Romy seemed to have understood Brian's words. She glared in Nanny Elizabeth's arms and said in a childishly cute voice, "Hmm."

"Good girl."

Brian kissed the little girl's face and turned to go upstairs.

There was no one in the room. He went straight to the cloakroom and knocked on the door. "Joanne?"

"..." No one answered.

Brian frowned. When he was about to knock on the door again, the door was suddenly opened. Joanne put her hands on her chest and poked her head out. She looked at him with an embarrassed look. "Come in."

Brian walked into the cloakroom in confusion. "What's wrong?"

Joanne turned her back to him and said gloomily, "The zipper."

The zipper was very thin, and was made more exquisitely. There was almost no trace of it after being pulled up.

Joanne might have exerted too much strength, so the zipper was stuck in her clothes somehow. It couldn't go up or down. It was difficult for her to do it backhanded, so she could only ask Brian for help.

Brian smiled and pulled off the clothing that was stuck in the zipper. He smoothly helped Joanne to pull the zipper. "It's done."

Joanne turned around and feigned anger as she glared at Brian. "Still laughing! If it weren't for your urging outside, I wouldn't have made such a mistake!"

"Yes." Brian thought for a while, as his eyes fell on Joanne. "I just can't wait any longer..."

There was something in his eyes that he couldn't hide...

Joanne only felt that some part of her body was hot due to Brian's stare. She coughed and asked, "How is it?"

She just wanted to find a topic to divert her and Brian's attention.

However, Brian did not cooperate at all. He continued to stare at her and asked, "Are you referring to clothes or the person in it?"

Joanne almost stamped her feet. "Of course I mean the clothes!"

Brian raised his eyebrows. "I can only see you."

"..."

Brian was not the kind of person who was good at expressing his love with words.

It was also for this reason that every confession of his was full of sincerity.

Every time Joanne heard it, she would feel her whole body melting inch by inch, and her breathing would be completely out of control...

Her face was redder than a moment ago. "I'm serious!"

Brian looked at Joanne calmly. "Do you think I'm not serious?"

"..."

Once again, Joanne was rendered speechless.

Indeed, compared with the time when Brian was "evil", the man at the moment, who was just verbally a rogue, was simply... too serious.

Joanne had enough experience. At times like this, the redder her face was and the more embarrassed she was, the more outrageous Brian would be.

She chose to show her weak side!

She looked at Brian pitifully. "Honey, don't play with me. Just take a good look at me. Is it really okay for me to dress like this tomorrow?"

Half a second later, Brian said, "No."

Joanne was stunned. "I don't look good?"

She hadn't gone out for a month and was busy taking care of Aiden and Romy every day. She had no clue about the recent popular trend, so she needed Brian's approval.

She didn't expect that her appearance would be denied by Brian.

However, there was no other way.

She was going to wear it tomorrow, so it would be too late for her to get it remade. Her previous clothes were no longer suitable for her...

Seeing that Joanne was about to cry, Brian pulled her over and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

"... Hmm."

This time, Joanne was not ready to respond at all. She stared at him and was stunned in Brian's arms.

Noticing that she was not devoted, Brian bit her lips angrily.

"Hmm..."

Joanne felt the pain and closed her eyes subconsciously. She felt that Brian's kiss was getting deeper and deeper. She also slowly relaxed herself and enjoyed his kiss full of love.

After a long while, Brian finally let go of her and said, "You look too beautiful, so I don't want others to see you in it."

He was very close to Joanne, and his hot breath fell on her skin. The low and magnetic voice was like an ant crawling into Joanne's ear, making Joanne feel itchy in the corner of her heart.

Suddenly, Joanne felt as if all the strength in her body had been slowly drained away...

After a while, Joanne reluctantly found her own voice. "If you don't want me to wear this dress tomorrow, then I will definitely... wear it tomorrow!"

Brian squinted his eyes dangerously. "Say it again?"

At this time, Joanne was not afraid of Brian, so she quickly repeated, "I'll wear this tomorrow!"

She looked like a rebellious girl.

Brian couldn't do anything about her. The danger in his eyes turned into doting. He smiled and said, "You can wear whatever you want. Anyway, no one dares to stare at you except me."

Joanne,"..."

So, in the end, Joanne still did not win.

After dinner, she fed milk to the two little guys and coaxed them to sleep. Then Joanne went back to the room and happened to see Brian, who just came out of the study.

Tonight, Brian had to attend a video conference with an overseas branch.

Joanne asked casually, "Is the meeting over?"

"Yes." Brian was silent for half a second, and then he continued, "There is something that I think I should tell you in advance."

