Shawn...

Joanne had met him eight years ago.

At that time, Shawn was a handsome guy who was famous throughout the school and was the school's BBS. The number of people who fell in love with him openly and secretly in the school could not be counted.

What was even more shocking was that every day, there were a lot of girls from the neighboring school coming over to ask where Shawn was, and then they went all over the Arlington University just to have a look at Shawn.

Later, the experiment teacher placed Joanne and Shawn into the same group.

Until today, Joanne still remembered the words of the experiment teacher. "Joanne, at present, it seems that Shawn is free from disturbance only when he is in the same group as you."

Shawn's professional grades were very good. He was bold and capable of conducting. By cooperating with such a person, Joanne could save a lot of trouble.

Yes, Joanne completely ignored the fact that all the girls drooled about-Shawn's face.

Later, Shawn knew the reason why Joanne was willing to be in the same team with him, and he almost puked blood and died. He said with a complaining face, "Joanne, it will be good enough even if you just add that 'you're kind of good-looking.' But you completely ignored my charming face. You can't hurt my self-esteem like that!"

Joanne was too embarrassed to tell Shawn that the reason why she could ignore his face was that she missed Brian every day.

As long as she thought of Brian, she could see nothing else.

That was probably the reason why Joanne and Shawn had peacefully been classmates for six years. After graduation, they were specially hired to the police station together and then continued to work as colleagues.

In the past seven years, there had been rumors about Joanne and Shawn.

However, whenever Joanne was distressed by these unfounded scandals, Shawn always happened to find a girlfriend. After suppressing the rumors between him and Joanne, he found that he didn't get along well with his girlfriend and broke up with her.

After Shawn changed his girlfriend for three times, there was finally no more gossip about him and Joanne.

When she was busy with her graduation thesis, other than sleeping time, Joanne and Shawn were almost inseparable from each other.

During that time, Joanne didn't have enough sleep every day, and she was almost addicted to caffeine, but Shawn always looked happy.

In Joanne's impression, that time might have been the happiest time for Shawn in the past seven years.

Of course, she did not know the reason.

It was just that when she recalled the days that they spent together, it felt like a lifetime.

Joanne thought about it. The last time she saw Shawn was when she was threatened by Rowdy to divorce Brian.

At that time, Shawn had helped her a lot.

After that, they had never seen each other until today.

However, their friendship, which lasted for seven years, would not disappear because of this.

Joanne said to the nurse on the other end of the phone, "He's my friend. Please take him upstairs." She did not realize that there was a hint of excitement in her tone.

But Brian did not ignore it.

Brian remained extremely sensitive to the name "Shawn".

As a man who liked Joanne, he could see it clearly. On the surface, Shawn just wanted to be friends with Joanne. But in fact, his thoughts about Joanne were much more complicated than just being friends with her.

Shawn was not the only one who liked Joanne. What Brian cared about the most was that Shawn was the man who had accompanied Joanne for the longest time-from her freshman year to her job, their friendship had lasted for seven years.

Although he knew Joanne when he was sixteen years old, he had only been with her for two years.

For Joanne, Shawn might not have been a friend for a long time, but a relative who was as important as Chris without blood relations.

However, even though they were only relatives, Brian was still jealous.

Joanne hung up the phone and found that Brian's look was not right. She asked him, "What's wrong?"

Brian asked with unclear emotions, "Are you happy that Shawn is here?"

For a moment, Joanne did not realize that Brian might be jealous, so she blurted out, "Of course I'm happy, we are already... hmm..."

Brian did not wait for Joanne to finish her words. He lowered his head and kissed her lips. He could not help but shut her up.

Brian did not kiss her very hard, but with obvious punishment-he was not as gentle and smooth as before, but immediately broke Joanne's teeth and squeezed her unique sweetness.

Only then Joanne realize that Brian seemed to be unhappy.

She responded with a "hmm" and tried to respond to Brian's kiss gently.

She already knew Brian too well. At a time like this, rather than trying to push him away and reason with him, it was better to kiss him.

As long as his anger and jealousy subsided, everything would be fine.

The fact proved that Joanne was right.

Under her response, Brian's kiss was no longer rude. It soon became slow and gentle...

Before long, there was a knock on the door, which should be an indication of Shawn's arrival.

Brian reluctantly released Joanne. "Let him in?"

Joanne wanted to laugh. "He came to see me, but you don't want to let him in. Do you want me to go out and see him?"

There was a wound on her lower abdomen. Although it was not that serious, it was not very convenient for her to move.

Brian held Joanne down. "Don't move, I'll open the door."

