Love at First Sight? Mr. Harrison Has Been Scheming All Along-Chapter 164: "Are you interested in attending the banquet with me?

Chapter 164: Chapter 164: "Are you interested in attending the banquet with me?

Fevers are usually milder during the day and get worse at night.

The next morning, when Rory Linden took his temperature, it had already dropped below 38 degrees Celsius.

After breakfast, Rory Linden packed his lunchtime medication into a pillbox.

Sean Harrison took it, glanced at it, and said, "I should take the evening dose with me, too. There’s a banquet tonight, and I need to make an appearance."

Given Sean Harrison’s status, he could decline most banquets.

The ones he had to attend were naturally those with very important guests.

Rory Linden’s hand, holding the pillbox, paused. She instinctively reminded him, "Will you need to drink? You absolutely cannot drink after taking this medicine."

Most people only know you can’t drink with certain antibiotics.

But in reality, you should avoid alcohol with most fever reducers and painkillers as well.

"Okay, I won’t drink."

Sean Harrison agreed.

Rory Linden lowered her head and put another dose of medicine into the pillbox, still feeling a little worried.

Just as she was about to look up and ask something else, the man across from her beat her to it. "Are you interested in attending the banquet with me?"

"Me?"

Rory Linden was slightly taken aback.

Other than Miles Harrison’s engagement party, they had never attended any banquets together.

Rory Linden didn’t like this kind of occasion.

More importantly...

She rarely attended such events and was afraid she would do something wrong and embarrass Sean Harrison.

"Yes, tonight’s banquet is for the Zenith Group’s chairman’s birthday. It’s more sincere if I deliver the gift in person."

Sean Harrison briefly explained the situation.

"It’s such an important occasion, maybe I shouldn’t go with you..."

Once again, Rory Linden instinctively felt that she wasn’t suited for this kind of event.

She looked down, put another dose of medicine in the pillbox, and handed it to him.

Sean Harrison took it. "Actually, I’d like you to attend with me."

"I... I can’t drink, and I’m not very good at... socializing."

Rory Linden’s profession was a surgeon.

Although her job also required her to deal with patients, it was different from this kind of occasion.

"It doesn’t matter. You’re my wife. No matter what you say or do, no one will dare to criticize you."

Sean Harrison’s tone was extremely confident.

From his current position, no one could object to him saying such a thing.

He was more than capable of protecting Rory Linden.

In the end, Rory Linden agreed to accompany him to the banquet.

Before leaving, Rory Linden chose an outfit for the banquet and took it to the hospital.

When choosing matching jewelry, she looked at the various flashy pieces in the jewelry box and suggested, "How about I just wear the Red Diamond ring?"

In her eyes, compared to the other pieces in the box, the Red Diamond was much more understated.

Sean Harrison didn’t object.

Today was the day Charlotte Rhodes was discharged from the hospital.

Evan Hollis had traded a surgery with a colleague and was bustling about, helping Charlotte Rhodes with her discharge procedures before escorting her to her car.

Evelyn Irving watched from the side, finding it incredible.

Rory Linden followed behind them.

After helping Charlotte Rhodes into the car, Evan Hollis crouched by the side, looking up at her and saying, "Auntie Rhodes, please go home and rest well. If you need help with anything, contact me anytime. I still have my annual leave, so I’m free to be with you whenever."

Charlotte Rhodes patted the man’s shoulder. "Okay, okay. Good boy."

Evelyn Irving was standing right next to Rory Linden and couldn’t help but say, "This is... Mom really treats Dr. Hollis like a son, doesn’t she?"

Rory Linden was silent.

’But she could see that Charlotte Rhodes truly was treating Evan Hollis like a son.’

’She felt that in this matter, Charlotte Rhodes was a bit like Miles Harrison.’

’All those years, Miles Harrison had taken her care for granted, bossing her around as he pleased.’

’Yet he couldn’t help but feel that other women were better, more obedient.’

’In a way, wasn’t Charlotte Rhodes just the same?’

Only after the car carrying Charlotte Rhodes had left did Rory Linden and Evan Hollis leave together.

As the two of them entered the elevator together, Evan Hollis finally spoke. "His own mother was sick, and Mr. Harrison didn’t come to see her even once."

"He’s been sick."

Rory Linden was simply stating a fact.

"Is that so?" Evan Hollis looked at Rory Linden. "Has he been sick this whole time? I think parents are the closest people in the world to you, especially your mother. Unless it’s a very serious illness, he should have come to visit, don’t you think?"

In the past, whenever Rory Linden saw Evan Hollis, the man always had a smile on his face and seemed very easy to talk to.

But not today.

His tone was clearly filled with resentment for Sean Harrison.

Rory Linden paused for a moment, then said, "Maybe Auntie Rhodes wanted to see you more than she wanted to see him."

’It was just like with Miles Harrison back then.’

’Most of the time, he was annoyed with her.’

’Annoyed by her unwanted concern and her constant reminders.’

’And yet, he felt secure, knowing he could get away with it.’

’Charlotte Rhodes was even more so. No matter what, her blood ties to Sean Harrison could never be severed.’

The elevator reached the sixth floor at that moment.

Before Rory Linden got off, she heard Evan Hollis say, "Maybe it’s because I know how to cherish people more,"

When she turned back, the elevator doors had already closed.

-

That afternoon, after her shift, Rory Linden changed into the clothes she had brought that morning in the locker room and had a young nurse help her apply some light makeup.

Once everything was ready, she draped a coat over her shoulders and went downstairs.

Sean Harrison’s car was waiting downstairs.

There was a driver today.

The first thing Rory Linden did after getting into the car was to touch his forehead to check his temperature.

It was almost evening now, and his temperature was a bit higher than in the morning, probably over thirty-eight degrees.

Most people would already feel very unwell with a temperature that high.

"This banquet... how long do you think you’ll have to stay?"

As Rory Linden spoke, her face was already tinged with worry.

’With a temperature like his, the best thing for him right now was to be resting in bed.’

"Probably forty minutes to an hour." Sean Harrison knew what she was worried about. He rested his arm on her shoulder. "It’s fine. You’re here. If I feel unwell, I’ll just lean on you."

"Okay..."

At this moment, the two of them were very close.

As he spoke, his breath, hot with fever, brushed against her ear.

The car drove all the way to the underground parking garage of the banquet hall.

Just as they got out of the car, Rory Linden clearly felt the arm resting on her shoulder grow heavier.

The two of them took the elevator to the banquet hall.

They had just reached the entrance when they saw Henry Lancaster already waiting there.

"Yo, Big Bro, Sister-in-law. Good evening."

Henry Lancaster walked over, a wine glass in his hand.

Following behind him was a young girl with long black hair, wearing a moonlight-white dress decorated with tassels. The tassels swayed gently with her movements, like a soft, slanting rain. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

While Rory Linden was still looking at the girl’s dress...

The girl pointed at the ring on her left hand and let out a low shriek. "Aaaah! That... that ring of yours!"