Joanne had not seen Brian so serious for a long time. She was surprised. "What's the matter?"

Brian took her back to the room and asked, "Do you still remember me telling you that Gavin is an orphan?"

Joanne nodded. "I do." At that time, she had been surprised for a long while.

"A while ago, Gavin's biological mother found him," Brian said.

A touch of joy climbed on the tip of Joanne's eyebrows, and she felt happy from the bottom of her heart. "That's very good! Gavin looks like he doesn't care, but no one will refuse the warmth of family. If his mother finds him, Gavin will have a home in the future!"

"You know his mother," Brian suddenly said.

Joanne was surprised, and then she was stunned.

She was too happy just now that she even ignored the most important detail-Brian didn't look very happy, but looked serious, which was suspicious.

Things were not as simple as she thought.

Joanne asked uneasily, "Gavin's mother... Who is she?"

"Your aunt," Brian said, "Gavin and Wendy are half-blooded siblings. You and Gavin are cousins."

"..."

Joanne blinked her eyes hard, but she still couldn't react in time.

It was as if someone had knocked on her head with something. She felt a long-lasting tremor in her head, and her head was numb. She couldn't think it through.

For a few moments, Joanne even doubted if the world was fake.

"It's fake, isn't it?"

"How could Gavin be her aunt's son and her cousin?"

What she couldn't accept the most was the fact that Wendy and Gavin were siblings.

"Joanne." Brian put his hand on Joanne's shoulder and called her a few times. "Joanne?"

Joanne looked at Brian in a daze. "What's going on? When did you find out?"

"Gavin and I only found it out recently."

What Brian said was a lie.

If he told Joanne the truth that he and Gavin knew it long ago, then she would able to notice that there was something wrong between Gavin and Wendy. So, he could only lie to her.

Joanne shook her head. "It's too sudden. Aunt only has one daughter, doesn't she? Gavin... How could he be her son?"

"It's not complicated," Brian said, "Twenty years ago, your aunt went to study in the United States and met Gavin's father. Later, Gavin's father died accidentally. Your father tried to force your aunt to return to China to get married for his business and even threatened your aunt with Gavin."

"Your aunt didn't want to compromise, and she didn't want Gavin to be someone else's weapon. So, she abandoned Gavin when she had no choice."

Joanne blinked a few times. "Actually, I haven't seen my aunt since I was a child. I just heard from my mother that there was an aunt in our family who lived in Australia. I also asked my mother why she never went home. After I entered middle school, my mother told me that my aunt had cut off the relationship with Scott Family."

Now that she thought about it, Dolly must have broken off her relationship with the Scott Family when she was forced to get married by Steven.

Due to Steven's coercion, she had to abandon her own son after losing her husband.

She should hate Steven to the extreme.

Therefore, she never came back to the Scott Family again, and her name had never been mentioned in the Scott Family.

However, how could it be so coincidental?

She had known Gavin for so long, but it was only now that she knew that they were a family.

Was there anything impossible in this world?

Brian saw that Joanne was completely confused and tried to pull back her thoughts. He said, "Gavin said that this is fate."

Joanne nodded absent-mindedly. "That's the only way to explain. But, why are you telling me this right now?"

Brian sighed softly. "Your aunt will make it public that Gavin is her son tomorrow. It's better for you to know it in advance."

Joanne thought about it and agreed. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for her to blank out after the news was announced at the full-moon party for Aiden and Romy tomorrow.

After a while, Joanne suddenly remembered. "Does Wendy know?"

Brian signaled for Joanne to rest assured. "She doesn't know it yet."

Joanne breathed a sigh of relief. "It's lucky..."

In fact, it didn't matter when Wendy comes to know about it.

No matter when she found it out, the impact of this news was the same. It would be striking to her. Dolly needs to explain it to her and give her time to slowly accept the fact.

Joanne was glad that Gavin and Wendy didn't have any feelings for each other in the end. Gavin had been so busy recently that he didn't even have time to be a playboy. He didn't seem to care about Wendy at all. And Wendy was already dating Connell.

Joanne once wanted to get Wendy and Gavin together, but today she knew that they were two people who were destined not to be together.

Fortunately, they didn't have any thoughts beyond friendship.

But...

Seeing the hesitation on Joanne's face, Brian asked her, "What's wrong?"

Joanne looked at Brian blankly and said, "Gavin and Wendy, I always feel that something is wrong with them."

Brian denied her firmly. "You think too much."

"..."

Joanne did not speak anymore.

In the past, Brian had also said that she had thought too much.

At this moment, she really hoped that she had thought too much.