After dinner, Iris went back to Orchid Gardens first.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chris asked Freya, "Shall we go back too?"

"It's still early!" Freya suddenly got excited and said while rubbing her hands, "We hardly get together. How about playing cards?"

Considering that Freya needed to hit the sheets early, plus the fact that Gavin's health condition did not allow it, Chris secretly gave Joanne a hint to reject Freya. He persuaded Freya, "If you want to play cards, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. How about going back to rest now?"

Freya looked at Chris leisurely, without saying yes or no. There was no obvious emotion on her delicate and beautiful face.

After having a baby, Freya had such a disposition. She was moody and unpredictable. Chris had no choice but to coax her.

"It's only eight o'clock, and it's still early." Freya said stubbornly, "How about we play for just two hours?"

Although she just asked for two hours, Chris could not guarantee that she would not insist on playing after two hours.

"For the baby in your belly, 8 o'clock is not early." Chris pointed to Romy and Aiden. "Look, they're all asleep."

In order to make Chris's words more convincing, Joanne asked Martha to take the two little guys back to the children's room. Freya finally did not know how to refute.

Chris offered his hand to Freya. "Let's go home."

She jumped up indignantly and said, "You carry me!"

Without permitting her to play cards, if he didn't even agree to the latter request, Freya was very likely to become an angry little monster.

Chris compromised and prepared to carry her on his back. "Come on."

However, Freya did not climb onto his back. She laughed and took his hand. "I'm just kidding! Let's go home!"

Chris was speechless.

Wendy rested her chin on her left hand and saw them off. She couldn't help sighing. "It's really hard to imagine."

Gavin raised his eyebrows. "Imagine what?"

Wendy said, "It seems that my cousin is the one who took the initiative. I can't imagine that my cousin-in-law kept pursuing my cousin for almost ten years."

Gavin smiled.

Wendy probably didn't know that since they got married, Chris had become a "wife freak". After Freya was pregnant, Chris was more obedient to her. People who didn't know the road to their marriage generally didn't believe that Freya had pursued Chris for ten years.

At this time, Martha suddenly came down and said that Aiden had suddenly woken up and refused to sleep no matter how hard she coaxed her. She asked Brian and Joanne to go up and have a look.

"You go upstairs," Gavin said, "and I'm leaving with Wendy."

"Be careful on the way back."

After that, Brian held Joanne's hand and went straight upstairs.

Wendy stood up with the help of the armrest of the sofa. Gavin was about to hold her, but she just held Gavin's hand and said, "I want to try walking."

After sitting in a wheelchair, she realized how precious it was to walk on her feet freely.

Now, in order to get rid of the wheelchair as soon as possible, she wanted to seize all the opportunities to practice walking.

Only when her feet regained the ability to walk could she carry out her plan!

Gavin didn't know Wendy's secret plan, but he didn't stop her. He just told her, "Be careful. Don't force yourself."

When she managed to walk to the door, there was already a thin layer of sweat on Wendy's forehead.

She couldn't hold on any longer. She looked at Gavin pitifully and said, "I can't do it anymore. You pick me up."

Gavin held her instead of picking her up and said leisurely, "Miss Moore, since you ask me for help, you should show your sincerity."

Wendy put her arms around Gavin's neck and pretended to be fierce. "Cousin and Cousin-in-law are upstairs. Believe it or not, I'll tell them that you bullied me."

Gavin found it difficult to deal with either of them, let alone both.

Gavin picked her up, ambled through the garden, and walked to the door.

Wendy raised the corners of her lips, and the smile reached her eyes. She suddenly kissed Gavin hard on the cheek. "Gavin, you're a fool."

But she said so in a satisfied tone.

Gavin lowered his head and took a bite of Wendy's lips with love and hatred as if he wanted to bite the happiness on her lips at the moment.

Wendy nestled in Gavin's arms and inadvertently glanced at the second floor. She saw Joanne standing in front of the window and looking at them with a slight smile.

It was obvious that Joanne had seen her secretly kiss Gavin and the latter bite her.

Wendy felt guilty and subconsciously buried her face in Gavin's arms. "Cousin is upstairs."

"Don't worry." Gavin said indifferently, "She went too far when she was with Brian."

Wendy thought for a while and said, "Actually, I envy Cousin and Cousin-in-law very much."

Gavin glanced at her and raised his eyebrows. "What do you envy about them?"

"They have a tacit understanding and trust each other!" Wendy said, "You should remember Miley more clearly than me, right? My cousin received photos when she was having Aiden and Romy in her belly, but she didn't mention it or make a fuss. Because she believed in my cousin-in-law. I can't imagine how much she trusts Cousin-in-law to remain so calm in adversities."

Gavin replied in agreement with a "hmm".

