Wendy thought that she would be taught a lesson.

However, Dolly just sighed as if she was making a compromise to fate. Then she didn't say anything. She just picked up her bag and left.

Wendy was stunned, alone, in front of a steaming hot cup of coffee.

She had admitted that she liked Gavin. Shouldn't Dolly say something? Did she support or oppose that she liked Gavin? Just an answer!

Why did he have to sigh?

Was it disappointing for her to like Gavin?

Wendy left the coffee shop with 10,000 question marks. Looking at the pedestrians and cars all over the street, she didn't know where to go so she simply stopped by Joanne's home.

There could be a third party between Joanne and Brian, which was more important than the relationship between her and Gavin!

During these months of pregnancy, Joanne basically did not leave the Lambert Family. She ate, drank, and slept every day, and sometimes took a look at some books related to raising children. She went out with Brian on the weekend, and her date of delivery was approaching.

Seeing Wendy, Joanne was more or less surprised. Joanne asked her, "Don't you go to work today?"

"I am on the night shift for the first time today, so I don't have to go to work during the daytime," Wendy said with a smile, "I didn't know where to go after lunch, so I came to your house."

"If you really don't know where to go, you should come with me to have lunch." Joanne smiled and stared at Wendy. "Tell me, did you have lunch with my aunt, or with Gavin?"

"..."

"..."

Wendy did not expect to be hit by Joanne's question, and she was experiencing a fierce struggle in her heart.

She didn't want to tell the truth, but according to this situation, she might be exposed by Joanne before she could tell a lie.

In the end, Wendy chose to surrender with a complicated expression. "I ate lunch with Gavin, and then my mother found out..."

"Is that so?" Joanne recognized the intriguing part, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes lit up. "What's the matter? Tell me."

Wendy discouragingly threw herself on the sofa. "Cousin... It's not that I don't want to say... I just... I don't know how to say it..."

Joanne rarely heard Wendy speaking in such a tone, so she became more curious about it. With a serious face, she promised, "Tell me. If you have any problem, I will help you find a way to solve it!"

Wendy blushed at the thought of admitting that she liked Gavin. She covered her face and organized her words. She told Joanne what had happened at noon.

"..."

After hearing her words, Joanne was lost in thought and didn't speak for a long time.

Wendy asked in confusion, "Cousin, are you not surprised at all?"

"What do I need to be surprised about?" Joanne looked at Wendy calmly. "You like Gavin. It's a fact that I discovered a long time ago. Besides, Aunt is much older than us, and she must have noticed it earlier. What surprised me was that..."

Joanne's memory returned to this morning.

Brian went to the company very early. She was alone at home to kill time. She received a phone call from Freya at about ten o'clock. Freya said that there was a major discovery that she wanted to tell her about.

Freya's so-called major discovery was that Dolly seemed to like Gavin very much!

Joanne's answer was that she wasn't surprised at all.

Gavin obviously liked Wendy too. While Dolly was Wendy's mother, who would be Gavin's future mother-in-law. Gavin should know better than anyone that he wanted his future mother-in-law to like him so that the possibility of him being with Wendy would be greater.

Who was Gavin?

For as long as he wanted, he would be the one who could make you happy. It should be a piece of cake for Gavin to win Dolly's favor and make Dolly recognize him.

So, what Joanne could not understand was that since Dolly had already recognized Gavin, why did she ask Wendy to go on a date with Connell?

If Dolly told her that it was because Gavin was an orphan, or because Gavin had no family or background or power, Joanne did not believe it.

Although the Qin family was said to be a prominent family in Arlington, Gavin's ability was absolutely above that of Connell. If Gavin left Lambert Group while Connell also left Clark Enterprise Group, and the two of them went to a shopping mall to start from scratch. Gavin was bound to be the one who would make great achievements first.

Dolly was neither short of money nor power. She should pay more attention to abilities, but why couldn't she accept Gavin in the end?

The reason behind this must be more complicated than she had imagined, right?

Wendy waited for a long time but she didn't hear Joanne continue her words. She looked at Joanne confusedly, "Cousin, what are you confused about?"

Joanne didn't intend to hide it from Wendy, but Wendy probably couldn't understand what she herself couldn't think through. So, telling her the problem would only add to her worries.

She smiled and said softly, "I will tell you when I think it through."

Wendy said, "Oh," and changed her sitting position. She took a snake fruit from the fruit tray and took a bite. "Then tell me first, why did you like my cousin-in-law before?"

Joanne did not answer. Instead, she looked at Wendy with a strange face. "It would be strange if I didn't like your cousin-in-law, right?"

