The moment before pushing the door open, the idea of running away passed through Joanne's mind.

But then she thought it through. "How could Brian not think that I would take the opportunity to escape? He must be prepared."

And she might be carried back before she entered the elevator.

Therefore, it was better to go back and discuss things with Brian. If she was lucky, she might be able to convince him to let her go.

In the ward...

Brian crossed his slender legs sitting on the sofa, seemingly thinking about something.

Although he did not welcome Rosalyn, he did not think about refusing to let Rosalyn come in.

Because Joanne was here.

If, as he expected, Joanne insisted that the divorce was threatened by Rosalyn, then in front of Rosalyn, she would avoid her like she was a savage beast and would try to clear up her relationship with him, so as to avoid Rosalyn's misunderstanding.

But just now, Joanne not only changed her attitude of alienation, but also pretended to be close to him, which was obviously deliberately showed to Rosalyn. It looked nothing like her being threatened by Rosalyn, and she was clearly swearing sovereignty to her.

Was his speculation wrong, or had he missed something?

At this time, the ward door was pushed open and Joanne was back.

Brian was quite surprised. "Did you come back by yourself?"

Joanne pouted. "Don't think that I don't know you have people standing guard in the hospital downstairs!"

She was smart. Brian smiled with satisfaction and ordered, "Come here and eat breakfast."

Joanne sat back on the single sofa, took a bowl, and took some porridge as if she were going to die.

She could hold back the nausea!

After drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, Joanne's eyes unconsciously looked to the phone on the bedside table.

She didn't know when Rowdy would contact her. She had to leave before the phone rang. Otherwise, she would be discovered by Brian, even if she could hold back her nausea, she couldn't hold anything in then.

However, how could Brian let her leave?

"Why did you do that just now?"

Brian suddenly questioned and interrupted Joanne's thoughts.

Joanne quietly picked at the fish fillet and said, "I was helping you!"

This answer was unexpected to Brian. He raised his eyebrows and gestured for Joanne to continue.

"About two or three days ago, Rosalyn had a talk show. The host asked if she had a good impression of you. She did not deny it. Now the network is full of voices that support you guys being together. The purpose of her seeing you today was obvious, the news that 'Rosalyn's secretly visits Brian, staying together alone for hours' will soon come out, and then there will be news that you are dating, and your 'love' will be settled.

"But you don't like Rosalyn, right? Seeing this kind of news will depress you, right? So, I just told Rosalyn that even if we are divorced, she won't get you, you are still mine!"

The last half of the sentence was completely blurted out without thinking. After Joanne was finished, she felt that it was not right. She regretted it and touched her nose. "You can ignore the last part. But you can't deny that I saved you from big trouble." Then she lifted her chin and looked at Brian with pride.

Brian looked at her with a faint smile. "Who told you that I don't like Rosalyn?"

Joanne waited for Brian to pat her head and praise her. She did not expect to be blamed by him.

She was stunned and couldn't help feeling sad. After a while, she found her voice. "... You told me that."

"Since you remember what I said, why do you still believe Rosalyn's words?" Brian's eyes looked like torches, and his tone was pressing. "Do you really believe that I made a deal with her?"

Joanne looked at Brian's eyes. The whole thing was planned by her. No one knew about that better than her.

It was not that she did not believe Brian's explanation. Brian did not need to explain it to her at all.

She turned her head away. "You not liking Rosalyn has nothing to do with you promising to make a deal with her for the company. Take a step back, is Southern Union Bank's loan genuine? What else do you have to say?"

Brian felt his chest tighten. "Joanne!"

Joanne calmly ate her porridge. "Keep it down, don't scare the fish in the bowl to come alive."

It was fine not to mention, but after talking about it, she really thought that the smell of fish was so heavy that it was too much to bear.

In fact, the chef did a good job of getting rid of the smell of the fish, but since she was pregnant, her sense of smell became more sensitive than a police dog's. A little smell could cause nausea.

Brian looked at Joanne's calmness with slight disgust on his face. He did not know whether he was pissed by her or other reasons, but had the stomachache again.

Within this stiff atmosphere, there was a knock on the door. "Mr. Lambert, is it convenient for you if we come in?"

It was Brian's attending doctor, followed by a nurse.

The nurse reminded Brian with a sweet voice, "Mr. Lambert, you should go check with us."

Joanne looked at the porridge in front of Brian, which had not been touched. She just wanted him to finish eating, but he had already gotten up and gone out. Before he left the room, he turned around and ordered her, "Wait for me here."

The door of the ward was closed.

