The security guard had seen Wendy once and stubbornly believed that she was Gavin's girlfriend.

At that time, Gavin's heart had already been "possessed" by Wendy, so he did not deny it.

But in the current situation... he couldn't let the uncle continue to misunderstand it.

Gavin touched the Husky's head and said, "Sir, I... don't have a girlfriend now."

The smile on the security guard's face froze, and then he was stunned.

He had never experienced the passionate and strong love between young people nowadays, but he had seen too many young couples.

Gavin and Wendy obviously liked each other. So he had always believed that they would be together.

However, now, it seemed that what he had expected didn't happen.

Perhaps it was destiny.

The security guard didn't dare to ask for more details. He smiled apologetically and went over to help Gavin to press the button of the elevator.

"Thank you."

Gavin held the Husky in his arms, carried the bag of dog food, and went upstairs.

He put the Husky on the sofa and patted its head. "You can live here for the time being."

Maybe it had understood Gavin's words, or that the soft sofa brought it too much coziness, so it wagged its thin tail.

Gavin looked at the Husky, whose eyes had regained their luster, and suddenly felt that it was not bad to keep a pet at home.

At least, he was no longer the only living creature in the house.

He opened the bag and poured some dog food out. He put it in front of the Husky, beckoning it to eat.

The puppy seemed unaccustomed to obtaining food so easily. After probing around a bit, it discovered that what was in the front was really edible. Moreover, the taste wasn't bad, so it immediately began to enjoy the feast.

Gavin felt that the little Husky's eating look was particularly funny, so he filmed it and sent the video to Wendy.

Wendy hadn't gone to sleep yet. After watching the video, she quickly sent a message over-

"It looks pretty good after the cleaning!"

Gavin sent a proud emoji. "Of course, don't you know who took it to bathe?"

Wendy nodded in agreement. "It's very suitable for you to live together!"

Gavin sent a warning emoji and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well, I mean, people with good looks should live together! Anyway, everyone is pleasing to the eye!" After that, Wendy sent a sincere emoji.

"I can give you full marks for this honest explanation." After a pause, Gavin asked, "It's so late. Why haven't you slept yet?"

"..."

This time, it took Gavin quite a while to wait for Wendy's reply.

When Gavin looked at his watch for the third time, it had been only ten minutes since he sent the last message.

However, he felt as if half a century had passed by.

"The naughty girl is alone in the apartment. Could something have happened to her?"

Gavin dialed Wendy's number without thinking, but what sounded was not the familiar beep, which meant the call would be picked up soon, but the cold female alert tone.

"Hello, the number you dialed is busy..."

It turned out that she was talking to someone on the phone.

Gavin breathed a sigh of relief and put down his mobile phone. In less than five seconds, he received a message from Wendy.

"I just received a call."

Gavin casually asked, "A call from the hospital?"

At this late hour, the only one he could think of who would contact Wendy was someone from the hospital.

It took a couple of minutes for Wendy to answer. "It's not the hospital. It's Connell."

Looking at the name of another man in the dialogue box, Gavin suddenly fell silent.

Wendy had just announced it a few hours ago. How could he forget that Wendy had a boyfriend and that it was Connell?.

He sent a smile against his will. Maybe Wendy didn't know how to reply, so she simply changed the topic.

"Have you thought of a name for the dog?"

"Does it need a name?"

"Those question marks fully explained Gavin's incomprehension."

This time, Wendy replied quickly, "Of course! Otherwise, how would you call it in the future? Hello? Silly dog? Dog?"

Gavin glanced at the Husky, who was eating happily behind him, and typed in the dialog box with his fingers flying. "This Husky does look stupid."

Wendy,"..."

Gavin seriously pondered for a moment and made a decision that determined the Husky's life. "Then let's call it Erha!"

Wendy sent a few speechless emojis. "If it could understand your words, it would jump up and bite you."

Gavin thought for a moment and said, "Erha is different from you."

Wendy, "..."

Gavin was in a good mood. He walked over, squatted down, touched the Husky's head, and tentatively called it, "Erha."

The young Husky raised its head and rubbed itself against Gavin's leg as if it knew that this was its new name.

Gavin raised his eyebrows, pressed the phone screen and began to record a short video. He called again, "Erha?"

Then Erha rubbed against Gavin with a silly look on its face.

"Good boy!" Gavin touched the little husky's head with appreciation. Then he loosened his fingers, and the video was soon sent to Wendy's mobile phone.

Gavin added a sentence, "Erha likes its new name very much!"

