Chapter 123
Claire Bennett Must Be Killed
Someone had even dug up the fact that she had a mural studio and said they were going to place malicious orders with her studio, then leave bad reviews so she wouldn't be able to survive in this industry.
Just as she was talking, the door to the hospital room opened.
When Naomi Pierce saw Ethan Sterling arrive, she said into her phone with an apologetic look, "My husband's here. That's it for today's livestream. We can chat again when I have time."
After saying that, she ended the stream right away.
Naomi Pierce lifted her eyes to look at Ethan Sterling. His expression was somewhat dark and ugly, and he clearly looked like he was in a bad mood.
She asked worriedly, "Ethan, what happened? Did something go wrong with Claire Bennett's situation?"
Someone had helped Claire Bennett before, and Naomi Pierce was afraid something unexpected might happen this time too.
Ethan Sterling suppressed his irritation and shook his head. "Nothing went wrong. I just went to the detention center to see Claire Bennett."
Men were very strange creatures. The more Claire Bennett resisted, the more it stirred up his desire to conquer her, making him determined to get her by any means necessary.
It had even developed into a kind of obsession.
For that, he didn't hesitate to keep it from Naomi Pierce and manipulate everything behind the scenes.
Naturally, in front of Naomi Pierce, he would never reveal his thoughts and let her know.
When Naomi Pierce heard Ethan Sterling say that he had gone to see Claire Bennett, her expression changed slightly.
She immediately said nervously, "Did Claire Bennett say anything? Ethan, you can't go soft on her! Claire Bennett killed our child. That was our first child, your own flesh and blood!"
Ethan Sterling said without changing expression, "Don't worry. I'll definitely stand up for you and make her pay."
Only then did Naomi Pierce let out a sigh of relief.
She gave a soft snort inwardly. Before, she might still have been wary of Claire Bennett, afraid that Claire Bennett had latched onto President Sterling as a powerful backer, but now that she knew that man was a fake, she wasn't afraid at all.
This time, she was definitely going to kill Claire Bennett!
At the detention center, Claire Bennett returned to her room.
She glanced at the time. Several hours had already passed since she'd called Sean Shaw, so he ought to have finished dealing with things on his end by now. Claire Bennett couldn't help calling him again.
"Sean, you should have handled everything by now, right? Can you come over?"
Sean Shaw's voice carried frustration as he said carefully, "Claire, if I told you I'm still stuck at the airport right now, would you believe me?"
Would she believe him?
Claire Bennett curled her lips into a fake smile and couldn't help laying into Sean Shaw.
"Sean Shaw! Do you just not want to help? If you don't want to help, just say it. For the sake of our relationship, I won't blame you."
"That's really not it! Claire, listen to me..."
Sean Shaw sounded extremely helpless, with a hint of anxiety too. He sighed and said, "This time I'm really just unlucky. I finally finished checking in, and then the flight got delayed again..."
Claire Bennett didn't want to hear any more of Sean Shaw's excuses.
She said impatiently, "Enough, no need to explain. Then at least hire a lawyer for me first and bail me out, okay?"
At the mention of that, Sean Shaw became even angrier.
He gritted his teeth and said furiously, "Right now in all of New York, not a single lawyer will take my case. I suspect Ethan Sterling made a move. Only the Sterling family has the power to cover up the sky with one hand. Otherwise I could go find your dad..."
When Claire Bennett heard Sean Shaw say he was going to find Victor Bennett, she panicked and immediately stopped him.
"Sean, don't tell my dad!"
Claire Bennett didn't want Victor Bennett to see that after leaving the Bennett family, she had ended up in such a miserable state. When that happened, he would definitely find an excuse to make her go back. She didn't want to return to that home that never belonged to her.
And if Mrs. Bennett found out, she would definitely mock her too.
She couldn't let them look down on her!
Claire Bennett clenched her fists and said firmly, "Sean, let's figure out a way to solve this ourselves. Don't tell my dad, okay?"
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy to solve!"
Claire Bennett wasn't that pessimistic. She encouraged Sean Shaw, "Just do your best to find a way to get here. Even though the Sterling family has stepped in, I believe you should be able to break through!"
After saying that, she added a reminder: "But make sure you're safe first. Don't get dragged down because of me."
"Claire, what are you saying! With the relationship between us, why talk about being dragged down..." As Sean Shaw spoke, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Oh, right. Have you tried asking your... your husband for help?"
Sean Shaw had been so overwhelmed earlier that he'd actually forgotten to remind Claire Bennett.
Now that he was being held up by the Sterling family, the person who could help was Julian Sterling!
If he made a move, forget one Ethan Sterling—even two of them would be no problem at all.
For some reason, Sean Shaw felt that Julian Sterling wasn't just fooling around with Claire Bennett. Maybe he was serious and would definitely help with this.
When Claire Bennett heard that, she snorted and said, "There's no use asking him either. He may also be called Julian Sterling, but he's not that real President Sterling."
Sean Shaw fell silent for a long while.
Was it possible that he was that real President Sterling!
But he had accepted benefits from Julian Sterling, so he had to keep all of this tightly under wraps.
He silently thought to himself: Claire Bennett is really easy to fool. She actually thinks a man like that could be ordinary. In what way does he look ordinary?
He wondered how she would react one day when she learned the truth.
Sean Shaw sighed inwardly and said, "I'm not joking. Try asking him. He might be even more useful than I am, and he might even be able to solve the problem."