Joanne knew Wendy too well-

Wendy had already raised a question. If she could not get an answer, she would probably not give up so easily.

Joanne swallowed and was ready to utter a reasonable excuse-

She looked at Wendy seriously and said, "You did not grow up in Arlington, so you don't know that there is a rule when people in Arlington marry their daughters-"

"Huh?" Wendy was shocked by Joanne's words. "What's the rule?"

Joanne did not look nervous. She said seriously, "That rule is very simple-Before the groom comes to pick up the bride, the bride can't leave her room in her parents' house."

Wendy opened her eyes wide in disbelief. After being shocked, she was confused. "Why is there such a rule? It's a little... strange."

It was certainly strange. Joanne didn't know why there was such a rule.

If she had to tell the truth, Joanne could only say that she had made it up to stop Wendy from going out.

Therefore, strictly speaking, this rule had been created because of Wendy.

She certainly couldn't tell this to Wendy.

Joanne thought about it and shook her head. "I only know that there is such a tradition in Arlington, but I don't know how this tradition was passed down..."

"All right..." Wendy pursed her lips. She was about to accept it, but after a while, she realized that something was wrong. She looked at Joanne gloomily and said, "Gavin still doesn't know that we will get married. He... won't come to pick me up."

"Well..." Joanne was also in a dilemma. She could only say, "I'll discuss it with my aunt!"

Joanne looked at Freya meaningfully, indicating the latter should keep Wendy from going out. Then, Joanne ran out of the room.

Dolly had been busy outside. When she saw Joanne coming out in a hurry, she asked in confusion, "Joanne, what's wrong?"

"Aunt, Wendy wants to come out. She said she wanted to show you her makeup and hairstyle. I was afraid that Gavin might suddenly come, so I didn't let her come out." Joanne took a breath and continued, "Aunt, you can go in."

Dolly nodded in a hurry and said, "Okay."

As soon as she finished speaking, Dolly pushed open the door of Wendy's room and walked in. Dolly pretended that nothing had happened. "Wendy, what's wrong?"

The confusion in Wendy's eyes didn't fade away. She looked at Dolly in confusion and said, "My cousin said that a daughter that was ready to get married in Arlington couldn't walk out of her room before the groom came. Why?"

"Well..." Dolly pondered for a moment. She had organized the explanation in her mind and explained, "In Arlington, people say that to ask the groom to take you out of the room means that he has taken over the task of taking care of you from your parents. From then on, he will treat you well wholeheartedly."

"So interesting?" Wendy tilted her head and suddenly changed the topic. "But Gavin doesn't know that we are getting married. He won't come to pick me up!"

"So I'm going to discuss with your father what we should do." Dolly was in a hurry and she tried to comfort Wendy. "Wait for me. I'll be back soon!"

...

Before Wendy could react, Dolly had left the room. Fortunately, Joanne was back.

Wendy looked at Joanne with greater confusion on her face. "Joanne, what did... my mother mean?"

Joanne smiled and looked at Wendy meaningfully, indicating that the latter should calm down. Joanne said, "My aunt will come up with a solution."

Wendy scratched her nails and finally compromised. "Fine..."

Joanne's eyes were attracted by Wendy's petty action. The former grabbed the latter's hand and asked the makeup artist to come. Joanne said, "Please paint Wendy's nails!"

Because of Wendy's profession, she needed to trim her nails often. Therefore, she was not like ordinary girls who were keen on painting nails.

As time went by, Wendy lost interest in such things.

Joanne suddenly asked the makeup artist to paint Wendy's nails. Wendy couldn't react for a while and looked at Joanne in a daze. "Joanne, must I have my nails painted?"

"Not necessarily, but you should consider it-" Joanne jerked Wendy around and said in a serious tone, "During the wedding, there is a detail that Gavin will hold your hand and put a ring on it. Do you want Gavin to see a plain and ordinary hand or an exquisite and beautiful hand?"

Wendy thought for a while and couldn't help but become interested in the latter.

She looked at the time. There was still quite sometime before the wedding began. It was a good choice to do something to kill time!

Thinking of this, Wendy directly showed her hand to the makeup artist. "Let's start now!"

"Okay." The makeup artist quickly began to work. "Miss Moore, don't worry. I will make your hands beautiful and charming!" The makeup artist promised.

Wendy was very cooperative. Joanne breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll go out and see how the discussion between my aunt and Uncle Moore is going."

Joanne walked out of the room and saw Dolly making a phone call outside. Joanne asked quietly with her lips, "Is it Gavin?"

Dolly nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes. Do you want to talk to him?"

