Love on the Fast Track

Chapter 72:

At that moment, Phillip, who was standing to the side, covered his mouth, coughed, and then turned away. “These are conversations you shouldn’t be getting involved in,” Sean said, his voice awkward.

Susanna raised an eyebrow and took two steps toward Sean, asking, “So you’re hiding your relationship with Norah from me because you think I’m still a kid? What’s the point of hiding it from me?”

Just as Sean opened his mouth to respond, Norah, dressed in a long crimson chiffon dress, came down and interrupted. “Why are you guys talking in hush voices? Is it about something secret?”

Seeing Norah, Susanna’s eyes immediately lit up, and she quickly walked up to Norah, asking, “Last night, you slept in Sean’s room, right? Should I assume you’d be my sister-in-law?”

Turning to face Sean, Susanna smiled mischievously and continued, “I was just having a conversation with Sean about this topic.”

Hearing all this, Norah’s cheeks burned bright red. She should have known that Susanna would come to such conclusions. But as she thought about what had happened the previous night, Norah looked down and tried to explain, “Actually, I slept in the guest room last night. So, your idea of where I slept is wrong. Anyway, I have to hit the road or I’ll be late for work. You guys should keep on.”

Having survived Susanna’s teasing, Norah had become resistant to Susanna’s playful remarks and didn’t mind them much. But facing Sean was an entirely different case. Psychologically, she wasn’t comfortable around him.

Waving her hand, Susanna left the duo alone. As Norah walked away, she stared at the pink bunny slippers on Norah’s feet, pouted her lips, and called out, “Hurry up! Or you’ll be late for work.”

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Once Norah was gone, Susanna turned to face Sean and said unhappily, “I had been wondering who you wanted to give those bunny slippers to the moment I saw them. And now it turns out you bought them for Norah. Why didn’t you bother to get a pair for me? It’s not fair!”

“I thought Phillip arranged a pair of slippers for you,” Sean replied as he headed to the kitchen, hungry for a sandwich.

Susanna rolled her eyes and followed him, saying, “What Phillip arranged for me is different from what you arranged for Norah. By the way, didn’t you notice the way she eagerly clarified where she slept? She’s always quick to downplay her relationship with you. Could it be because she doesn’t like you?”

She paused for a moment as she seemed to be deep in thought. Stroking her chin, she looked at Sean, her eyes filled with determination, and continued, “But don’t let this weigh you down! I’ll see to it that your unrequited love gets reciprocated. One way or another, I’m going to make sure Norah falls in love with you.”

Hearing this, Sean raised both his eyebrows at the excited Susanna and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

As Norah walked out of the courtyard gate, she began to ponder whether to drive home first or head directly to Silver Boulder Private Hospital. Suddenly, Phillip’s voice called out from behind, interrupting her thoughts. “Miss Wilson, just a moment, please.”

“Phillip, how can I help you?” Norah turned around and asked.

“It’s about the police, Miss Wilson. I forgot to tell you that they might need you to put down your statement today.” Norah nodded slightly and unconsciously clenched her left hand. With a straight face, she asked, “And what should I tell them?”

Phillip, looking collected, replied, “Well, Miss Wilson, just tell them that it was infighting and that you and Mr. Hayes were extremely lucky to have escaped. All in all, it shouldn’t take much of your time. You’ll be in and out before you know it.”

“Alright. You can just drop me off at the hospital’s entrance,” Norah said, letting out a sigh of relief. Phillip must have handled the scene exceptionally well.

Norah’s previous job had been to eliminate targets for the organization, and she had done that countless times, always managing to evade the police no matter how tight the situation was. She was an expert at leaving no breadcrumbs behind and cleaning up traces. She couldn’t help but wonder how Phillip had cleared everything up.

A little while later, they arrived at the entrance of Silver Boulder Private Hospital. As she got out of the car, Norah adjusted her dress and said to Phillip, “Extend my thanks to Mr. Scott.”

At that moment, someone took a picture of the scene and sent it to the chat group of Silver Boulder Private Hospital. But within a minute, the picture was quickly retracted.

