"Maybe I have to work hard for another period of time?"

Gavin looked at Brian incredulously. "What do you mean?"

Brian replied calmly, "Just what you have heard."

"..." Gavin was on the verge of losing control of the raging fire in his heart.

As if Brian had seen through Gavin's anger, he said at the right time, "When you become a father one day, I will let you have a month off work."

"..."

In an instant, all of Gavin's resentment and anger were extinguished, and he calmed down just like that.

Brian thought that Gavin was really tempted by this condition and returned to his office with satisfaction.

In fact, Gavin was not happy with the condition at all.

He was wondering if there would really be such a day.

He was no longer the Gavin who could be casual with his life.

He could lose consciousness at any time, and might fall into a long sleep without knowing when he would wake up at any time.

Even a healthy and sound life was an extravagant dream. How could he dare to expect to be a father like Brian?

He had lost his father on the first day he came to this world.

His fate might have been destined to be a tragedy from the beginning.

Humans were equal, but lives were unfair.

Fortunately, he had known Brian since he was very young.

If it weren't for Brian and Wesley, he might have become a gangster on the streets of New York now.

But now, it was the time when Brian needed him the most.

Since he didn't know how much time he had left, he should just make use of every minute and second that he could still possess, and help Brian as much as he could.

If fate was cruel and determined to torment him, he would have to ask Brian to take care of Wendy for him after he left the world.

Wendy... was his last concern in the world.

After calming down, Gavin returned to his post and worked until eight o'clock in the evening. After work, he went to a nearby restaurant to eat and went to the hospital with a few documents that Brian needed to confirm personally.

Before searching for Brian, Gavin secretly went to the office of Mr. Right and asked him about the check-up he had done a few days before.

"I didn't find anything unusual." Although he said so, Henry's tone was not relaxed. "However, your situation is exactly the same as your father's. At the beginning of the examination, there was nothing unusual, but after finding something wrong for the first time, the situation worsened rapidly."

Gavin asked confusedly, "What do you mean?"

"I mean that you should be prepared to get treated in the hospital at any time." Henry said seriously, "I think you should let your friends know about your condition. With the encouragement of your friends and family, your condition may improve."

Gavin smiled and said, "Henry, one of my friends has just become a father, so he is in a good mood. My illness is not good news. In order to not affect their mood, I'd better not say it for the time being."

Henry was a little hesitant. "But you..."

"By the time I have to stay in the hospital, I'll tell them." Gavin casually interrupted him, but his tone was firm. "As of now, I'll keep it a secret for the time being."

Aiden and Romy had just arrived in this world, and everyone was happy. At this time, if he announced his illness, it would be too depressing.

Besides, once his illness was exposed, Brian would definitely fire him and ask him to go to the hospital to get treated. Further, he would not be able to get out of the hospital.

One wouldn't even have to experience it to know that it would be boring in the hospital.

In contrast, he was more willing to stay in the company to help Brian.

After leaving the office of Henry, Gavin went to find Brian with the documents.

Brian was more or less surprised to see Gavin in the hospital so late at night, but all these surprises were stopped by Gavin's words-

Gavin complained resentfully, "You should firstly consider if I have the time to come earlier!"

"..." That was true.

Gavin took the opportunity to put the documents into Brian's hand. "These must be dealt with before noon tomorrow. I'm afraid that you won't be able to handle the them when you arrive at the company tomorrow, so I'll send them to you after I got off work."

Brian casually put the documents on the table. "Is there anything else?"

Gavin spread out his hands. "No." After that, he smartly chose to leave.

Brian stopped Gavin in time. "Wait a minute. I have something to tell you."

Gavin narrowed his eyes and took a step back. He refused to look at Brian. "It's definitely not a good thing!"

"It's something everyone in the company wants. How can it not be a good thing?" Brian said, "You can still do the job as a special assistant till the end of this month."

"...You want to fire me?" Gavin put his palms together with a grateful look on his face. "I've been very tired recently. It's good for me to get fired! I'll book a flight to the place where there are plenty of beauties. I'll come back after having enough fun!"

"It's too early for you to be happy." Brian leisurely threw a heavy bomb to Gavin and blew up all his beautiful fantasies. "Before I got off work today, I had a small meeting with several major shareholders and wanted to promote you to be the vice president."

Gavin's facial features were twisted. "Please tell me the shareholders didn't agree to your proposal."

