The operating room door was silently closed, which seemed to separate the inside and outside of the room into two worlds.

This happened before Wendy could react.

She looked at the white door, and her mind became blank as if all the strength in her body had been drained.

She had lost her greatest support.

A wave of darkness assaulted her vision and she felt her vision darken. She swayed and almost lost her balance.

"Wendy!" Joanne was the first to notice that something was wrong with Wendy. She quickly held her and asked eagerly, "Are you okay?"

Wendy didn't say anything.

She was not okay at all.

That white door was obviously just an ordinary door, but it forcibly separated her from Gavin.

Inside the operating room, her husband was undergoing a life-and-death challenge.

Outside the room, she could only stand there in despair, unable to help her husband at all.

At this moment, despair and fear mixed together and turned into a fierce beast with a bloody mouth, rushing toward Wendy and drowning her in an instant.

Wendy felt as if her body had been forcibly torn apart. She was in extreme pain, and she didn't even have the strength to stand still.

However, she had to grit her teeth and hold on.

"Gavin is undergoing surgery and the challenge of Death.

"I'm his wife. No matter what happens to him in there, I'm supposed to be the first one to know and make a decision for him.

"Therefore, I cannot collapse."

Wendy stood firmly with stubborn persistence in her heart and answered Joanne's question, "I'm fine, Joanne."

As she said that, her bravado was shown all over her face.

Joanne was still worried. She kept holding Wendy and said, "Gavin just went in there. Remember what you promised him."

Wendy promised Gavin that she would be very strong and wait for him outside the operating room obediently.

Joanne deliberately reminded her in order to give her support.

"Yeah." Wendy nodded with tears in her eyes. "Don't worry. I didn't forget what I promised Gavin." After a pause, she promised, "I will do it."

Joanne believed in Wendy and tried to let go of her. Seeing that Wendy stood still, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she looked at the time and found that the operation had just begun. According to Noah, it would take at least three hours for it to end.

They had to wait outside the operating room for three hours.

Waiting for these three hours might consume all the courage and strength Wendy had.

Joanne thought for a moment, pulled Wendy to sit on the sofa next to them, and said, "Wendy, you should rest for a while."

Wendy felt as if she had become a robot and was at Joanne's disposal. When Joanne asked her to sit down, she sat down obediently. There was no light in her eyes, and she seemed to be too obedient.

She had always been an eccentric person. Had it been in the past, she wouldn't have reacted this way.

Gavin's operation had almost exhausted all her strength.

Joanne looked at Wendy and felt heartache.

She called her cousin's name and said in a gentle voice, "Wendy, look at us."

Wendy remained quiet.

After a long while, she realized what Joanne said. She came to her senses in a trance and looked around.

When she sat down, her mind seemed to be covered with some mist and her mind went blank.

At this moment, the mist in her mind finally dissipated, and she returned to normal.

She saw Joanne, Chris, and her parents who had raised her.

Because they were worried about her, all of these people who had made success in their respective fields were frowning deeply as they looked at her with exceptionally gentle and firm gazes.

Wendy suddenly felt grieved, not because of what happened to her, but because of the people who had been staying with her.

Joanne grabbed Wendy's hand and said, "Wendy, don't be sad. You still have us."

Wendy was instantly enlightened.

"Yeah.

"No matter what happens, I still have my family.

"I would not be alone to deal with whatever happens to me since I have many people to face it with me.

"However, I can't use this as an excuse to make everyone worried.

"They are all busy and have their own things to deal with. How could I make them just worry about me?"

Wendy pursed her lips and raised her hand to wipe away the tears in her eyes. She choked with sobs, but she said clearly, "Guys, don't worry. Gavin hasn't come out yet. I won't collapse."

After that, in order to reassure everyone, she forced a smile.

Joanne looked at Wendy. For the first time, she felt that this cousin of hers was actually a girl who made people feel sorry for her, especially when she got stubborn.

"Gavin should know this better than anyone else.

"Since he is well aware of that, he won't leave Wendy alone, and he can't bear to do it."

At this moment, Joanne didn't know whether she was comforting Wendy or herself.

However, it didn't matter anymore.

With that in mind, Joanne handed Wendy a handkerchief and had her wipe the tears on her face.

