Joanne and Shawn had escaped from the bodyguards, but they had not escaped from the media.

Since the news of them entering and exiting the hotel had been released last time, Shawn's every move had become the focus of the media's attention.

However, recently Shawn only commuted between the police station and his apartment, so there was no reporting value, and coupled with the Jameson Family's background, the media did not involve him in the matter between Brian and Joanne.

Today, the reporters surrounded the hospital to report on Rosalyn's visit to Brian. Getting a photo of Joanne and Shawn was purely unexpected.

After a while, the reporters and the cameras quickly surrounded Joanne and Shawn, and threw questions at them like cannonballs.

"Miss Scott, did you come to the hospital to visit Mr. Lambert? But why did the rumors say that you have broken it off?"

"Mr. Shawn, are you here to accompany Miss Scott? What is the injury on your face?"

"Miss Scott, Mr. Shawn..."

The reporters were afraid of missing something, and the crowd was getting tighter. The cameras and the antennas inevitably hurt Joanne, so Shawn guarded her with a slender arm and indicated to her that she should not be afraid.

The people he brought should be coming out soon.

In the media's view, Shawn was very meticulous about Joanne. The shutters of the cameras were pressed madly, as they just could not wait to take photos from all angles and then make a big fuss.

Within a minute, the well-trained soldiers came out of the hospital. With their help, Shawn and Joanne drove away.

Joanne breathed a sigh of relief, but before she took another one, the ringing of the mobile phone was heard again.

Shawn slowed down and signaled for Joanne to answer the phone.

"Why didn't you answer the phone just now?" There was no obvious emotion in Rowdy's tone, but she could still hear the snake-like coldness. "You don't dare to pick it up?"

In order to get something from Rowdy, Joanne pretended to pause as if she were guilty, and she did not answer but asked, "Why didn't I dare to pick up your call? Rowdy, you should not overestimate yourself."

"With Brian, do you dare to answer my phone call?" Rowdy smiled coldly. "Joanne, it seems that I really look down on you."

Joanne's back was suddenly stiff. "How do you know that I was with Brian?

Yesterday, she sent Brian to the hospital in the middle of the night. Nobody knew except for Gavin and the doctor and nurses who accompanied the car.

The doctors and nurses accompanying the car were all people from the hospital. It was impossible that they would disclose the news, not to mention Gavin.

Her guess was really right!

"If you dare to disobey me, I will know about it sooner or later..." Rowdy avoided the question.

Joanne didn't fall for that so easily. She interrupted Rowdy coldly. "Or let me tell you the answer-Rosalyn told you about that. You and Rosalyn not only know each other, but also have a cooperative relationship."

After thinking about it, Joanne immediately understood. "You and Rosalyn both want to break me and Brian up, so you found her. You threatened me with the unseen past of Brian, and Rosalyn used the loan of Southern Union Bank to threaten me, forcing me to agree to your request."

After a long time of silence, the laughter of Rowdy came from her earpiece. "So this is what you want to make sure of? Oh, smarter than I thought."

Joanne snorted, "You and Rosalyn are more stupid than I imagined!"

After that, Joanne hung up the phone and threw it back into the bag. She still frowned and didn't have any joy after laughing at her opponent.

"Why are you still not happy after you already proved your answer?" Shawn did not understand.

Joanne said, "I have to find a way to tell Brian about this."

"What are you afraid of?"

"Rosalyn has been close to Brian in the past few years. She must know something about Lambert Group. I am worried that she will tell Rowdy." After Joanne saw the information from Rowdy, she had already had a psychological shadow. She was afraid that there would suddenly be something that was unfavorable to Brian.

Shawn thought for a moment and shook his head. "She shouldn't. Think about it, if Rosalyn likes Brian, she must want him to be good. Even if she is really holding onto something about Lambert Group that can't be disclosed, she won't give it to Rowdy. At most, she'd threaten Brian with it."

If Rosalyn really threatened Brian, Joanne was not afraid of that. She believed that Brian could solve it.

What she was afraid of was that Rosalyn had gone mad because of love and had lost her reason.

The hospital was not very far away from Chris's apartment. After a while, Shawn took Joanne to the apartment downstairs.

Joanne unfastened the seat belt. "Thank you."

"Go up." Shawn smiled. "Right, I must warn you, from what I saw today, I don't think that he will let you go easily, so you must be mentally prepared."

Joanne looked down.

How could she not know? Brian would definitely come to see her after he was discharged from the hospital. At that time, he might actually take the opportunity to bring her back, whether she wanted that or not.

As for what to do at that time... she had no clue.

"Well, don't think about it." Shawn tried to make Joanne feel at ease. "I have already discussed it with my mom. I promise you that as long as you don't let Brian detect that there is something wrong, he would not come to you."

