was doing it just to show affection. Turns out he wanted to punish me for denying loving him in front of Wendy and Zion. This person is really... petty. Can't he just accept that I'm shy and embarrassed of saying that I love him in front of others?"

"Emm?"

"Understood." She responded reluctantly and thought to herself, lunatic.

"Let's practice it once."

How ridiculous.

While she was cursing in her heart, Evelyn still blurted the three words 'I love you' unwillingly.

"There's not enough expression. Go back and practice more."

"Oh."

When they reached home, after seeing Theodore getting down from the car, Evelyn muttered angrily, "I'm just a forensic doctor, not a professional actress."

After they returned to their room, Evelyn was still feeling unhappy. Gloomily, she went to get her pajamas and was ready for a bath. Suddenly, she remembered that he wanted her to write down his phone number a thousand times. In order to avoid the punishment and to have better days ahead, she decided to curry favor with him.

When she saw him lowering his head to focus on his phone, she adjusted her emotions for a while. Then, she went toward him with a smile and pointed at the dress she's wearing, saying, "Hey, you're really awesome! Not only the dress you picked looks good, it even fits me!"

Theodore looked up at her faintly, replying lightly, "I've picked these kinds of things for women many times before. I know what to do."

Evelyn instantly felt as if she had swallowed a dead fly as her smile froze. Pouting angrily, she stormed into the bathroom.

After she finished bathing, she didn't even look at Theodore while getting into bed by herself. After placing the pillows between them as a boundary, as if she was still resenting him, her back was facing him as she slept.

When being alone with him, compared to his cold distant manner right now, she suddenly missed the times when she was arguing with him.

"If he were to treat me the way he does in public when we are alone, how would it feel like? Will it be sweet? Will it..." Evelyn thought.

Realizing the hope garnered within her, her whole body couldn't help but shiver. She went under the sheets and gave herself a hard pinch.

"Evelyn, don't you like Martin? How could you be interested in other men? Especially this Beast Theodore who you can't afford to mess with! Stop overthinking and quickly go to sleep!" After scolding herself, she closed her eyes.

However, she couldn't really fall asleep even after closing her eyes. She actually tossed and turned half the night.

While Evelyn was suffering from insomnia, Fred didn't sleep either.

At this moment, he was walking back and forth nervously in the presidential suite room of the Grandview Hotel.

His phone rang, and after recognizing the caller, he answered the phone at once.

"Boss, I've gone through everything thoroughly. This is what's going on..."

After hearing the detailed report, Fred eased his frown. Slowly putting down his phone, he revealed a cold smile on his face.

Theodore, you have your weakness too.

Hmph, let's wait and see.