Chapter 420
Actually, I'm Not President Sterling
After Wes Mercer waited for a long time, he finally saw Sienna Shaw, but Molly Lee was with her.
When Molly Lee and Sienna Shaw arrived at the hospital and saw Wes Mercer, their eyes went wide as saucers, and Molly looked like she'd been struck by lightning.
Th-This isn't President Sterling?
Why is he here?
Wes Mercer was also very familiar with Molly Lee. Seeing how terrified she looked now, he knew she had recognized him.
Right after the car accident, his face had been bruised and swollen, and you couldn't make out what he really looked like, but now he had mostly recovered, and Molly Lee recognized him at a glance.
Wes Mercer scratched his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
At that moment, Sienna Shaw noticed that something was off with Molly Lee and asked in surprise, "Molly, what's wrong with you?"
Molly Lee came back to herself and quickly forced a smile. "N-No, nothing."
After Sienna Shaw set down the food, she went to the bathroom, leaving Molly Lee alone in the hospital room. Thinking about being alone in a room with President Sterling, she became extremely stiff and sat as far off to the side as possible, trying to make herself less noticeable.
Seeing how flustered Molly Lee was, Wes Mercer could more or less tell that she had misunderstood his identity.
He set down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Molly Lee."
"Yes, President Sterling!" Molly Lee immediately straightened up and answered respectfully.
Wes Mercer: "..."
At this point, there was no need to keep hiding it. He let out a heavy sigh and said, "Actually, I'm not President Sterling."
Last time, Julian Sterling had already said there was no need to keep his identity secret anymore, so Wes Mercer simply admitted it openly.
After all, pretending to be President Sterling all the time wasn't sustainable, and he felt guilty as hell about it.
"Oh, you're not... huh?!" Molly Lee nodded instinctively, then suddenly reacted.
Her eyes widened like saucers as she stared at Wes Mercer in shock. "Y-you, what did you say?!"
Molly Lee had always thought that Willow Lane was President Sterling's girlfriend, but now President Sterling was here at the hospital instead.
And he also seemed very familiar with Sienna Shaw. This triangle was so confusing it was impossible to make heads or tails of it.
She never expected Wes Mercer to say something this shocking. He actually said he wasn't President Sterling!
Then who was President Sterling?
At that moment, Sienna Shaw came back. Seeing Molly Lee standing there motionless like a statue, she couldn't help walking over curiously and asking, "Molly, what's wrong with you? Why have you been acting so weird all day today?"
"I... I..." Molly Lee looked at Wes Mercer, then at Sienna Shaw, unable to speak.
If he wasn't President Sterling, then who was he? Hadn't they said before that he was President Sterling?
One question after another surfaced in Molly Lee's mind, and she could barely process them all.
Wes Mercer sighed and introduced himself. "My name is Wes Mercer. I'm President Sterling's assistant."
Sienna Shaw looked at Wes Mercer in confusion, not knowing why he was introducing himself. Hadn't Molly Lee and Wes Mercer known each other before?
Only after quite a while did Molly Lee come back to her senses and slowly accept it.
"Molly, let's go, quick." Sienna Shaw suddenly remembered that they still had something important to do and didn't have time to stay here too long.
Every time Sienna Shaw came to bring food, she would chat with Wes Mercer for a while, but today she left right after delivering it.
While feeling disappointed, Wes Mercer was also a little curious, and he asked, "Where are you going?"
"Manager Bennett was slandered recently. We want to go find that person and make him explain things clearly. Otherwise, it could very likely affect our later brand sales."
After Sienna Shaw briefly explained, she immediately left with Molly Lee.
After they left, the more Wes Mercer sat on the hospital bed thinking about it, the more something felt wrong. He'd been in the hospital lately, so he hadn't known about any of this, and now Marcus Reed had already come back to take over his work.
He immediately thought to call Marcus Reed.
After the call connected, Marcus Reed told Wes Mercer everything that had happened recently with Claire Bennett from start to finish. Marcus Reed knew a bit more of the inside story.
When Wes Mercer heard that Ian Walsh was a lecher, his whole expression changed.
It would definitely be very dangerous for two girls like Sienna Shaw and Molly Lee to go looking for him. The two of them were being far too careless!
Wes Mercer hurriedly ended the call, changed clothes, and checked out of the hospital.
...
At the same time, in a hotel suite, Ian Walsh was talking with Willow Lane.
He looked at Willow Lane with a lecherous grin, his mind wandering to indecent thoughts.
This woman was holding the matter between him and Claire Bennett over his head to make him come to Chicago and help. Now he had helped, but he hadn't gotten any benefit at all, so naturally he felt like he was getting the short end of the stick.
Back when Willow Lane was at Bennett Group, Ian Walsh had noticed her too. But after Claire Bennett appeared, she quickly drew away all his attention, so he gave up on Willow Lane and turned to going after Claire Bennett instead.
Now that he was seeing Willow Lane again, his heart started itching unbearably once more.
Since he couldn't sleep with Claire Bennett now, then Willow Lane as an appetizer would do too.
As he thought this, the smile on Ian Walsh's face became even more suggestive.
He sat down beside Willow Lane and asked in an ambiguous tone, "Willow Lane, what brings you to see me so late? We can take our time talking."
As he spoke, he reached his hand toward Willow Lane's thigh and gave her leg a hard grope.