"You-" Joanne looked at Shawn with amazement, "how did you discuss it with your mother?"

Shawn put on a mysterious smile. "It's confidential! But I am not helping you for nothing, I have conditions."

"What conditions?" Joanne really couldn't think of one thing that Shawn needed her to help with.

"There are two." Shawn said, "First, after all this is resolved, you have Brian help me find a trustworthy manager to help my dad take care of the company. The annual salary and dividends are all discussable, I just don't want to listen to my dad talk about it all the time. He always wonders why he doesn't feel like he actually has a son."

This was very easy to do, Joanne nodded. "What's the second?"

"Second," Shawn touched his chin, "after he finds out the truth, you need to prevent Brian from hitting me."

Joanne laughed and patted Shawn's shoulder. "I will protect you."

After that, she pushed the door open, waved to Shawn, and went upstairs.

At this time, the gossip had blown up on the Internet.

The headline was just as Joanne had expected, that Rosalyn went to visit Brian. The title said that Brian and Rosalyn stayed in the ward for more than two hours, and they talked intimately. When they came out, Rosalyn looked so happy, which made people couldn't help but imagine.

The commentary section of the news was harmonious, and everyone was giving their blessing to Rosalyn and Brian. Some people were moved and bluntly saying that it was so difficult for Rosalyn to be here after she had gone through so many troubles and finally got together with someone she liked.

After reading it, Joanne was really impressed by Rosalyn's public relations team, and she also admired the reporters' imaginations.

Following the headlines was the news of Joanne and Shawn.

According to the report, the author witnessed Shawn and Joanne coming out of the hospital. Shawn cared for Joanne, but there were obvious wounds on his face.

They speculated that the injury on Shawn's face was caused by Brian because Joanne had had an affair.

The commentary section of this news was not so harmonious, and all the unspeakable words were used on Joanne. Some people even said that Shawn deserved it, and he should be beaten for having no taste in women and picking Joanne.

Joanne shut down the tablet because she thought that she wouldn't get upset if she didn't read it. She then ate the soup brought by the auntie, and went back to the room to rest.

Last night, in order to take care of Brian, she did not sleep well, and after her pregnancy, she needed more sleep than before, so it was not difficult to fall asleep. She even slept until 5:00 p.m.

She completely woke up because she was hungry. So she tidied her hair casually and walked out of the room. Then she found that Chris had returned and was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Joanne walked in to help Chris pick up the food, thinking about how to ask about Brian.

"Don't worry, I heard from Gavin that he is fine, and he can leave the hospital after two days of rest." Chris glanced at Joanne's embarrassment and handed her a small bowl. "Try the soup."

Joanne blew on then ate the soup. "It's good."

Chris turned off the gas and put the soup down to prepare for cooking. He asked, "How do you know that he was hospitalized?" He went to the company directly after eating breakfast at the clubhouse this morning, so he didn't know that Joanne was not at home like him last night.

Joanne told Chris about yesterday's incident. After listening to it, Chris shook his head helplessly. "Shawn was right, the softer you are, the stronger Brian will be. When you can't stand up to him, you will expose yourself."

"What should I do?" Joanne asked for help. "I can't let him know now."

"Didn't you just say that Shawn told you that he and Mrs. Jiang had a good discussion?" Chris did not answer but asked.

"Yeah," Joanne nodded, "but he wouldn't tell me what it was about."

Chris almost guessed it and smiled. "You don't have to think about it, just do as he says."

After dinner, Joanne watched TV on the sofa. Chris was sitting next to her, using a laptop to deal with a little work and chatting with her from time to time.

When it was nearly 10 o'clock, Chris urged Joanne to go to sleep. Since Joanne became pregnant, he did not allow her to go to sleep after 10 o'clock. Even if Joanne was not sleepy, he also asked her to return to the room because he knew that Joanne could fall asleep while if she were to lay down.

Joanne also obeyed. First, she went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, but she did not expect to have sudden nausea, and all the things eaten at dinner were spat out.

Chris heard the sound and ran into the bathroom. From the mirror, he saw that Joanne's face was completely white. He took a glass of water and gave it to her, patted her back, and asked, "Feeling terrible?"

Joanne shook her head and sipped the cup of warm water and went back to the room to sleep.

Chris was still worried so he followed her into the room. She squeezed out a smile, "This is called morning sickness, it is normal. You just go to mind your business and go to bed early; I am going to bed."

Chris tucked Joanne in. "Call me if you need anything."

Joanne nodded and received a message from Shawn after Chris went out,"7:00 Friday night, Jiangyuan Hotel, dinner with Captain Turner."

For dinner, she had to not avoid jeering and drinking.

Joanne originally wanted to wait for the situation to stabilize and then arrange this, but he also remembered the words of Chris,"Do as he says."

She typed "good" in the reply column and clicked "Send".