Almost at the same time, Joanne couldn't help rushing into the bathroom. She spat out all the porridge she had in the morning, and her stomach felt uncomfortable as if it were screwed together.

She covered her lower abdomen and thought about the two children in her stomach, then she didn't feel that terrible.

After washing up, Joanne retched a few times but did not spit anything out. Her complexion, however, became very poor.

She really should go, or when Brian came back and found out that she had vomited again, she could not hold anything in.

But in this case, unless Brian did not want to see her again, she couldn't leave.

After thinking for a while, Joanne dialed Shawn's number.

After more than half an hour, Brian came back.

More than half an hour ago, Brian was still fine when he went out, but now he was helped in by a doctor. Upon seeing his eyebrows and his lips gray and white, he looked to be in great pain.

Joanne's heart was instantly pulled up, and she hurriedly went to help Brian. "What happened?"

The doctor said, "It should be that he didn't eat on time. Mr. Lambert's stomach has signs of recurrence. Take a break and observe it. If the situation is serious, he needs to have an injection."

Joanne helped Brian to lay on the bed, only to notice that his face went white from the pain, but he had been gritting his teeth and would not tell the doctor.

She held his hand. "Take the injection now?"

Brian closed his eyes. "Ask them to leave."

Joanne never heard Brian's voice so weak. She stared at him for a while, then decisively had the doctor give him an injection.

Brian obviously did not expect Joanne to dare to act on her own initiative, so he suddenly opened his eyes. "Joanne!"

Joanne held his hand and her voice was stronger than his. "Don't move!"

In the end, the thin needle poked into his blood vessels, the cold liquid flew into his blood drop by drop, and the doctor and nurse finished their job.

Brian stared at Joanne coldly, but Joanne was not afraid at all. Anyway, Brian could not do anything to her.

Brian also realized this and withdrew his cold gaze. "I am hungry."

Joanne heated up the porridge and brought it over, while Brian had no signs of picking it up. He ordered, "Feed me."

Joanne was certainly not so obedient. "Why?"

Brian lifted his hand and said, "If you didn't have the doctor give me the injection, would I not even be able to eat the porridge?"

Joanne was confused, it seemed that it was really her responsibility.

As she fed the porridge to Brian, she first blew on it and then brought it to his lips. Brian also cooperated, but before he ate a few mouthfuls, he told her to pour the porridge out. She didn't know if he closed his eyes because he was sleepy or because of the pain.

Joanne tucked him in. "Rest."

Brian didn't make a sound after he answered her. Just when Joanne thought he was already asleep, he suddenly called her name. "Joanne..."

"Hmm?" Joanne subconsciously answered.

"Don't go."

Maybe it was because of the pain, or maybe because he was about to fall asleep, but Brian's voice was a little vague. But Joanne heard the three words clearly, and her heart was hit hard at that moment.

She found her voice again after a long while. "Okay!"

Brian's hand came out from under the quilt, found Joanne's hand, and grasped it tightly, then he relaxed his frown and fell asleep.

Joanne's eyes were inexplicably red, and she closed her eyes hard to force back the tears. She then sat on the bed to stay with Brian.

She didn't know how long it took, but his breathing gradually became even, he was obviously asleep, while the strength of holding her hand was not relaxed. Joanne was afraid of waking him so she did not dare to break away.

Then her cell phone vibrated and displayed a text message,"I'm almost there."

The sender was Shawn.

When Shawn arrived, she should leave.

"Brian?"

Joanne just wanted to test him, so the voice was very light. Brian, who was asleep, did not respond at all. She broke away from his hand, laid the quilt over him, and then got up.

She promised that she would not leave, but she had to go.

As she quietly walked to the door of the ward, Joanne was reluctant, and a strong love drove her to stop.

Taking another look, she just looked at him another time before leaving.

She turned her head back and was almost scared to death-Brian was behind her!

She didn't know when he woke up, and he followed her with his right hand dripping with blood. It must have been caused by him having pulled out the needle.

For a moment, Joanne couldn't care more, and she pulled Brian's hand with hers, but it was held by his.

His face was gloomy. "Where are you going?"

"I..." Joanne stammered and did not dare to tell the truth.

Brian pressed Joanne against the door. "Tell me!"

Joanne had never seen him be so fierce before, and she was scared into being frozen. However, perhaps she should tell him the truth, even if it would make Brian angry.

After taking a deep breath, Joanne finally got up the courage. "I want to..."

Before she said the word "leave", Brian suddenly kissed her on the lips and stopped her from saying that word.