Anonymous Video

A blush rose on Claire Bennett's cheeks, and she immediately refused. "No need! I can do it myself. I don't want to trouble you!"

Even though she and this man were already husband and wife, they still weren't at the point where they could bare themselves to each other. She would rather struggle a little on her own.

Julian Sterling looked at Claire Bennett's flushed face.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he said unhurriedly, "I meant helping you call a caregiver. What were you thinking?"

"..." She was the one whose mind had gone in the wrong direction. How embarrassing!

In the end, to prove that she hadn't been having dirty thoughts, Claire Bennett still politely declined Julian Sterling's suggestion. Caregivers weren't cheap these days; it cost several hundred US dollars a day. It wasn't like she couldn't take care of herself at all, so there was no need to waste money like that.

It took a full hour and a half before Claire Bennett finally managed to finish her shower.

When she came out of the bathroom, she saw that Julian Sterling had already unfolded the folding bed and placed it right beside her hospital bed.

Claire Bennett was staying in a private room, with no one else sharing it.

Julian Sterling said that there had been fewer patients at the hospital lately, and since the doctor thought her condition was relatively urgent, they had arranged a private room for her, with the price the same as an ordinary one.

It made Claire Bennett marvel at how few people were getting sick these days, to the point that the hospital had empty rooms sitting around.

In reality, she had no idea that Julian Sterling had pulled some strings.

While Claire Bennett had been getting herself cleaned up, Marcus Reed had already sent Julian Sterling the video of Naomi Pierce and Kevin Parker. After watching it, he had Marcus Reed anonymously send Claire Bennett a copy as well.

By the time Claire Bennett lay down on the hospital bed, her phone had received an email.

The email was anonymous, and it had Naomi Pierce's name on it.

Looking at the dark video screen, she curiously tapped the play button.

The image that appeared first was from a surveillance camera angle. Naomi Pierce and a man walked into a hotel, and the time was clearly displayed in the upper right corner.

Claire Bennett stared in shock with wide eyes. It was actually from earlier today?

The woman in the video was Naomi Pierce, but the man was not Ethan Sterling. If she wasn't mistaken, the man looked a little like one of Sterling International's executives.

Could Naomi Pierce and this man be...?

She quickly began watching more carefully.

Just as Claire Bennett was frozen in thought, the scene in the video changed to the room, where the two of them pounced onto the bed like dry tinder meeting fire.

"Mmm... ah..."

A soft, suggestive cry full of implication, along with a man's panting, rang through the hospital room, and Claire Bennett's heart almost stopped on the spot.

She hurriedly tried to close the video, but the more panicked she became, the easier it was to make mistakes—especially since she only had one hand she could use!

Her left hand was already clumsy to begin with, and in her flustered state, she actually failed to hold onto the phone and accidentally dropped it on the floor!

After the phone hit the ground, the sounds kept playing, and they only grew more intense.

Claire Bennett didn't dare look at Julian Sterling's expression at all. She struggled to get out of bed to pick up the phone and turn it off, but she accidentally pulled at her wound again, and the pain made tears shoot from her eyes, slowing her movements considerably.

A well-defined hand picked up the phone and easily turned off the video.

At last, those endlessly suggestive sounds stopped.

It felt to Claire Bennett as though she had just gone through a world war. She was still badly shaken, covered in cold sweat, and even more mortifying was the fact that her phone was still in Julian Sterling's hand.

Would he think she was some horny perv watching that kind of dirty little video?

Oh God, just let her explode on the spot!

"Y-you mustn't misunderstand. I accidentally tapped some pop-up ad just now..."

"Mm." Julian Sterling handed the phone back to her with perfect naturalness.

Claire Bennett secretly glanced at him and saw no trace of mockery on his face. He had presumably accepted her explanation, and she quietly let out a sigh of relief.

Thinking of the images from that video just now, a flicker of confusion crossed Claire Bennett's mind.

Naomi Pierce was about to get engaged to Ethan Sterling, so why was she cheating behind Ethan Sterling's back?

What made her even more curious was who exactly had sent her the video.

Whatever. In any case, this video was good for her.