Wendy sent an emoji of regret and shook her head. "Young dogs are just immature! I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm going to sleep."

Gavin smiled and replied, "Good night."

The message was sent in an instant, but Gavin stared at the two words sent by him and did not turn his eyes away for a long time.

He forgot who had said that "goodnight" possessed another meaning, which was "I love you".

In fact, it was reasonable. When facing a woman towards whom he had no feelings, he didn't even bother to say a word. How could he say "good night" to her?

"Because you love her, you hope that she can have a good morning, good afternoon, and good night."

"You hope that she'll be safe and happy for the rest of her life."

However, since there was someone else who could take care of Wendy, he could rest assured.

Erha seemed to have sensed Gavin's depression. It suddenly yelled at him, "Whof!"

Gavin came to his senses and touched Erha's head. "I'm going to take a shower. Tonight, you can just sleep on the sofa. Dad will prepare a very cool home for you tomorrow!"

Erha rubbed against Gavin's legs and squatted down, looking so obedient. Gavin patted its head with satisfaction and went to the bathroom.

After the shower, Gavin was drying his hair and walking out of the bathroom when the phone on the coffee table rang.

There was only a string of numbers displayed on the screen, but Gavin knew very well who the owner of this string of numbers was.

When he answered the phone, Dolly's voice was heard almost immediately. "Has Wendy arrived home?"

"She has." Gavin sat on the sofa. "I'm at home."

"You're right about one thing," Dolly said, "Wendy began to wonder why I am still here and don't plan to go back to Australia."

Gavin frowned. "What's going on?"

"She announced that she was dating Connell. When I asked her outside..." Dolly told Gavin about the conversation between her and Wendy in the garden in detail, but there was obvious hesitation in her tone.

Gavin didn't ignore Dolly's hesitation and asked, "What are you doubting about?"

Dolly surely didn't dare to say that Wendy had seemed to like Gavin. She just said, "I suspect that Wendy was deliberately urging me. Is it possible that she has found out that you are her brother?"

Gavin didn't hesitate for even half a second and directly said, "It's impossible."

"Why are you so sure?" Dolly asked.

"When I sent her back to her apartment, I picked up a stray dog downstairs. She said that you were allergic to animal hair and asked me to raise it. If she had known that I was her brother, she would guess that you might come to my house. Then it would be impossible for her to ask me to bring the stray dog back."

That was what Gavin had just confirmed-Wendy didn't know that they were related by blood.

However, even though she didn't know they were related by blood, she still chose Connell. This showed that... she really did not like Gavin.

In this way, he could rest assured.

Dolly thought about it and found Gavin's words reasonable. Wendy was such a careful child. If she had known that Dolly was Gavin's mother, how could she let Gavin take a stray dog home?

She pondered for a moment and asked, "Gavin, I want to..."

"Check it out first." Gavin interrupted Dolly. "Anyway, I don't want my illness to be exposed at this time."

"Okay," Dolly said, "In fact, as long as Chris and Joanne don't know the cause of your father's death, your secret could be hidden for a while."

"In addition, you can try to reveal it to Wendy," Gavin said, "or she may not be able to accept it when you announce it to the public."

"I know," Dolly said, "It's getting late. Have a rest."

After a while, Gavin said stiffly, "You should go to bed early too."

After that, he hung up the phone and sat back on the sofa. A wave of silence and despondency replaced his original calmness.

He had known this day would come sooner or later.

At this time, it was neither too early nor too late, just in time.

There was already someone to take care of Wendy. So, exposing their relationship wouldn't affect Wendy in any way, and it could force him to give up.

In this way, all thoughts were cut off. Although it was a little painful, as the old saying went, short pain is far better than long pain.

Since it was destined that there would be no result between them, why waste time?

Gavin leaned back and sank into the sofa.

Perhaps it was because he was in a low mood; he suddenly felt that something was overwhelming him. The violent rotation was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that he would be suffocated in the next second.

However, what came before the pressure was a familiar feeling of dizziness.

He felt as if he had fallen into a whirlpool that kept rotating. He could only continue spinning and falling into the vortex.

He couldn't save himself, and no one could save him...

After a long while, Gavin finally came to his senses from the dizziness. It was not because he was depressed.

But because of his illness.

Before, he had lost control of the steering wheel and hit the roadside when he was downstairs of Wendy's apartment because of the sudden symptoms of his illness.

In less than two hours, he fell ill again.

This was the first time he had had experienced the pain and dizziness attack twice in such a short time.

After more than ten minutes, Gavin finally recovered, but he didn't relax his eyebrows-

Had his condition worsened?