"Huh?"

Wendy blinked her eyes and wanted to pretend that she didn't understand what Joanne was talking about.

Joanne stroked her slightly swollen eyes with her slender fingers. "Your eyes told me."

Wendy raised her head and said with a sigh, "Well, I had planned to pretend to be optimistic and brave. Now I declare that I failed."

Joanne smiled and looked at the bed for the caregiver. She pretended to ask casually, "Did Gavin accompany you here last night?"

Wendy was stunned, and the scenes of last night quickly flashed through her mind like a movie...

She thought of Gavin's firm and warm chest, his hot lips, and his words "I love you" in a low and pleasant voice...

The sadness of the day before yesterday would not make Wendy sad today.

But the surprise of last night could still make her feel so sweet when she recalled it at this moment.

Certainly, she and Gavin had agreed to keep a low profile and keep it a secret from others for the time being.

Therefore, she had to stay calm!

Wendy tried her best to suppress her smile and maintain her normal look. She said lightly, "He's been with me recently!"

"It's not easy for Gavin," Freya said, "because he should be pretty busy recently."

Wendy asked in confusion, "Gavin has been very busy recently?"

How could not she see it?

Since she has been hospitalized, Gavin came here every day and occasionally came over to have lunch with her at noon. Every time he appeared, he was calm and relaxed, so she couldn't see that he was busy at all.

"I heard from Brian that he has recently been competing with Lopez Enterprises for a project." Joanne said, "Gavin should be very busy at work."

Wendy replied with an "oh" and asked with some hesitation, "Why does... Gavin want to compete with Lopez Enterprises for the project?"

"Since you are injured like this, he will definitely make the Zhong family pay the price." Freya said, "Gavin must be unwilling to let Zhong Lue stay in prison for just a few years. He should want to further cause trouble to the Zhong family. Anyway, your cousin and cousin-in-law both support him."

Wendy pursed her lips and looked worried. "Then... will he be in danger?"

"Don't worry." Freya smiled and said, "In Arlington, no one dares to hurt Gavin except your cousin-in-law."

Wendy couldn't help laughing. "That's great."

During this period of time, she had indeed felt wronged, but she had also received Gavin's confession.

For her, everything was worth it. As long as Zhong Lue would be punished by the law, she didn't care about anything else.

As long as Gavin was fine and would spend the rest of his life with her, she would be very happy.

Freya deliberately teased Wendy. "You're very worried about Gavin, aren't you?"

Wendy almost blurted out the truth. Fortunately, she bit her tongue at the critical moment and turned to say, "He's my brother after all, although I don't like him very much!"

Freya asked quickly, "You don't want him to be your brother?"

Sure enough, Wendy was fooled. She nodded honestly and finally realized that she was going to reveal herself. She added with a blank face, "Gavin doesn't meet the standards! I want a brother like my cousin who is handsome, elegant, and most importantly, gentlemanly!"

Freya raised the corners of her mouth and said with a bright and charming smile, "I agree with the latter half of your sentence!"

At noon, Simon brought food to Wendy, as well as Joanne and Freya.

After the meal, Joanne was worried about the two little guys and was going to leave. Freya also said that she had something to do in the afternoon, so she went with Joanne.

Joanne asked Wendy, "We're leaving. Are you all right on your alone?"

"OK!" Wendy nodded hard. "I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me!"

After getting in the car, Freya gave mouth to the doubts in her heart. "Joanne, don't you think that Wendy is in a particularly good state?"

They knew that Wendy was optimistic, but if her right hand couldn't recover, it would be a devastating blow to her. She would probably fail to withstand it.

However, Wendy was so optimistic that she did not need their comfort, which made them confused.

Joanne fastened the seat belt, thought for a moment, and said, "It must have something to do with Gavin. But I can't guess what exactly happened."

"Then don't guess." Freya leaned back comfortably and added, "Anyway, it's none of our business what will happen to Gavin and Wendy in the end."

Joanne nodded in agreement and asked, "What are you going to do in the afternoon?"

"I'm going to the office." Freya smiled at Joanne and asked, "Do you want to go with me to give Mr. Brian a surprise?"

Before Joanne could answer, she had received a photo from Iris.

It was the photo of Aiden and Romy. Iris told her that the two little guys were very good, so she didn't have to worry.

Freya looked at her with envy. "Aunt Iris is so nice! She took Aiden and Romy deliberately today, didn't she?"

"Yes." Joanne nodded and said, "She wants me not to worry about the two little guys and to have some time to do my own things."

Otherwise, Iris could go to Prime Villas to see the two little guys as usual. There was no need to take them to Orchid Gardens and say that she wanted the two little guys to get familiar with Grandma's house.

Joanne was most grateful to Iris for respecting her marrying Brian. It was not only because of Iris's love for her, but also because she had directly brought about her marriage.