"Sorry, I'm going to let you down," Brian said slowly, "All shareholders agreed to let you serve as the vice president of the company."

According to Gavin's capabilities, it was a waste of his talent to be just a special assistant. Previously, he was forced by the situation, and he was also willing to be a special assistant, so Brian temporarily put him in the position of a special assistant.

Sooner or later, he would become the vice president of the company-this was something that everyone in Lambert Group knew.

If was in the past, Gavin would have accepted the appointment happily.

But now, he couldn't do that.

The appointment of vice president was a very important personnel decision for a company like Lambert Group. Brian only held a meeting with the shareholders and made the decision. It was not because he and the shareholders did things rashly.

It was because they trusted him.

But now, he was going to fall at any time.

If a special assistant fell, someone could quickly fill in his work. However, if a deputy general manager fell, it would more or less have an impact on the company. It was impossible to find someone to replace him immediately.

Gavin slowly looked at Brian. "No."

Brian knew Gavin too well. His refusal was not a joke, but a serious one.

He frowned. "Why?"

He had already told Gavin that the reason why he put him in the position of a special assistant was just because he needed someone he could trust to help him with some things. He couldn't be a special assistant for his whole life.

The company had long been on the right track. Besides, he and Joanne were married and had children. They had enough strength to compete with Rowdy. Gavin didn't need to secretly do anything for him anymore.

But why did Gavin refuse to go to a higher position?

Gavin quietly thought about what kind of excuse he could find to make Brian believe him and give up on promoting him to vice president.

Brian knew him too well, so he couldn't just make up a lie. Whether he was telling the truth or not, Brian could see through him at a glance.

In the end, Gavin chose a reason which was half true.

"I've been too tired lately. It is not physical tiredness, but a kind of tiredness in my heart. I don't think I'm interested in promotion or a raise in salary in others' eyes now."

Not only did Brian not doubt Gavin's words, but he even thought of a possibility for him. "Because of Wendy?"

Gavin walked to the balcony outside and lit a cigarette. There seemed to be a burning despair in his tone. "I can't let her go at all."

"..." Brian did not speak.

Gavin took a few drags on the cigarette and said, "I've fully understood your feelings. I want to touch her, but I have to take back my hand. I have the ability to give her happiness, but I can't be presumptuous. I've tried to be her friend and face her as an elder brother. But when I actually saw her, I found that I couldn't do it."

"..."

After a long pause, Gavin put out the cigarette and continued, "When Joanne proposed a divorce to you, you were inconsolable. Now I can feel the same amount of pain as you had felt."

Brian had never seen such a look on Gavin's face. Even when he confessed that he was an orphan, there was no such restrained but deep pain on his face.

However, Gavin had been behaving normally these days.

Among them, Gavin was the best at covering up his pain.

Brian thought for a moment and asked, "Do you need a long vacation?"

"Let's talk about it later." The typical relaxed smile returned to Gavin's face. "When you get used to the new identity of 'Dad', I'll ask you for a long vacation. I'll be going abroad for a vacation. Let's talk about the promotion after I come back."

Of course, the premise was that he could make it to come back.

Brian nodded in approval to Gavin.

Gavin looked at the time and found that it was late. When he was about to say that he was going back, he suddenly remembered something. "Have you received any news about Wesley?"

"He has arrived in Arlington," Brian said, "He said that he had deal with something first, and he will come over tomorrow."

"He said the same thing to me." Gavin spread out his hands. "Did you ask him what he was going to deal with? I wanted to ask him if he was going to deal with Yuna, but I was afraid that he would beat me to death tomorrow."

Brian glanced at Gavin. "Do you think I can ask about it when you don't dare to ask?"

"... Since you can't ask, no one in the world dares to ask." Gavin shrugged and chose to give up. "Forget it. Anyway, in the future... Wesley will deal with Yuna sooner or later."

Brian said, "Not necessarily."

Gavin said, "Hmm?" He was curious. "Why did you say that?"

"Because Wesley really likes Yuna." Brian told the truth at a steady pace. "He isn't willing to."

If he was willing, at the very beginning, when he found that Yuna was a mole, Wesley would have already killed her. Then why did he let Yuna return to Rowdy?

If it were in the past, Gavin would definitely not understand the meaning of Brian's words.

But now, he knew it very well.

You used to be invulnerable and omnipotent. But after you really fell in love with someone, even that person's name became your weakness.

You had an inexplicable kind of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, and you were no longer indestructible.

For a moment, it was hard to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.