At this moment, Dolly also came over and sat next to Wendy. Her eyes were softer than ever, and her tone was unprecedentedly positive. She said, "Wendy, don't be too worried. As you said, we all need to believe in Gavin."

Wendy was just about to nod when she suddenly recalled that Gavin was Dolly's child, and she was her daughter-in-law.

She was standing there perfectly fine while Gavin was undergoing surgery.

All the people standing in the corridor were worried about Gavin, especially Dolly.

Wendy should be comforting her as her daughter-in-law, but she only cared about her own feelings, so their roles were reversed.

Wendy was sad and guilty. She suddenly hugged Dolly and said, "Mom, don't get too worried. Gavin will come back to us safe and sound."

After all, Dolly was aged and could be regarded as an elder here. She was embarrassed to cry in front of a bunch of people from the younger generation.

However, when Wendy began to comfort her, her tears finally burst out.

It was said that one shouldn't speak of other people's sadness.

Wendy was trying to comfort Dolly, but she didn't expect her words to backfire.

Usually, she had a silver tongue, but today, when she looked at Dolly's tears and felt the same mood as Dolly, she felt that she was at a loss for words and couldn't say anything.

She could only hold Dolly tighter to give her support.

Joanne looked at this scene and suddenly thought of her mother. Her eyes were slightly hot, and she could only turn her back.

Brian knew Joanne well. When he noticed that she was about to turn around, he knew that she was about to cry.

As soon as she turned around, he reached out to hold her and let her bury her face in his arms. He stroked her hair and comforted her. "Wendy and Auntie are already crying. Joanne, no matter what, you have to manage your emotions now."

Gavin was undergoing a life-and-death challenge in the operating room. As people standing outside the room, they had better keep their greatest sanity.

Of course, Wendy and Dolly could be exceptions.

Joanne understood what Brian meant. She nodded her head and quickly held back her tears.

Freya had always been an optimistic person. Most of the time, she would be simple-minded. But today, she couldn't be happy no matter what, and her eyes were even a little swollen.

"I want to cry so much, but if I cry at this moment, it would only add trouble to others.

"I have to hold it back!"

Chris couldn't take care of Freya for the time being. He let go of her hand and walked over to comfort Dolly and Wendy.

Everyone was worried about Gavin. At this time, they all had a lot weighing on their minds. They could only comfort and support each other.

With the comfort of everyone, Wendy slowly calmed down and accepted the fact that Gavin was having an operation.

His operation had once been her nightmare. She used to be extremely afraid of the arrival of this moment.

The current situation proved that her fear wouldn't help.

It was fate.

She had no choice but to accept it calmly.

Wendy knew very well that Gavin in the operating room would definitely try his best to fight against the disease at this moment. Even if he was just doing it for her, he would never easily yield and die.

The only thing she needed to do was secretly support him and quietly wait for the results.

If his resistance failed and the results of the operation were terrible, she was supposed to accept it as well.

Because she knew that Gavin and the doctors and nurses had tried their best. If that happened, it meant that he had lost his strength, and the doctors and nurses had done everything they could.

If fate still didn't intend to let go of Gavin, then she would have nothing to complain about.

However, there would be irreparable pain in her life.

It was just that she would never be able to obtain happiness again in her life.

At this moment, Wendy could only pray silently that Gavin must hold on.

Joanne looked at her watch again. It had only been half an hour since Gavin went into the operating room.

There were two and a half hours left before his operation was over.

Every following minute was a hellish torture to them. The raging fire was burning in everyone's hearts, but there was nothing they could do.

Wendy and Dolly sat on the sofa. Their bodies were almost stiff because of nervousness.

Joanne and Brian had been looking at the door of the operating room. If they had any superpowers, their eyes would have passed through the white door and they would have been able to spy on the situation inside the operating room.

Wesley had remained silent. He kept walking back and forth between the corridor and the break room, smoking half a pack of cigarettes, and he reeked a strong smell of smoke all over.

Chris and Freya sat on another sofa, and their hands clasped together as if they could help Gavin fight for a greater chance to make it in this way.

During her waiting, Wendy looked at the time again and again. She checked out the watch on her wrist repeatedly. Three hours finally passed.

Wendy felt as if three centuries had passed. She almost subconsciously stood up and walked toward the operating room door.

"It's been such a long time. The operation should have ended, and Noah and Henry should come out by now.

"The results of Gavin's operation... should be out by now, right?"