Love at First Sight? Mr. Harrison Has Been Scheming All Along-Chapter 151: "I’ll Never Meet a Girl Better Than You.
Rory Linden remembered this ring.
Back then, while they were out shopping and waiting for some friends to join them for a meal, they had passed by a jewelry store.
They bought it on a whim.
That day, the man had given the store a cursory glance, then casually pointed his finger.
And selected this diamond ring.
After the sales clerk brought it out...
The size was a perfect fit.
Miles Harrison had slipped the diamond ring onto her finger and said, "You know what it means to give someone a diamond ring, right?"
He looked at her, his eyes filled with a smile as he continued, "It means I want to marry you."
In that moment, Rory Linden had been genuinely moved.
But now, as she looked down at the diamond ring before her, she felt completely different.
"If I come back one day, I’ll come get it from you. If you’re happy, you can just give the ring back to me. But if you’re not happy, you can choose to put it on and give me another chance."
Miles Harrison looked at the woman before him and continued,
"I promise you, when I come back, I won’t be as pathetic as I was before. I’ll be completely devoted to you, and I’ll only treat you well."
The man’s hand crept forward.
He wouldn’t list out all the terrible things he had done back then.
But he remembered them all.
He didn’t dare hope for her forgiveness.
But he...
He also wasn’t willing to give up just like that.
Rory Linden listened quietly until the man finished, then shook her head. "I’m sorry, Young Master Harrison, but my boyfriend has already given me an engagement ring. I don’t think a person should have two diamond rings, not even for safekeeping."
Miles Harrison didn’t withdraw his hand. "Rory, I know I didn’t cherish you before. For all the things I did, even a million apologies wouldn’t be enough to deserve your forgiveness. But... my uncle being with you... he might have ulterior motives."
Lately, he had been talking with Nadia Willow and had learned a lot about Sean Harrison.
Only then did he realize that the coldness the man had shown when hitting him during their confrontation in Sean’s office wasn’t an act.
That was the real him.
This person might be faking all his emotions.
Rory Linden gave a faint smile. "What kind of motives could he have? I’m just an ordinary person. I have nothing."
"He..."
Miles Harrison couldn’t quite explain it either.
But he knew what he was worried about.
Only after confirming his feelings for Rory Linden did he realize he couldn’t rest easy entrusting her future to anyone else.
By now, the driver had already gotten the man’s boarding pass and was waiting for him from a distance.
Rory Linden jutted her chin in the driver’s direction. "Alright, Young Master Harrison, it’s time to go. I wish you a safe trip and a bright future."
Miles Harrison looked down at the ring and tried to save face. "Fine. My uncle’s ring for you is probably huge, right? I can’t compete with this little thing. When I make my own money, I’ll buy you a bigger one."
"Young Master Harrison, the reason I came to see you off today is because we’ve known each other for twenty years."
Rory Linden looked at the man’s face and said seriously,
"I believe you’ll definitely become a better person, and there will be a better woman waiting for you down the road. So please, don’t look back at me anymore."
Miles Harrison was also well aware that Rory Linden was now Sean Harrison’s girlfriend.
She would never say anything he wanted to hear.
Seeing that the man was still standing there, Rory Linden said, "Come on, I’ll walk you to the security checkpoint."
Miles Harrison agreed.
’Spending a little more time is always good.’
He took the boarding pass and passport from the driver and told him to leave.
The two of them walked toward the security checkpoint together.
Miles Harrison began, "Rory, looking back on all these years, you’re the best woman I’ve ever known. I won’t meet anyone better in the future. I want to work hard, to work hard to become worthy of you. Maybe one day..."
"Miles, why didn’t you tell us you were going abroad? We could have seen you off together."
Sean Harrison’s voice suddenly cut in.
It interrupted Miles Harrison.
As the man spoke, his arm was already wrapping around Rory Linden’s shoulder.
Rory Linden was startled when she felt someone embrace her, but her heart settled when she heard Sean Harrison’s voice.
