This time, Gavin felt that he had slept for half a century.

When he woke up, his senses to the world and his brain were both blank.

He saw the light coming through the window.

The window glass was covered with a layer of fog. The sky outside the window was slightly bright, and he could vaguely see that the outside world was vastly gray and gloomy.

What had happened yesterday finally came to his mind. He seemed to be shocked by something, and his first reaction was to find Wendy.

He hurriedly turned his head and saw Wendy seated by the bed, lying on her upper body.

He was not surprised.

Gavin finally felt at ease. He reached out to touch Wendy's head.

At such an important moment, he suddenly fainted from an attack of his illness and became unconscious in an instant. His little girl must have been frightened.

Just one second before the darkness came, he saw the panic in Wendy's eyes. He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't make a sound.

Later, he collapsed completely. Wendy must have cried, but he had lost consciousness. He couldn't hear or feel anything.

When Wendy was extremely flustered and helpless, he failed to open his hands, give her an embrace, and become the one she could rely on.

At this moment, she was sleeping by his side in this posture. He could almost imagine how she had gotten through this night. After knowing that her right hand couldn't recover, he had also experienced that kind of uneasiness and concern.

By the way, would the little girl regret proposing to him?

Gavin didn't have to think about it carefully.

With a smile, he had guessed that Wendy's character would not make her regret anything.

She would only give him a hard bite when she woke up.

While thinking, Gavin moved more gently. He could no longer keep his illness a secret. Next, Wendy would have to accompany him to live a life of anxiety.

If possible, he hoped that she could sleep for a very long time and only wake up after his recovery.

In that case, the little girl would definitely scream and throw herself into his arms, saying that she had a nightmare that he was sick.

He could comfort the little girl and say, "Don't be afraid. Dreams are always the opposite of reality. I'm fine in reality."

However, in reality, his illness was Wendy's real nightmare, wasn't it?

In the first half of the night, Wendy had been staring at Gavin in a daze. Then in the latter half of the night, she was really sleepy and couldn't help lying on her upper body and falling asleep, without caring whether such a bad sleeping posture would affect her wound or not.

She didn't know how long she had slept. She only knew that in the haze, she felt a familiar touch on her head. Something was gently caressing her hair. It seemed to be... Gavin's hand.

Wendy suddenly opened her eyes and looked up. Sure enough, Gavin had woken up.

His face was still very pale, but it was not as scary as yesterday, and there was also a trace of vitality in his eyes.

It was not a dream. He had really woken up.

Wendy thought of her uneasiness yesterday, and her eyes became hot. The next second, tears came out of her eyes.

When Gavin was thinking about how to comfort this little girl, she threw herself into his arms while calling his name. "Gavin..."

Gavin hugged her lovingly and kissed the top of her head. "I'm fine now. Don't cry."

He was not fine at all. He was just fine for the time being. They didn't even know what would happen next.

Thinking of that, Wendy cried even harder. Gavin would never know how scared she was when she saw him fall down yesterday.

Gavin didn't expect his words to have an adverse effect. He helped Wendy up and saw her swollen eyes and gaunt face. His heart seemed to have been pricked by needles, and it kept stinging.

He held Wendy in his arms and said, "Wendy, I'm sorry."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Wendy gripped Gavin's clothes and said in a choked voice, "If I knew you were ill, I..."

It was rare for Wendy to hesitate while speaking. Gavin suddenly became interested and asked, "You what?"

"I wouldn't have gotten into the car accident." Wendy cried and continued, "I would have taken care of you instead of asking you to take care of me."

Recently, she had wantonly relied on Gavin because she was wounded. Almost all her matters, no matter how big or trivial, had been dealt with by Gavin.

She had never thought that Gavin was actually a patient.

"Fool." Gavin rubbed Wendy's hair and let go of her. "Except when I suffer from the attacks, I'm very well. It's not a problem to take care of you." Being afraid that Wendy didn't believe it, he emphasized, "It's true."

Wendy looked at him with fear and said, "Cousin-in-law told me all about your illness."

"... I'm sorry." Gavin was silent for a moment and wiped away the tears on Wendy's face with the back of his hand, and then added, "Wendy, I didn't know that I had inherited my father's illness."

Wendy shook her head, "It's not your fault." She suddenly realized something and looked at Gavin incredulously. "When did you know that you are ill?"

Gavin didn't think too much about it for a moment. He replied honestly, "The next day after l accompanied you to go through the night shift."

On that day, he had planned to confess his love to Wendy.

However, Dolly suddenly came to him at a critical moment. Not only did she expose his family background, but she also told him that he had inherited the illness that had killed his father.

