Joanne didn't say anything.

After listening to Brian's words, Joanne was speechless for a long time.

In the end, she could only comfort herself.

"Although he strongly praised himself by saying that, he also praised me at the same time!

"He is much nicer to me than before, isn't he?

"Since he would do this, I should be satisfied, right?

"I can't have higher expectations for him!"

Thinking of this, Joanne forced herself to show an expression of approval and nodded. "Your analysis is very reasonable. I can't refute it and can only agree with you."

Brian and Joanne had been married for so long, and he knew her well that she compromised so easily not because she really agreed with him.

His petite wife was at her wit's end.

Brian did not know if he had bad taste. He was still the same as he was when he first got married and enjoyed the feeling of making things difficult for Joanne.

Joanne looked at Brian, and her sharp eyes found that he was smiling.

"Humph, he must be enjoying it, isn't he?"

The more Joanne thought about it, the more upset she became. She looked at Brian unhappily. "Boss, if you're satisfied, put Romy down. It's time for her to sleep."

Brian looked at his daughter in his arms with gentle eyes.

He asked the little girl, "Do you want to sleep? Huh?"

It was unknown whether Romy understood her father's words or not. She let out a cry of protest in a loud voice, and her lovely little mouth pouted slightly as if she was unhappy.

Brian smiled. After a while, he looked at Joanne with a helpless expression and said, "Our daughter doesn't want to sleep."

Romy had always been relatively dependent on Brian. At this moment, being held in his arms, of course, she was not willing to leave him.

However, Joanne insisted on going against Brian.

She looked at Romy carefully and said, "Why didn't I hear Romy saying that she doesn't want to sleep?"

Brian knew that Joanne was playing dumb.

He had never told Joanne that he had gone through ups and downs in the business world for so many years. In addition to negotiation, he was best at beating his opponents at their own game.

Since Joanne wanted to play dumb, he didn't mind playing along with her once.

Brian pretended to hand Romy over to Joanne and asked, "Would you listen to her more carefully again?"

Joanne grew silent.

She did not expect Brian to do such a thing. She silently thought that she had tricked herself, and she had to stick it to the end even if she didn't want to.

She held Romy in her arms, and the little girl looked at her in surprise. It seemed that she realized that the person holding her was not her father. Her tender face wrinkled as she burst into tears.

Joanne was stunned and felt that she was at a loss in how to respond, which she hadn't felt for quite a while.

"I've always known that Romy likes her father more. As long as Brian comes back, she would be very willing to stay with him.

"But have things already come to this point?

"Am I not a good mother?"

When Brian heard his daughter's cry, he naturally felt distressed. He directly held Romy back and pampered her in his arms for a while. Finally, the little girl stopped crying and buried her head in his arms. She was like a small animal that had lost its direction.

Not long after, Romy fell asleep quietly.

Brian put Romy on the baby bed and tucked her in. When he turned around, he found that Joanne's beautiful face was full of sadness.

He could roughly guess the reason why Joanne was sad, but he still asked, "Joanne, what's going on with you?"

"It's unfair!" Joanne looked indignant. "You go to work every day. It's obvious that Romy spends more time with me. Why does she like you more?"

"Don't forget that Aiden likes to stick to you more." Brian actually sounded a little helpless. "Joanne, I'm their father. You can't ask both of them to rely on you. It will be unfair to me."

Joanne did not speak, nor did she want to.

Of course, it was not that she had nothing to say.

She just knew very well that she could not refute Brian.

Brian looked at Joanne and continued, "Joanne, the most important thing is that if both of them rely on you, you will be exhausted."

This time, Joanne was completely speechless.

"He could actually beat around the bush and say that he's doing this for me... Brian is definitely a rare talent!"

After a long while, Joanne talked and compromised with Brian. "Well, you won."

Brian smiled and stroked Joanne's hair. He took her hand and said, "Go to the study with me to deal with something."

For a moment, Joanne forgot to object. She obediently followed Brian into the study and became his temporary secretary.

Looking at Brian calmly and quickly handling the company's affairs, Joanne quickly forgot that she had just been tricked by him as she obediently learned the basics of business from him.

What Joanne didn't know was that far away in the old house of the Kent family, someone was worrying about them.

And that person was naturally Yuna.

Yuna was worried because when she was having lunch today, she had heard Milo reporting to Rowdy that Gavin and Wendy had already returned to the hospital.

If she remembered correctly, Gavin and Wendy had just gotten married yesterday.