He couldn't deny it at all.

"By the way," Wendy suddenly remembered something and asked, "how is Miley now?"

"The photos of her entering the hotel with Brian did not cause a misunderstanding between Joanne and Brian, and the truth soon came out. She had to admit that she was just an ordinary classmate of Brian, and now there are still people making fun of her." Gavin asked the little girl in his arms, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Wendy smiled and nodded hard. "Yeah! As long as the results are beneficial to my cousin, I'll be satisfied!"

That's right. She was always so protective of her own cousin!

Gavin smiled helplessly and put Wendy on the back seat of the car. Then he got in the car from the other side and asked the driver to drive them home.

When they got home, Gavin carried Wendy to the sofa and kissed her on the forehead. "I'll prepare a bath for you."

"Wait a minute." Wendy grabbed Gavin's clothes and said solemnly, "I have something to tell you."

She seemed to have considered it for a long while.

Gavin squatted down in front of her with interest and said, "Well, go ahead."

Wendy's almond-shaped eyes sparkled with expectation. "In the future, can we always trust each other no matter what happens, just like Cousin and Cousin-in-law?"

"Fool." Gavin stroked Wendy's hair and smiled helplessly. "We will have different stories."

Wendy blinked her eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

Gavin didn't say anything. He contained Wendy's lips, opened her teeth with the tip of his tongue, and deeply absorbed her sweetness.

There were many happy people in this world, and everyone was different from each other.

Why did they have to follow suit?

They would have their own happiness.

They had been together for a month. Thanks to Gavin's personal teaching, Wendy had already grasped some kissing skills. She wrapped her arms around Gavin's waist and responded to him unhurriedly.

Well, she seemed to understand what Gavin had meant.

It wasn't until Wendy's cheeks turned red and she could hardly breathe that Gavin let go of her.

She looked at Gavin with a smile. "You just promised me one thing."

Gavin really couldn't remember. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is it?"

"You said that we would have our own happiness." Wendy tilted her head and said, "Doesn't that mean that you've promised me happiness?"

Gavin laughed and rubbed her hair. "Yeah, I've promised you."

"Well, you don't have to put in a lot of effort." Wendy excitedly gestured. "For me, being with you is the greatest happiness."

Something flashed across Gavin's eyes. It disappeared in a flash, so Wendy didn't have time to see it.

He kissed Wendy and said, "I'll run a bath for you."

Wendy nodded and looked at Gavin's back with a look of happiness in her eyes.

She hoped that her life could go on like this!

At noon the next day, the doorbell rang on time. Wendy knew it was Noah, so she opened the door for him with the remote control.

Sure enough, the person who came in was Noah. However, after seeing the things in his hand, Wendy's face changed dramatically...

Wendy kept shrinking to the corner of the sofa. "Dr. Sanchez, what... is in your hand?"

"Your medicine." Noah said, "I've seen the X-ray you took yesterday. You're recovering very well. It's time for you to take the medicine again."

Wendy's face wrinkled into a ball in pain. "No..."

Noah put down the medicine and took out his phone. "Should I call Gavin?"

"No, no!" Wendy quickly waved her hand and picked up the bowl of black medicine. "Gavin should be very busy. Don't bother to disturb him."

On ordinary days, her trivial affairs had already been troublesome enough for Gavin. Gavin didn't have to worry about such an insignificant thing as taking medicine.

Noah took back his mobile phone and gave Wendy a small bag of plums. "It will mitigate the bitterness. Drink it."

Wendy picked up the medicine but didn't drink it. Instead, she raised her head and negotiated with Noah. "Doctor Sanchez, if I finish the medicine, you have to promise me one thing."

Noah nodded. "You drink it first."

Wendy held her breath, closed her eyes, and drank the bowl of medicine.

Putting down the bowl, she hurriedly ate two plums and finally suppressed the bitter and puckery taste in her mouth. Without drinking water, she couldn't wait to say, "Doctor Sanchez, can you hide my health condition for me?"

Noah adjusted the frame of his glasses in confusion. "Who do you want to hide it from? How can I hide it?"

"Help me hide it from Gavin." Wendy said, "I'm going to completely recover soon. Help me tell a lie to Gavin that I won't recover so soon."

Noah became even more confused. "Why?"

He adjusted her medicine so that Wendy would recover faster. It was obviously good news, but why didn't Wendy want Gavin to know?

If it were someone else, Noah might suspect that the little girl probably wanted her boyfriend to care more about her.

But it was Wendy. Even if she had such an idea, she couldn't be bothered to do it.

If Gavin didn't care enough about her, Wendy, who didn't know how to beat around the bush at all, would directly protest.

Vaguely, Song Xiaoqing felt the same as Joanne-Wendy was going to saying something very important.