Married the Sick Uncle – Just Waiting to Inherit His Fortune

Anne Sutton looked at him. "I’m talking about how you’re too cowardly to admit what you’ve done. You’re the one whose gambling ruined this family, and now you’re trying to make Ethan take the blame..."

Before Anne Sutton could finish, Ryan Linden shoved her hard, sending her crashing into a nearby wall. Anna Linden froze for a moment, stunned. Afraid he would cause real trouble, she quickly snapped, "Ryan Linden!"

Ryan said, "Aunt Anna, it’s this woman! She’s slandering me! She’s just some tramp Ethan brought home, and she dares to meddle in the Linden Family’s business!"

This was a man who would even beat his own wife.

Anne Sutton was shocked he’d dare get physical right in front of Anna Linden.

Her head was throbbing from the impact.

Just then, a pair of hands steadied her, pulling her into an embrace.

Anne Sutton looked up and saw Nathan Fawcett standing right in front of her.

A sense of relief washed over her at the sight of him.

He looked at her, his face full of worry. "Are you okay?"

Anne Sutton clutched the sore spot. "It hurts."

Nathan Fawcett moved her hand away and took a look. A large lump had already formed.

Standing beside Anna Linden, Ryan Linden pointed at Anne Sutton and said, "She was talking nonsense! No matter what, I’m still Ethan’s older brother, you understand?"

Anne Sutton stared at the ridiculous man. Her head was throbbing painfully from the impact, and it took her a moment to recover.

Nathan Fawcett said to Anne, "We’ll get you checked out in a bit, make sure there’s no serious damage. Can you stand on your own?"

Anne Sutton nodded.

Nathan Fawcett let her go and walked over to Ryan Linden. Ryan was intimidated by his icy gaze and stammered uneasily, "Ethan, I..."

Nathan Fawcett kicked him without a word, knocking him to the floor...

"I can overlook you beating your own wife, but you dare to lay a hand on my woman? Who the hell gave you that right, huh?"

Anna Linden stood to the side, watching. Seeing Nathan Fawcett so furious, she said nothing.

’She just thought of Ethan...’

’If it were Ethan, he would never be this violent!’

The man before her now truly acted without a thought for the consequences.

Ryan Linden cried, "No, I didn’t! Don’t listen to her nonsense! Lana and I have a great relationship. I don’t hit my wife."

’The only reason he would dare say that is because Anne saw what happened when she visited last time!’

’That bitch...’

’Always running her mouth about me behind my back!’

Of course Ryan Linden wasn’t going to admit it.

"What nonsense am I spouting?" Anne Sutton steadied herself and stared at Ryan Linden. "You don’t hit your wife? I saw it with my own two eyes last time I was at your house. Are you trying to deny it?"

Ryan Linden shot back, "Who the hell do you think you are? All you know is how to drive a wedge between us brothers! Ethan and I have been close since we were kids. You think a few words from you can turn us against each other?"

He leaned on the wall to pull himself up, walked over to Anna Linden, and pleaded, "Aunt Anna, you have to believe me! I’m not lying!"

Anne Sutton turned to Nathan Fawcett. "He’s saying you’re the one who caused Lana’s injury! That you’re the one who drove Lana to despair! Ethan, what do you think?"

When Nathan Fawcett heard this, he looked at Ryan Linden, then glanced at his aunt.

Anna Linden asked, "Since you’re here, explain yourself. What’s going on? Didn’t I tell you last time that we’re all family and you shouldn’t take things too far? Now Ryan is saying you forced Lana into that car accident. That they even sold their house to pay back the company’s money?"

Hearing his aunt’s words, Nathan Fawcett said, "He did sell the house. I’ve known about that for a while. But to say it was to pay back the company is just falsely accusing me! Because to this day, I haven’t received a cent from him. The moment he sold the house, he took all the money and gambled it away! Lost every last bit! And after all that, you still dare say I’m the one to blame? Ryan, what do you take me for?"

Anna Linden looked at Nathan Fawcett’s righteous and confident expression, then back at Ryan Linden. Ryan said guiltily, "I didn’t..."

"You didn’t?" Anne Sutton said. "Your wife is still in there! Why don’t we just go ask her and find out?"

Hearing this, Anna Linden walked into the hospital room. She saw Lana Langley lying on the bed. The driver had stopped quickly, so her car accident had only resulted in minor injuries. She was already awake.

Lying on the hospital bed, she saw Anna Linden and said, "Aunt Anna."

Anna Linden asked, "How did you get injured?"

Lana Langley glanced at Ryan Linden and immediately made up her mind. "Aunt Anna, you have to help me. It was all Ethan... He insisted on forcing us to pay him back, but where would we get that kind of money? Ryan has worked himself to the bone for the company all these years! In the end, we were even forced to sell our house! We’re all family, but Ethan has been too cruel to us! And no matter what, Ryan saved Ethan’s life back in the day!"

’This woman...’

’She’s certainly protective of her own.’

’The moment an outsider is present, she’s all about defending Ryan!’

Anne Sutton said, "Sister-in-law, you’re still covering for Ryan? Did you forget what it was like when he was hitting you?"

"When did he hit me?" Lana Langley denied. "Don’t talk nonsense! We have a great relationship!"

Anne Sutton walked over, grabbed Lana’s arm, and pulled up her sleeve to reveal the injuries. "Look at this! And you’re still protecting this man?"

’She’s a lost cause!’

Anne was absolutely floored.

Seeing Anne do this, Ryan Linden rushed forward to push her away, but Nathan Fawcett blocked him.

Anna Linden looked at Lana Langley and asked, "What’s going on?"

Lana said, "I bumped into something by accident, he didn’t hit me! How could we possibly fight? We get along so well."

’She and Ryan were a family. There was no way she could sell him out now!’

Seeing her act like this, Anne Sutton let go of her arm.

Anna Linden watched this unfold and sighed inwardly.

She was a doctor. There was no way she couldn’t tell how Lana Langley got the injuries on her arm.

’She never thought that Ryan would actually...’

But Ryan was still completely unrepentant, saying stubbornly, "Ethan kept forcing me to pay him back. I had no choice! Lana was so worried that she fell into despair! Aunt Anna, you have to stand up for us."

Anne Sutton looked at Nathan Fawcett and realized he was being completely and utterly framed.

She couldn’t just stand by and watch this happen.

She turned to Ryan. "You’re still trying to slander Ethan, even now? Have you no shame? You can’t possibly think that just because your wife keeps quiet, you can hide what you’ve done, can you?"

After speaking, Anne Sutton took out her phone. Earlier, while watching the commotion, she had also taken a video. She had originally planned to send it to Nathan Fawcett, but after Lana’s accident, she and Ryan had brought her to the hospital before she had the chance.

Anne Sutton played the video she had recorded. The footage of Ryan Linden and Lana Langley arguing was clear, and their voices could be heard perfectly.

The two of them had been so emotional at the time that they hadn’t noticed Anne Sutton listening nearby.

When she saw that Ryan had even told Lana to ask his father for the old family home, Anna Linden was speechless.

She looked at Ryan Linden and scolded, "Is this how you handle things? You even want to sell the house your grandfather left behind? Ryan Linden, have you lost your mind?"

With the facts laid out before him, Ryan Linden couldn’t talk his way out of it.

Anna Linden looked at Lana Langley and said, "And you. He goes this far, and you still cover for him? Hmm? I truly never expected the Linden Family to produce two pieces of work like you."