If it weren't for Iris, she and Brian might still be considering whether to meet each other.

Thinking of this, Joanne couldn't help smiling. "I'll go to the office with you."

Lambert Group Media Co. was not in the same building as its headquarters. After getting out of the car, Freya to the subsidiary building, while Joanne went straight into Lambert Group' building.

Ever since getting pregnant, Joanne had not been to the company building, but the receptionist still recognized her at a glance. She greeted her and said, "Mrs. Lambert, I'll call Mr. Brian right away..."

"No need." Joanne said with a smile, "I'll just go up directly."

The receptionist had no choice but to put down the receiver that she had picked up and call the security guards to open the elevator door for Joanne.

The elevator went straight to the top floor, where the president's office was located. As soon as Joanne stepped out of the elevator, she saw Gavin and Miley coming out of the office.

Brian had said that they had cooperated with the company Miley worked for regarding two projects. As a representative of her company, Miley would inevitably have to deal with Lambert Group in the future.

Additionally, he had said that he would hand over all such cooperation projects with Miley to Gavin to avoid contacting Miley as much as possible.

Joanne did not care, and she had never asked Brian.

However, Brian had been keeping his promise, although she could not see it at all.

"Joanne?" Gavin was somewhat surprised. He pointed to the door of the president's office at the end of the corridor. "Brian is in the office. You can go in."

"Okay." Joanne smiled slightly and went straight to Brian's office as if she didn't see Miley.

Without knocking on the door, she pushed the door open and entered directly.

Brian thought it was Gavin, so he said without looking up, "I just received a call. DC has decided to cooperate with us. You won the competition with Lopez Enterprises."

"..." Joanne did not speak and just stood still with a slight smile.

Brian noticed that something was wrong. He raised his head and unexpectedly found that the person who had just come in was Joanne.

He almost subconsciously got up and walked over, but said with a gentle look, "Why are you here?"

"I just went to the hospital to see Wendy, so I came here on my way back," Joanne said. "And Mom took Aiden and Romy to Orchid Gardens."

Brian kissed Joanne's lips and asked, "How about waiting for me to get off work and picking them up together?"

Joanne smiled. "Okay, Freya is also here at the office."

After Freya's business was done, Chris also got off work. After hearing that she was in Lambert Group, Chris made a detour to pick her up.

In the end, the four of them left Lambert Group together. Brian and Joanne went to pick up the two little guys, while Chris and Freya home.

After arriving home, Freya put down her bag and said, "I seem to be hungry."

In recent days, not only did she feel hungry fast, but she also had a bigger appetite than before. However, she still didn't want to exercise. Every day, she cried and complained to Chris that she would become a ball if it went on like this.

It turned out that Chris was a very capable man. Every day, he used a lot of different "exercises" to help Freya burn calories. He even said that he just didn't want Freya to worry about getting fat.

Regarding this, Freya just dismissed it.

Noticing that Freya had been hungry early recently, Chris specially ordered the chef to prepare dinner early in the future. At this moment today, dinner was served on the table one by one.

Today, the dishes were very sumptuous, and the chef especially told Freya that freshly captured deep-sea fish were added into the fish soup. The fish tasted good and the soup was very delicious.

Freya was eager to give it a try. But after taking a sip of the fish soup, her expression suddenly changed and she got up and rushed to the bathroom.

"Freya!"

Chris followed Freya into the bathroom and saw Freya holding the sink and retching, but she couldn't spit up anything.

He stroked Freya's back and asked, "What's wrong? Do have a stomachache?"

Freya shook her head. "I don't know. When I tasted the fish soup having a very strong flavor, I suddenly wanted to vomit."

All of a sudden, Chris remembered that when Joanne found out that she was pregnant, her sense of smell suddenly became sensitive and she had serious nausea from the stench of things like fish and milk and so on.

Thinking about it carefully, he found out that Freya's period seemed to be... delayed.

Chris realized something, and a smile uncontrollably appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes, which had always been deep and dark, lit up.

"Gavin!" Freya bit Chris with dissatisfaction. "Why are you reacting like this!"

"What's so funny when I'm not feeling well? What is funny about that?"

Chris put his arms around Freya's waist and kissed her forehead. "Let's go to the hospital."

Freya was stunned. "No, I'm not feeling so bad. The situation is not serious..."

"Be a good girl." Chris tried to appease Freya. "Go to the hospital for a check-up."

Freya still wanted to protest, but was pulled out of the bathroom by Chris. She had no choice but to grab the door frame of the bathroom and pretend to refuse stoutly.

She was not sick. Why did she have to go to the hospital for a check-up? She still wanted to eat dinner!

Unexpectedly, Chris did not reason with Freya. He directly picked her up, lowered his head, kissed her on the lips, and carried her out of the door, without forgetting to ask the driver to drive.

His voice sounded unprecedentedly excited.