Love at First Sight? Mr. Harrison Has Been Scheming All Along-Chapter 52: He Doesn’t Like Seeing Rory Linden Standing Next to Another Man

Chapter 52: Chapter 52: He Doesn’t Like Seeing Rory Linden Standing Next to Another Man

In other words, he had come here just to wait for her, just to see her.

Rory Linden felt her eyes inexplicably turning red.

In the past, no matter how poor she was or how difficult her life had been, she’d never once been jealous of anyone.

But right now, she truly felt a little jealous of the woman named Nadia Willow.

She was jealous that she was loved so deeply by Sean Harrison.

But unfortunately, matters of the heart can’t be forced.

’If Sean Harrison’s love was for her, she would definitely return it with all her heart.’

A DING! from her phone signaled a new message.

Sean Harrison: [Leave my shirt and tie at the front desk. I’ll pick them up later.]

Rory Linden had thought he would ask her to bring them to his room. She hadn’t expected him to just ask her to leave them at the front desk.

’Then again, it made sense...’

’It was almost two in the morning. If he waited for her to bring them up, he’d lose even more sleep.’

Keith Hawthorne knew Stella Yates’s department head, so the four of them shared a ride to the hotel.

It was a seven-seater vehicle.

Stella Yates and Rory Linden sat in the back row.

"Why didn’t you leave with your boyfriend?" Stella Yates whispered. "Didn’t he come all this way just to pick you up?"

"No, he... He’s not my boyfriend."

After a long moment of hesitation, Rory Linden decided to just say it.

"What!? Not your boyfriend?" Stella Yates looked incredulous. "No way. After the way he was just looking at you, who would believe he isn’t?"

"It’s true. It’s just... hard to explain..."

Rory Linden’s relationship with Stella Yates wasn’t as close as her friendship with Sherry Walsh.

So she couldn’t bring herself to tell her everything.

"Then... is he single?"

"Yes."

Stella Yates replied without a second thought. "Then you should go for it! What century are we living in? Don’t just sit there being reserved, waiting for the guy to make a move. When you find a good one, you have to be proactive, you get me? It’s already hard enough for us med students to find a boyfriend. If you let this one go, who knows how long you’ll be single."

As Stella Yates was trying to persuade Rory Linden to find a partner...

...her department head up front finally couldn’t take it anymore. "Stella, stop worrying about others and find a boyfriend for yourself."

"Are Rory and I the same? I don’t have a handsome, considerate man pursuing me." Stella Yates propped her chin on her hand. "If a guy waited at the airport that long just to get a glimpse of me, I’d buy a wedding dress on the spot and marry him."

Rory Linden lowered her gaze, silent.

’Marry Sean Harrison?’

’She wouldn’t dare to have a dream that big.’

After the van arrived at the hotel, Rory Linden left the shirt and tie at the front desk before heading up to her room.

-

「The next day.」

This wasn’t Rory Linden’s first academic conference. During her studies, her advisor had often brought a few students along to attend.

As students, their primary mission was to learn. Their secondary mission was to enjoy the refreshments during the coffee breaks.

With Stella Yates for company this time, the two of them felt like students again, stealing moments of leisure between sessions to indulge in the break-time refreshments.

The conference was to conclude with a banquet.

Previously, as a student, Rory Linden hadn’t been required to attend.

But now, she was representing Elysian Hospital, so attendance was mandatory.

Rory Linden and Stella Yates arranged to go to the banquet hall together.

When Stella Yates found out Rory Linden was planning to wear her current, modest outfit to the banquet, her jaw nearly hit the floor.

"No, absolutely not. You have to change," Stella Yates said, pulling Rory Linden back as she was about to leave the room. "Do you still think we’re students? We’re representing our hospitals now. And yours, Elysian, is a private hospital. You’ll be a laughingstock if you dress like that."

"But... I didn’t pack anything to wear to a banquet..."

Rory Linden had assumed the trip was just for the conference itself, so the two outfits she’d brought were only suitable for meetings.

"We’re about the same size, you can wear one of my outfits," Stella Yates said with a smile. "And if you want to thank me, you can put in a good word for me with your department head. Tell him to poach me for Elysian Hospital. I’ve seriously had enough of all this overtime."

"I can introduce you, but really, I don’t need to change."

Rory Linden was firm.

She didn’t want to be a bother to Stella Yates.

"Then at least let me do your makeup! We have plenty of time, don’t worry!"

Stella Yates’s makeup was still laid out on the table.

Seeing Rory Linden’s resolve waver, Stella seized the opportunity, grabbing a facial mist from the side and spritzing it directly onto Rory’s face!

Then, with nimble fingers, she used a clip to pin back Rory Linden’s stray hairs.

Stella Yates was skilled with makeup, and Rory Linden had a naturally good canvas to work with.

It only took a little over ten minutes for her to not only give Rory a full makeover but also let down her tied-up hair and give it a simple, elegant style.

Once everything was ready, the two of them headed out together.

When they arrived at the banquet hall, they each went to join their respective department heads.

Keith Hawthorne was an undisputed leader in the field of cardiac surgery. He was one of only a handful of surgeons in the entire country capable of performing certain extremely complex and difficult procedures.

Many of the papers Rory Linden had studied in medical school were authored by Keith Hawthorne.

In fact, he was one of the main reasons she had chosen to work at Elysian Hospital.

The moment Keith Hawthorne entered the banquet hall, numerous colleagues approached to greet him and exchange insights.

Rory Linden stood beside him, listening quietly.

Her attention held until a stir broke out at the entrance to the hall.

Rory Linden looked up...

...and immediately spotted Sean Harrison walking in, surrounded by a crowd.

The dark suit he wore seemed new, and it was paired with the very shirt and tie she had brought for him yesterday.

From the moment he entered, people flocked to him. Within minutes, he was completely encircled, with no space left around him.

A few more people hovered nearby, waiting for a chance to speak with him.

Keith Hawthorne glanced at Rory Linden beside him. "Is President Harrison your boyfriend?" he asked.

Rory Linden shook her head emphatically.

In truth, rumors about the two of them had been circulating around the hospital recently.

Keith Hawthorne had even heard doctors and nurses discussing it in the operating room.

However, judging by Rory Linden and Sean Harrison’s current behavior, they really didn’t seem like a couple.

"In that case, we won’t go over and greet him." Keith Hawthorne gestured to a spot a few meters away. "Come on. That’s the president of the Third Hospital over there. Let’s go say hello."

"Okay."

Rory Linden dutifully followed behind Keith Hawthorne.

From a few meters away, Sean Harrison’s gaze quietly fell upon her.

He could easily tell that Rory Linden was wearing light makeup today. Standing in the crowd, she effortlessly drew the eyes of the men around her.

The man beside her was the department head from Elysian.

He was wearing a black suit with a dark green shirt.

Though forty-two years old, his bearing made him look like he was only in his thirties.

’At an event like this, it was appropriate for Rory Linden to be with her hospital’s department head...’

’It’s just...’

’...he didn’t like seeing Rory Linden standing next to another man.’

"Excuse me a moment."

After excusing himself from the group around him, Sean Harrison headed straight for Rory Linden.