“Are you guys seeing what I’m seeing? That car is the definition of luxury.”

“It’s worth over a million! And she’s wearing a dress worth tens of thousands! These rich people are way beyond our league! They are the definition of royalty!”

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the woman in the picture Dr. Wilson?”

“Her beauty is unlike any I’ve ever seen. In fact, Dr. Wilson is hands down the most beautiful doctor in the hospital. No one even comes close! But, I didn’t expect her to be so rich. Just look at her clothing—it screams luxury! And don’t get me started on the car. To be frank, I don’t think the monthly salary that the hospital pays her could even cover the price of that bag she’s carrying. I looked it up just now—it’s a thirty-thousand-dollar bag! She is freaking rich!”

“Honestly, I doubt if such a luxury car is hers. And her high-end dress was probably gifted to her by a rich person. By the way, since Dr. Wilson arrived at Silver Boulder Private Hospital, besides providing some assistance to Gil in a few surgeries, she doesn’t seem to have much to do in the Cardiac Surgery Department, right?”

“I work in the Cardiac Surgery Department, and I can tell you that Dr. Wilson simply writes up cases in the department every day. Since she came, she hasn’t had a single chance to carry out full surgery.”

The group members were all excited about Norah, and a flood of messages kept coming in as they discussed her.

As Norah, now dressed in a white coat, walked into the department, she caught, out of the corner of her eye, Jolie and Baylor glancing at her.

Confused, she wondered if something major had happened in her absence.

Swallowing hard, Jolie approached Norah and noticed the high-end luxury brand dress she was wearing under the white coat. It was exactly the same one she had seen at the Splendor Building, worth exactly one hundred and eighty thousand!

As Norah took her seat, she looked up at Jolie and asked, “Can you tell me why you and Baylor are looking at me like that? It’s not like I’m late, right? Or did Jamison say something?”

Baylor shook his head. “Dr. Wilson, did you join the chat group of Silver Boulder Private Hospital when you arrived?”

“No,” Norah simply replied. For her, chat groups were just gossip and a source of headaches. Since she had used Akin’s account to send those pictures to the group, she hadn’t heard anything from them since.

After being lectured by Norah, Akin had been avoiding her, and other curious doctors around the hospital didn’t approach her but simply observed her cautiously. So far, her time at the hospital had been uneventful. A chat group, at best, would just be another experience to endure.

“Wow, the dress you’re wearing looks exactly like a dress from Is’s wardrobe. In fact, I think it costs one hundred and eighty thousand, right?” Jolie asked cautiously.

Norah shook her head and replied honestly, “I don’t know where it came from. Someone gave it to me as a gift.”

Hearing this, Jolie and Baylor glanced at each other knowingly. So that was it—Dr. Wilson had someone who cared enough to give her such an expensive gift.

“Can you guys spill the beans already? What’s going on?” Norah asked irritably, lowering her eyes as she began to organize her desk.

“Well, when you were dropped off this morning by a luxury car, someone took a picture of you and posted it in the chat group for a moment. Now everyone is claiming that you’re either the lover of some wealthy person, or you’re just a mistress to a married man whose family you’re trying to wreck,” Baylor explained, giving a detailed rundown of the chat group’s speculation about Norah.

Jolie blinked and took a few steps back, saying softly, “I only asked you about the dress because I had seen it before at the Splendor Building. I didn’t know it was a gift.”

Realizing that the duo had misunderstood, Norah interrupted Jolie’s rambling. “The car is simply that of a friend, and I had no idea where the dress came from. Also, I’m not a mistress.”

Jolie nodded and chuckled awkwardly. “Of course, you’re not. Though, the way they were talking about you being a mistress, one would think they caught you red-handed. They’re just jealous of your beauty and seek to damage your image.”

“So what? Should I become ugly?” Norah asked coldly.

Jolie shook her head and hands vigorously. “That’s not what I mean. I’m just trying to say, if your beauty makes them jealous, that’s their problem, not yours.”

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