Married the Sick Uncle – Just Waiting to Inherit His Fortune

Besides that, he didn’t have any better ideas for the time being.

Coming out of the consultation room with his mother, Nathan Fawcett looked at the cool and distant Anna Linden and said, ”If there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back. I have things to deal with at the company.”

Anna Linden turned, glanced at him, and said, ”Go ahead.”

Nathan Fawcett left with his butler.

As he came downstairs, he saw Anne Sutton in protective gear, greeting patients at the entrance.

Even though everyone was dressed the same, he recognized her at a glance.

Back in Westhaven, she seemed to have had her own practice. And now, she was here doing this sort of work.

’Is it because of his mother?’

Anne Sutton had just finished with her task and turned around to see Nathan Fawcett standing in front of her.

Anne Sutton wasn’t surprised to see him. She had heard early this morning that he was here.

Nathan Fawcett... no, he was Ethan Linden here. He was a celebrity in this hospital—as Anna Linden’s son, he naturally drew a lot of attention.

Every time he visited, everyone paid attention to him.

Anne Sutton said, ”What are you doing here?”

Nathan Fawcett said, ”Why are you out here? Shouldn’t you be helping inside the hospital?”

”Oh? A job is a job, isn’t it?”

Anne Sutton added, ”Besides, I don’t find it difficult.”

”You could just go back to Westhaven...”

Before he could finish, Anne Sutton cut him off. ”I’ve already told you. Unless you give me Ian, I’m not going back.”

Nathan Fawcett looked at her. To be honest, he was actually a little moved by her at that moment.

She could have chosen a much better life, but she stayed here for Ian, enduring his mother’s antagonism and all this hardship.

’It’s clear she really loves her son!’

Nathan Fawcett asked, ”Have you eaten?”

Anne Sutton replied, ”Not yet. I’ll go in a bit. What, are you asking me to lunch?”

Nathan Fawcett didn’t say anything, which was a silent confirmation.

Anne Sutton said, ”If an acquaintance sees us, your mother will just find another reason to give me trouble! You go eat by yourself. Besides, I don’t have time.”

She was all too aware of his influence.

It would be one thing if no one saw them, but if word got back to Anna Linden... she didn’t even want to think about it.

The last time Nathan Fawcett gave her a ride here, it had started rumors around the hospital. Everyone was speculating about her and Nathan, and Anna Linden was displeased every time she heard about it.

’I don’t want to get too close to him now either!’

’After all, he’s going to marry another woman someday!’

’I don’t want to cause him any trouble.’

Hearing her words, Nathan Fawcett understood what she meant and left without another word.

Anne Sutton glanced at his departing figure, then went back to her work.

Anna Linden and Chloe Chase returned to the office. Chloe looked at Anna. She had spent a long time trying to persuade Anna last night, but she had been insistent, wanting Nathan Fawcett to come in for a check-up.

But now, after the doctor’s diagnosis, it was confirmed that there was currently no solution for Nathan Fawcett’s condition.

Anna Linden’s expression was grim.

Chloe Chase looked at her and said, ”If you find it difficult to bring up, shall I go and sound out Anne Sutton?”

Anna Linden would surely be unwilling to lower herself.

Chloe was willing to do this kind of thing on her behalf!

’For Nathan Fawcett’s happiness... this is the only way now!’

Anna Linden glanced at her and said, ”Go, then.”

With permission granted, Chloe Chase went to find Anne Sutton.

「...」

Anne Sutton had expected it to be like before, with her replacement dragging their feet until the afternoon. But today, they arrived surprisingly early.

After her shift ended, Anne Sutton went to change her clothes, ready to get something to eat.

Chloe Chase walked over. ”Ms. Sutton.”

Anne Sutton frowned at the sight of her. Their past history had given her something of a complex about Chloe Chase.

Anne Sutton asked, ”Is there something you need?”

Chloe Chase said, ”Have you eaten? Let’s go eat together! My treat.”

Anne Sutton said, ”What, is Dr. Linden setting Ethan Linden up on another blind date? And you need me to come over so you can put me in my place again?”

”No.” Chloe Chase remembered how she had previously warned Anne Sutton to stay away from Nathan Fawcett, and now she really didn’t know what to say.

’If I’d known it would come to this, I wouldn’t have been so harsh back then.’

Seeing that Chloe Chase clearly had something to say, Anne Sutton changed her clothes and went with her to eat.

They didn’t go anywhere else, just to the hospital cafeteria.

Chloe Chase looked at Anne Sutton and asked, ”Are you getting used to things here?”

Hearing the concern in her voice, Anne Sutton felt very uncomfortable. ”You don’t have to beat around the bush. Just say what you have to say. I’ve heard every nasty thing you all could say! But if you think you can drive me away, you’re sorely mistaken!”

”It’s not that,” Chloe Chase said. ”I came to find you today because of Ethan Linden.”

Anne Sutton looked at Chloe Chase. ”Ethan Linden? What about him?”

’Don’t tell me they’re going to blame me because Nathan Fawcett can’t go on a blind date?’

’If that’s the case, they’re really going too far.’

Chloe Chase looked at Anne Sutton and said, ”Do you want to be with Ethan Linden or not?”

”...” Hearing this, Anne Sutton froze for a moment, then denied it decisively. ”No. I’ve already made my position clear. You don’t need to come here to test me again!”

Chloe Chase said, ”I’m not testing you. It’s just... for the child’s sake. Ian is very fond of you. If you could be with Ethan Linden, it would be good for him.”

As Anne Sutton listened to Chloe Chase, she noted that her attitude today was completely different from before.

Anne Sutton sized Chloe Chase up and said doubtfully, ”Assistant Chase, have you been drinking? To say something like that, hoping I’ll get together with Ethan Linden? If I recall correctly, you were the one who told me it was impossible between us and warned me not to get any ideas about him, weren’t you? It’s not like you don’t know how you all have treated me from the very beginning.”

At the mention of the past, Chloe Chase looked a bit awkward. She looked at Anne Sutton and said, ”I know we’ve had some misunderstandings before. But... I’m actually here on Dr. Linden’s behalf this time.”

”Her idea?” This surprised Anne Sutton.

Chloe Chase nodded. ”Yes. She now agrees to you being with Ethan Linden. As you know, Ethan’s situation is a bit unusual. He can’t touch other women. We only just found this out ourselves.”

”...” Anne Sutton hadn’t expected Nathan Fawcett to have told his family about this!

Apparently, his family hadn’t known about it before.

’So, because they know this, Anna Linden changed her mind and wants me to be with him?’

Anne Sutton said, ”So, now you want me to be with Ethan Linden?”

Chloe Chase said condescendingly, ”This is nothing but beneficial for you. I don’t think you have any reason to refuse. Being able to marry Ethan Linden would be an honor for you!”

”I refuse.” Anne Sutton looked at Chloe Chase and said, ”Before, you all wouldn’t let me be with him. Now, you come running to me, telling me to be with him! In your eyes, am I really that cheap?”

’In their eyes, I’m like some kind of beggar!’

’It’s not like I can’t marry anyone else besides Ethan Linden!’