She asked, surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"I just got off a flight. I saw your message and came straight over."
Sean Harrison’s arm around the woman tightened, pulling her closer into his embrace.
Miles Harrison watched his uncle’s arm around the woman, finding the sight incredibly jarring.
In the past, Rory Linden had followed him around every day.
Whenever he wanted, the woman would do her best to make time to see him.
But he hadn’t cherished it.
He had always seen Rory Linden as his possession, something he had permanent rights to, which was why he had never taken her seriously...
’Now that I’ve lost her, I look back and realize how precious those days were.’
Miles Harrison forced a smile. "Uncle, everyone knows what I’m like. I was just afraid that if I didn’t leave quickly, I’d really regret it in a few days."
For a young master who had grown up in comfort, it took courage to decide to go abroad and start from scratch.
"So the last thing you had to do before you left was see my girlfriend, is that it?"
Sean Harrison’s arm around Rory Linden lifted slightly as his hand brushed aside a strand of hair on her other side. "Now you’ve seen her. Go."
Previously, Miles Harrison had to rely on Sean Harrison to make a living.
So he had to put up with him to some extent.
But now he was going abroad. He wasn’t relying on Sean Harrison, nor was he running to his father.
You could say he was starting completely from scratch.
He stood his ground, meeting Sean Harrison’s gaze. "Uncle, if you don’t treat Rory well, when I come back, I don’t care if you’re married or even have kids—I’ll still pursue her."
"Miles Harrison! I’m a person, not an object for you to claim! I’m an adult now, an independent woman. If anyone treats me badly, I’ll leave on my own. I don’t need to be passed around."
Rory Linden was fed up with Miles Harrison’s idiotic statements, which he seemed to think were charming.
The moment she chose to leave him, there was no possibility of turning back.
’I’ve said it so many times, but he just doesn’t seem to understand.’
"Okay, Rory. I’m leaving then. Take care of yourself."
Miles Harrison said his final goodbye.
The VIP security checkpoint was just a few steps away.
Rory Linden watched the man turn, intending to see him go through security.
But the man beside her wrapped his arm around her and started walking away.
Sean Harrison was wearing a long, dark overcoat. He was nearly six-foot-three, with a sharp, chiseled face.
As they walked through the airport terminal together, even the ground staff kept turning to look.
Sometimes, Rory Linden couldn’t figure it out.
’What could a man so perfect in both looks and ability possibly have to be insecure about?’
However, once they were back in the car, Rory Linden took the man’s hand. "Sean Harrison, I got over Miles Harrison a long time ago. You’re the only one in my eyes and in my heart."
Sean Harrison turned his head to look at her.
The coldness in his dark eyes began to melt away.
She continued, "Dr. Hollis is a nice person, but to me, he’s just a good colleague, the same as any other. If my feelings are different for anyone, it would probably be for Director Hawthorne, since I respect him more. But they are all just my colleagues. You’re my only boyfriend."
Sean Harrison squeezed her hand in return, raised it to his lips, and kissed it gently. "Mm, I know."
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「The next day.」
Rory Linden had been in surgery since the morning.
When she finally got out of the operating room at one in the afternoon and returned to her office, she found a small paper plate on her desk with a slice of red velvet cake on it.
"Oh, whose birthday is it today?"
Rory Linden asked with a smile.
In the past, when doctors in the department or inpatients had birthdays, some would bring in a cake to share with everyone.
A colleague nearby answered, "It’s Dr. Hollis’s birthday."
"Evan Hollis?" Rory Linden was a bit surprised. "It’s Evan Hollis’s birthday? Why was it delivered to our department?"
Evan Hollis was an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologists didn’t just work on cardiac surgeries; they were involved in all other types of surgery as well.
’If he were giving out cake, wouldn’t he have to give it to every surgical department?’ 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
The colleague glanced around, then lowered their voice. "The patient in Bed 11 bought it for him. They gave him a lot of other gifts too. They’re all in the patient’s room."