As a result, he had to painfully give up on his confession.

Wendy felt as if she had been struck by thunder. She guessed right. Gavin had long known about his illness.

She looked at Gavin with tears in her eyes. "You lied a lot to me later, didn't you? In addition to your illness, you also thought we were related by blood, so you pretended to get a girlfriend and pretended not to care about me. You lied to me, didn't you?"

Gavin gave a kiss on Wendy's forehead and said, "I'm sorry."

Wendy grabbed Gavin's arm and bit hard, but soon she let go of him with tears streaming from her eyes.

She had misunderstood him so many times.

However, Gavin had been considering everything for her good and trying his best to minimize the harm to her.

Even if they got together, in order not to let her worry about him, he still hid his illness until he could no longer hide it.

Joanne was right. Gavin had never really hurt her.

Gavin had already guessed that the little girl would bite him. He didn't care about the teeth marks on his hand. Just as he was about to wipe away Wendy's tears, she suddenly stopped crying and wiped away her tears with his quilt.

"So, is the previous Wendy going to come back?"

Sure enough, Wendy looked at Gavin resolutely and said, "I've made up my mind!"

Gavin asked in leisure, "What have you decided?"

Wendy poked Gavin's chest. "Why aren't you worried at all? What if I'm going to leave you?"

Gavin smiled. "You're not."

His confident look made Wendy both angry and happy.

She was happy that Gavin would not drive her away because of his illness.

She was angry at his confidence in her staying with him. What if she disliked him?

Gavin urged unhurriedly, "Wendy, what on earth have you decided?"

Wendy pouted and said, "I decided to stay with you. When I broke my hands and feet, you were always with me and took care of me. Now, it's my turn to take care of you. No matter how long you'll be treated, and no matter what you will look like during the treatment, I will never leave you or abandon you."

Gavin slightly raised the corners of his mouth. After a while, he leisurely teased Wendy. "I remember that you like handsome men. If I become ugly, can you accept it?"

Wendy leaned forward to take a closer look at Gavin and said thoughtfully, "You're born to be handsome. You won't be ugly in the future, will you?"

Sure enough, she still minded it!

Gavin was annoyed. He grabbed Wendy's arm and pulled her hard. Wendy was caught off guard and fell into his arms. He kissed her hard on the lips.

"Uhh..."

Wendy didn't know what was going on at all. She struggled hard and found that Gavin had really recovered his strength. She couldn't get rid of him at all.

Hey, was Gavin so moved? Was he too moved to control himself?

Even after a long time, Gavin didn't let go of her until Wendy almost couldn't breathe. He seriously stared at her swollen lips. Being tempted, he almost couldn't control himself and wanted to kiss her again.

But suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Wesley's slender figure appeared at the door. A strong pressure spread all over the room.

Wendy was shocked. With a blush, she subconsciously buried her head into Gavin's arms.

Gavin glared at Wesley while holding Wendy. "Couldn't you knock on the door?"

"I'm sorry." Obviously, Wesley was saying it to Wendy. "I thought Gavin hadn't woken up yet."

Wendy moved in Gavin's arms. Only then did she realize she didn't have to be so guilty.

In front of people like Boss Hayes, the more guilty she was, the more likely she would expose herself!

She raised her head and rigidly fixed her hair, trying to cover herself. "I was... a little sleepy just now, so I was about to sleep."

"..." Wesley really didn't know if he should expose such a low-level lie. He walked in and took out a jewelry box. "The bar manager sent it here yesterday."

Gavin knew that it was the ring with which he had proposed to Wendy. He took the jewelry box and said, "Thank you."

Wesley asked, "How are you feeling now?"

"Not too bad." Gavin forced a smile. "For the time being, I can't die..."

Hearing that taboo word, Wendy suddenly jumped up and covered Gavin's mouth. "Don't talk nonsense!"

Gavin stopped speaking and kissed Wendy's palm. "You're a doctor. Do you believe that too?"

"No matter whether I believe it or not, you're not allowed to talk nonsense!" Wendy's cheeks bulged in anger. Her attitude was unprecedentedly overbearing, and her tone was uncompromising.

Gavin smiled, held the back of Wendy's head, and kissed her lips. "Okay, I won't talk nonsense in the future."

Wendy finally returned to being obedient, and looked at Gavin as if no one was around.

Wesley suddenly realized that he was the third wheel and disappeared silently.

Wendy didn't notice anyone leaving the room and put her hand in front of Gavin.

Gavin held her hand and asked nervously, "What's the trouble? Does your wound hurt?"

Wendy shook her head and said, "Yesterday, you didn't finish one thing..."