"Why would they rush back to the hospital on the second day of their marriage?

"If all things are normal, shouldn't Gavin and Wendy be going on a honeymoon? At least they should spend some time alone with each other for two or three days, right?

"That's more like getting married!"

Yuna's intuition told her that Gavin's situation might not be optimistic.

Yuna thought of it, and so did Rowdy.

After listening to Milo's report, Rowdy smiled coldly. "It would be best if something happened to Gavin. In this way, Brian's right-hand man will be crippled. Many things that were originally under Gavin's charge will inevitably get into a stalemate. We can take advantage of this."

After all, Milo knew Rowdy well. He immediately understood what Rowdy was thinking and said decisively, "Brother Rowdy, I'll check it out and see if I can investigate this thoroughly."

Rowdy nodded. "Go ahead. Make it back as soon as possible."

It turned out that Milo had overestimated his and Rowdy's strength.

In the afternoon, Milo came back with a dejected face and said, "Brother Rowdy, I just heard that after Gavin and Wendy returned to the hospital, there seemed to be a very urgent matter in the private hospital under Lambert Group. I heard that someone was sent to the first aid, but I can't find out if it's true or not, and I can't be sure if it's Gavin who was sent to the first aid. The hospital has kept the news from spreading, and they're quite good at their confidential work. I can't find a breakthrough."

Rowdy realized that things were not that simple. As the president of the Scott Group, he contacted several business friends.

The friends he contacted had one thing in common - they all knew Gavin and had a good relationship with him.

However, even if Rowdy talked with these people, he couldn't get any information about Gavin.

Just like that, the situation fell into a stalemate.

Milo got more and more troubled. He looked at Rowdy and asked, "Brother Rowdy, what should we do?"

Rowdy thought for quite a while and said, "Since we can't get anything, it means... that there is actually no news about Gavin and his situation remains stable."

He was clearly offering Milo an out.

Milo hurriedly played along and said, "Maybe that's indeed the case!"

"In that case," Rowdy said calmly, "then you don't need to investigate anymore. Go do something else."

"Okay!" Milo immediately agreed and left the old house of the Kent family.

Hearing this, Yuna took Emily's hand and said, "It's time for you to take a nap. I'll take you upstairs."

In terms of acting skills, Emily was a great actor.

The little boy yawned cooperatively, nodded, and said in an adorable voice, "Okay. Auntie Yuna, I'm so sleepy."

Back in the room, the drowsiness in Emily's eyes instantly disappeared.

The little boy grabbed Yuna's hand and asked hurriedly, "Auntie Yuna, is Uncle Gavin really okay?"

Yuna touched the little boy's face with a smile and said, "Your father said that he's okay, so he's fine. Look, I'm not worried about Uncle Gavin at all!"

"Haha..." The little boy smiled and said mischievously, "I don't believe Daddy's words, but I believe yours!"

Yuna was amused by his words. She got a warm towel out of the bathroom and wiped his face and hands for him. Then, she carried him to bed and said, "Okay now. It's time for you to sleep."

Emily grabbed Yuna's hand uneasily and pleaded, "I can sleep, but Auntie Yuna, can you stay with me?"

As Yuna listened to the little boy's tone, she couldn't help being softhearted. She nodded and said, "Of course. I will stay here. You can rest assured and sleep. Good boy."

Only then did Emily reveal a relieved smile and close his eyes.

Yuna tucked the little boy in, gently patted his shoulder, and pampered him to sleep.

He was a child after all. He got sleepy soon after he got on the bed. Before he fell asleep, the little boy opened his eyes several times to check if Yuna was still there.

Yuna's heart softened again. Emily was much more sensitive than ordinary children while growing up in a complicated environment.

If possible, she hoped that the little boy would not be so smart or so sensitive.

However, in less than fifteen minutes, the little boy's eyelids completely drooped, and his breathing became even and long.

He fell asleep.

Yuna withdrew her hand. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she looked at Emily for a long time without moving.

Just now, when Emily asked about Gavin, she lied to him.

Having worked undercover around Wesley for a year, she was more or less familiar with his style.

If Gavin was really fine, they wouldn't have kept the news so tightly.

The hospital was on high alert, but Milo couldn't get anything all of a sudden. It could just show that Gavin was the one who had an accident in the private hospital today.

Yuna just wanted to know how Gavin was now and whether he could get through his crisis or not.

"If he can't...

"This will be a bolt from the blue for Wendy, who has just married Gavin, won't it?"