"..."

"..."

Wendy was speechless for a long time before she squeezed out a sentence, "Cousin, you are showing off..."

Yes, Brian was so handsome that he could blow up the sky, but he was so faithful to her! He showed an icy face to others, but smiled every time he saw his wife! He had been cold and tough for 30 years and gave the accumulated tenderness to Joanne alone.

Who wouldn't like such a man?

Wendy said with distress, "I don't understand why I like Gavin. Compared with his advantages, his shortcomings are more obvious!"

"If you don't understand, don't think about it. If you like him, just follow your heart." Joanne looked calm. "As Freya said, it's not a shame to like a person."

Wendy tilted her head and thought for a moment. "That's right. But when I stop thinking about why I like Gavin, I'll start thinking if he likes me or not..."

Joanne did not answer. Instead, she asked, "What is the result? Do you think Gavin likes you?"

"At first, I thought it was impossible for him to like me, and then I felt that he didn't like me. Now I am not sure if he likes me or not." Wendy covered her face again. "Cousin, was this the same when you liked my cousin-in-law?"

Joanne shook her head. "When I liked your cousin-in-law, I always thought that he wouldn't even remember me, not to mention liking me."

"Is that so?" Wendy blinked her eyes. "So, you were a bit worse off than me?"

"Yes." Joanne smiled. "But in the end, I married your cousin-in-law and fell in love with him. Your situation is much better than mine. You and Gavin will be happier than me and your cousin-in-law in the future."

"...Cousin, I'm very touched." Although she was moved, Wendy's expression was extremely clear. "But everyone's situation is different. The effects of the same drug on different patients are not exactly the same, so your logic... can't be applied."

"..." Joanne didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Wendy, you are so smart, why can't you see it clearly?"

Wendy was stunned again. "What do you mean?"

Joanne answered her own question, "Maybe it's just like the saying: 'Those who are closely involved will be fooled by the onlooker'. Forget it, you'll understand what I mean in the future."

After a short thought, Wendy gave it up seeing no sign of Joanne's explanation. She sighed and said, "Some say that a pregnant woman will be stupid for three years, but Cousin, I don't think these words can be used on you."

Joanne nodded and said innocently, "Your cousin-in-law also said so."

"..." Wendy choked again. After a long while, she asked naturally, "Cousin, you are so smart. If my brother-in-law wants to hide something from you, he must fail, right?"

"In fact, I hope that he has nothing to hide from me." Joanne smiled and slowly fixed her eyes to Wendy's face. "Why did you suddenly say that?"

Although they had not known each other for a long time, Joanne knew Wendy very well. If there was nothing else, Wendy would never mention that Brian hid something from her.

Unless Wendy found out something wrong.

Wendy screamed in her heart while trying to find a way to cover it up. However, her anxious look betrayed her again. Without any difficulty, Joanne was sure that something had happened. She said with a smile, "Wendy, you are the one who hid something from me, right?"

"..." Wendy almost raised her hands to surrender to Joanne.

"And it has something to do with your cousin-in-law, right?" Joanne looked calm. "Tell me, I want to hear if it's fun."

Wendy tried to use euphemistic terms as much as possible and asked, "My cousin-in-law won't come back for dinner tonight, right?"

"Yes," Joanne said nodding, "He told me that he would have dinner outside tonight when he went out in the morning."

"As I far as I know, my cousin-in-law is going to have dinner with his college classmate, Miley tonight," Wendy said hesitatingly, "My cousin-in-law said, she felt that Miley was not going to give up on my cousin-in-law."

Joanne raised the corner of her mouth, and a calm self-confidence showed up between her eyebrows. "But, your cousin-in-law's whole heart is focused on me. He doesn't care about anyone who still likes him."

"But they're going to have dinner together tonight," Wendy reminded her, "I know you aren't worried about him, but don't you worry Miley will do something to him?"

"It's not that I don't worry about your cousin-in-law, I just believe in him." Joanne didn't care. "He is so smart. If Miley really has schemes on him, he will definitely see it."

Wendy felt that Joanne was right. "And then?"

"And then, your cousin-in-law will find a way to solve it." Joanne calmly pulled on a small bunch of grapes. "If he feels that it's necessary for me to know, he will tell me. If not, he will pretend that it didn't happen. Since it's not necessary for me to know, I don't have to worry or be entangled."

Wendy held her chin with both hands and looked at Joanne with a face of infatuation. "Cousin, if I were a man, I'll love you too."

"Oh, please don't." Joanne smiled. "You'd better go and love Gavin."

Wendy,"..."