Joanne took Dolly's phone and asked directly, "Gavin, when will you come?"

"I'm ready." Gavin's laughter was faint, but he couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice. "We are leaving now."

"Okay." Joanne took a breath. "If you don't come soon, we won't be able to handle Wendy."

Gavin knew how annoying Wendy was, so he smiled and said, "Thank you for your effort."

"We can hold on for the time being," Joanne said, "Come quickly."

After that, Joanne hung up the phone. She helped Dolly deal with a few things and then went back to the room.

The makeup artist was very quick. She had finished painting the nails on one of Wendy's hands.

Wendy had obviously forgotten her confusion. When she saw Joanne coming back, she raised her hand and showed it to the latter. With a smile on her face, she looked dainty and satisfied. "Joanne, how is it?"

"Very beautiful!" Joanne nodded. She walked over and said with a smile, "After all your nails are painted, we can set off for the church."

"Well, where's my mother?" Wendy still didn't have any doubts about Joanne's words. Wendy asked in confusion, "Did she and my father come up with a solution after the discussion?"

"Just now I went out to have a look. My aunt was still discussing it with Uncle Moore." Joanne wanted Wendy to understand it in such a way. "Aunt said after they finished the discussion, she would come in and tell us."

"Okay." Wendy took a deep breath and said, "I'll wait!"

Freya walked over and nudged Joanne with her elbow.

Joanne understood what Freya meant and secretly made an "OK" gesture to the latter.

Freya smiled calmly and sat down, waiting for the final show.

At this time, Wendy was still having the nails on her other hand painted.

Wendy's wedding dress was white, so the makeup artist didn't change the original color of Wendy's nails. The makeup artist just painted them with a layer of transparent nail polish and decorated them simply with small flowers. They looked exquisite and were consistent with the flowers in her hair. In this way, every detail of Wendy's appearance was exquisite.

After finishing painting the last nail, the makeup artist looked at Wendy from head to toe and said with emotion, "No matter how many beautiful women the groom has seen before, he will be amazed by your beauty today!"

Wendy felt a little shy. She pursed her lips and tried not to laugh out loud.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door in an unhurried manner.

Wendy suddenly stood up and said, "It must be my mother!"

Joanne and Freya looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Joanne calmly guided Wendy and said, "Will you open the door?"

Wendy didn't notice the meaningful smile on Joanne's and Freya's faces. Wendy nodded and said, "Okay!"

Lifting the hem of her wedding dress slightly, she ran to the door of the room and pushed it open without any preparation-

Outside the room stood Gavin together with Chris, Wesley, and Noah.

However, at this moment, all Wendy could see was Gavin.

Since Gavin was hospitalized, he had never worn a suit again. Wendy even forgot how handsome he was in a suit.

Today, Gavin finally put on a suit again. He suddenly appeared in front of Wendy with a posture familiar to her.

Although he had been seriously ill, the sickly paleness only added a little coldness to Gavin's handsome face. It did not affect his appearance at all.

He was wearing a tailored suit, and every detail was perfect to the extreme. With the impeccable material, the suit showed a superior texture.

Gavin's body was well-proportioned and the suit fit him very well. In this way, people could see that he had long legs, broad shoulders, and a narrow waist.

Any one of these characteristics could cause a girl to scream.

Since Gavin's appearance had so many outstanding characteristics, Wendy could only think of four words-

Handsome to the extreme!

After marveling at Gavin's appearance, Wendy took some time to realize one thing-

"Why is Gavin here?"

She had already planned it with Joanne. They would go to the church first, and then Brian and Chris would take Gavin there.

When Gavin arrived at the church, she would push open the door of the church without leaving time for him to react. She would walk slowly to Gavin and ask him, "I want to marry you. Are you willing to marry me?"

At that time, Gavin must be happily surprised!

For that moment, Wendy had already prepared the lines and had read them countless times in her mind.

For that moment, she imagined all the possible reactions of Gavin in her mind and designed her responses to all his reactions.

In order to give Gavin a surprise, Wendy had racked her brains.

However, why did Gavin, who should have appeared in the church, suddenly appear in her mother's house?

What was even weirder was that Gavin's suit looked as formal as her wedding dress, and there was a kind of inexplicable harmony!

Moreover, her cousin, Boss Hayes, and Noah were all smiling weirdly.

Wendy gradually showed a shocked expression. She couldn't help suspecting that she was hallucinating, so she raised her hand and pinched her face hard-

It hurts!

Therefore, it was not a dream!

Wendy gasped heavily and looked at Gavin in a daze. "Why are you here?"