Chapter 500: I'll Do Whatever You Ask Me to Do

Seeing Anne Sutton fuming, Ian and Finn sat to the side, not daring to speak, just watching her meekly.

Butler Walters said, “I will go and remind him.”

“Hurry.”

Anne Sutton hung up, went into the kitchen, and started cooking for them.

Butler Walters walked to the door of the conference room and saw Nathan Fawcett standing there, furious.

He had been focusing on his recovery lately.

But…

There were many things at the company that needed to be handled.

Especially Silas Hawthorne. No matter what he did, that bastard always had to meddle, forcing Nathan Fawcett to spend a lot of energy dealing with him.

At a time like this, Butler Walters didn’t dare to go in. He could only wait by the door.

Nathan Fawcett said to Caleb Summers, “Caleb, go to Oakhaven tomorrow and handle the resort situation personally.”

Caleb Summers nodded. “Alright.”

…

By the time Nathan Fawcett finished up, he glanced at the clock and realized it was long past the time Anne Sutton had told him to be home.

He walked out the door to find Butler Walters standing there, looking at him nervously. “Ms. Sutton called just now.”

Nathan Fawcett asked, “Was she angry?”

“Ms. Sutton was furious.”

Nathan Fawcett sighed. He figured as much.

He hurried out of the company and rushed home, but of course, he got stuck in traffic at that hour. When he finally arrived, the two children were sitting to one side while Anne Sutton occupied her usual seat. The atmosphere in the house was terrifyingly tense.

Nathan Fawcett reached up, adjusted the button at his collar, and walked in with a smile. “I’m home.”

Anne Sutton crossed her arms and looked at the latecomer. “What time is it?”

Anne Sutton was so stern that even Finn, who usually greeted Nathan Fawcett with a huge grin, didn’t dare to say a word today.

Nathan Fawcett walked over, handed his coat to a nearby staff member, sat down, and wiped his hands before explaining to Anne Sutton, “There was a lot at the office that needed to be handled today. It couldn’t be put off.”

He was originally supposed to go deal with the resort situation himself.

A tourist had been injured, and the resort was flagged for safety hazards. Now, Silas Hawthorne was having the media report on it nonstop online, all to cause him more problems.

He couldn’t afford to ignore it.

After all, if he didn’t handle something like this upfront and it blew up later, it would have a negative impact on the company. He could only imagine how smug Silas Hawthorne was being behind the scenes.

Anne Sutton looked at him and said, “Nathan Fawcett, haven’t I told you that you’re in very poor health right now? I specifically told you to rest at home, so why won’t you listen to me? Will you only be happy once something bad happens to you?”

He raised his hand and patted her head. “Don’t be angry. I know I was wrong! Look, the kids are watching. Spare me a little dignity, will you?”

“…” Anne Sutton glanced at the two children and said, “Hurry up and eat.”

She had told them to eat as soon as the food was ready, but seeing she was angry, they had insisted on waiting for Nathan Fawcett to return, which is why it had dragged on until now.

Hearing this, the two children picked up their chopsticks.

Nathan Fawcett picked up his chopsticks as well.

Anne Sutton sat to the side, staring at him. She tried her best not to pressure him, but he… ‘He really doesn’t take his own health seriously!’

She was at her wit’s end.

‘If she could, she really wished he would stop handling matters for the Linden Group!’

‘There was no end to that work; it would never all get done.’

But…

‘But the Linden Group couldn’t function without him!’

‘At times like this, Anne Sutton hated that she wasn’t cut out for business and didn’t understand the inner workings of his company.’

Nathan Fawcett ate in silence. Knowing Anne Sutton was upset, he didn’t say much either.

When he finished eating, he looked at her. “Are you still angry? I’ll go shower and head to bed right now, how about that?”

He knew he had already upset her, so he was doing his best to be on good behavior.

Anne Sutton looked at him, her gaze icily cold.

‘She really wanted to chew him out!’

Just then, Butler Walters walked in carrying a stack of packages. “Sir, there are deliveries for you and Ms. Sutton.”

“Open them and see what they are,” Nathan Fawcett instructed.

Butler Walters took a letter opener and opened the packages. He found several identical items inside—they were all invitations.

Butler Walters handed Anne Sutton her invitation. She opened it and saw that it was for Silas Hawthorne and Stella Shields’s engagement party.

‘An invitation for them to attend!’

Seeing this, Anne Sutton said, “Stella Shields is getting engaged to Silas Hawthorne?”

Nathan Fawcett unfolded his and glanced at it before handing it back to Butler Walters. “Sending the invitations here on purpose… how interesting.”

Butler Walters said, “This last one must be for Dr. Linden.”

One for each of the three of them.

It seems they didn’t leave anyone out.

Anne Sutton looked at Nathan Fawcett. “Are you going to go?”

Nathan Fawcett said, “Of course I’m going. Why wouldn’t I?”

Anne Sutton was also quite curious to see it.

‘She just wondered who sent the invitations.’

‘And they went out of their way to send them here!’

Anne Sutton said, “Hasn’t Stella Shields been away filming recently? How did she get involved with Silas Hawthorne again?”

Speaking of which, she thought of Justin Shields…

‘This couldn’t be Justin Shields’s doing, could it?’

‘Is he really forcing his own sister to marry that old man, Silas Hawthorne?’

‘Even though Stella Shields couldn’t marry Nathan Fawcett, and he had no feelings for her, with her looks and background, she shouldn’t have to resort to marrying an old man like Silas Hawthorne!’

‘There’s such a big age gap between them.’

‘Besides, Stella Shields herself isn’t willing.’

Nathan Fawcett said, “Justin Shields is probably desperate to ally himself with the Hawthorne Family through marriage.”

He knew Justin Shields had designs on his position.

Anne Sutton said, “I find it harder and harder to understand what he’s thinking these days!”

“He’s grown a spine and doesn’t want to rely on the Linden Family anymore, so he’s trying to forge his own path.”

After saying this, Nathan Fawcett looked at Anne Sutton and saw her staring at him.

It was a reminder of how he had nearly driven the Shields Family to bankruptcy.

And it had all been because of Anne Sutton.

The two of them had even had a huge fight about it at the time.

Bringing it up again now was inevitably awkward.

Afraid she might still hold a grudge over it, Nathan Fawcett looked at her, smiled, and wrapped an arm around her. “Let’s go to sleep!”

Seeing that Nathan Fawcett didn’t want to bring up the past, Anne Sutton didn’t either.

After the two of them went upstairs, she asked, “Did you eat on time today?”

“I did,” Nathan Fawcett said. “After the lecture you gave me, how would I dare not eat on time?”

Anne Sutton said, “It doesn’t look to me like you’ve taken my words to heart at all. Nathan Fawcett, if you don’t start taking care of yourself, don’t blame me when you drop dead.”

Nathan Fawcett replied, “With you and Ian here, how could I bear to leave?”

“…”

He returned to their room, took a shower, and quickly lay down on the bed.

He said to Anne Sutton, “I lie in bed every day with nothing to do. I feel like I’m going to rust.”

Anne Sutton retorted, “You could choose not to lie around at home. Go to the office and work overtime every day. See if I try to stop you.”

“No, no, I’m good,” Nathan Fawcett said. “I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.”

The words had barely left his mouth when, as if to spite him, his work phone began to ring.

Nathan Fawcett: “…”

He glanced at Anne Sutton, who was staring at him with a dark expression, then looked at the caller ID on his work phone and declined the call.