Shawn was outside the door. They hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. He was still the same as before. He was dressed in a good-quality casual suit and looked handsome. At first glance, one could tell that he was a young master from a well-off and educated family.

He carried an insulated lunchbox in his hand and a fruit basket in his other hand. But it didn't look incongruous at all.

"It's been a while." Shawn took the things in his hand and took the initiative to say hello to Brian. "Everyone said that you have changed after you became a father. Now it seems that it is true."

"Come in." Brian showed a friendly attitude and stepped aside. "Joanne is in the room, you can talk inside."

Shawn pushed the door open and walked into the room. He saw Joanne at first glance.

He was so familiar with Joanne that he even knew clearly what she looked like when she smiled. They hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. Although Joanne had become a mother, she didn't look much different.

Her skin was still as white and delicate as a newborn baby's, and her beautiful peach-blossom eyes still looked harmless. When she pursed her lips and smiled, it was still attractive.

Shawn suppressed all the strange feelings and walked to the bed of Joanne like an ordinary good friend. "Congratulations, it's been a while."

"It's been half a year," Joanne said with a smile. "But I know you've been very busy lately."

Although she had resigned from the job in the police station, Joanne still kept in touch with her former colleagues. From the words of these colleagues, she knew that Shawn was in charge of both his and her work in the police station. Now, he was an indispensable and important talent in the Criminal Investigation Team of the City Police Station.

"You still have the nerve to say it." Shawn looked very unsatisfied. "If it weren't for your resignation, I wouldn't be so tired at all. We graduated together and got into the City Police Station together. We agreed to be spokespersons of the case together. But what happened in the end?"

"I'm sorry." Joanne looked sorry and helpless, but her tone was happy. She pointed to the two babies in the crib. "I didn't expect that either."

"Well, you are serious with me." Shawn smiled. "This day would have come sooner or later. You can't stay in the City Police Station all your life."

"What about you?" Joanne said with some hesitation, "Didn't Uncle Jiang and auntie always hope that you could go back to inherit the company? How long can you continue to work in the City Police Station?"

"If everything goes well, I'll stay there forever," Shawn said with a smile. "Also, I'm getting married."

This was the most unexpected news that Joanne had heard since she was pregnant. It was so shocking that she could not even react for a while. She looked at Shawn blankly and asked, "Get married?"

"I'm one year older than you. You're already a mother. You don't allow me to get married?" Shawn placed an ivory white invitation on the bedside table. "The wedding date will be half a month from now. You'll still be having a rest for the first month after delivery, so you probably won't be able to attend the ceremony."

Shawn's tone was full of regret. For a moment, Joanne did not know what to say.

In other words, she had a lot of questions to ask Shawn, but did not know where to start.

Just when Joanne was in a dilemma, Shawn changed the subject and said, "However, the red envelope can attend instead of you."

Joanne instantly burst into laughter, and the atmosphere in the room also became much more relaxed.

Shawn saw through Joanne's hesitation and took the initiative to say, "We met on a blind date."

"A blind date?" Joanne was even more surprised. "It seems that you have only had a blind date once, and you were forced by your mother."

At that time, Joanne was still working at the police station and did not know the existence of Rowdy, nor was she forced to divorce Brian. Suddenly one day, Shawn said that he was going to have a blind date, owing to which she was surprised for a long time.

But if the girl was Shawn's marriage partner, Joanne was not surprised-Shawn seemed to have a good impression of that girl at that time.

"It's her, Riana." Shawn smiled and said, "We have decided to get married."

"Although it's a bit strange for Young Master Shawn to find the woman to marry through a blind date, many people haven't met a suitable person after several years on the blind dates. You defeated many others with one move, which shows that you are really fated," Joanne said, "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a big red envelope!"

"Since you have said that, I can't refuse." Shawn put down a light blue bag. "This is a meeting gift for the two babies."

Joanne didn't refuse and said, "Would you like to have a look at them?"

"Okay."

Shawn walked in the direction of the babies' bed.

The two little guys were lying on the small bed, which was not even as long as his legs. The boy and Brian looked exactly the same. He completely inherited Brian's good genes, and also inherited Brian's unsociable appearance. The eyes and eyebrows of the baby girl were very similar to Joanne's, and it could be seen at a glance that she would be beautiful.

At such a young age, the facial features of the two little guys had already surpassed that of ordinary people by several streets.

They were indeed the children of Brian and Joanne.

Shawn did not disturb the two little guys. He returned to Joanne and said, "I will come to see them next time when I have time. I will leave today. The lunchbox contains the soup that my mother made for you. Drink it while it's still hot."