Chapter 432
Searching for Claire Bennett's Whereabouts
At the same time, Julian Sterling and Marcus Reed had already landed at O'Hare International Airport. They were standing at the pickup area, waiting for Claire Bennett to come pick them up.
Julian Sterling was dressed in a white shirt and black dress pants. The simple black-and-white combination made his outstanding looks appear exceptionally noble, and it drew quite a bit of attention from passersby, who kept shooting him amazed looks.
Marcus Reed stood beside Julian Sterling, craning his neck and looking around through the crowd. After watching for quite a while, he still didn't see Claire Bennett anywhere.
He couldn't help asking, "Mr. Sterling, didn't you say Ms. Bennett would come pick us up? Why haven't we seen her yet? Could something have happened?"
Julian Sterling's brows furrowed slightly. "Maybe there's traffic on the way."
Thinking that, he took out his phone and called Claire Bennett. It showed that the call had connected, but it just kept ringing with no answer.
Maybe she was driving and it wasn't convenient to answer the phone.
Julian Sterling didn't think too much of it and put down his phone to wait patiently.
Another fifteen minutes passed, and there was still no sign of Claire Bennett. Even Julian Sterling realized something was off, and a faintly bad feeling rose in his heart.
Could something have happened to Claire Bennett?
Urgency tinged Julian Sterling's eyes as he took out his phone and called Claire Bennett again. This time, there was still no answer.
If it were only ordinary traffic, there was no way Claire Bennett wouldn't answer the phone.
Something might really have happened to her.
Seeing Julian Sterling's expression darken and feeling the cold, harsh aura radiating from him, Marcus Reed also had a bad premonition.
Just as he was about to ask, Claire Bennett's phone was picked up by someone!
"Hello." An elderly woman's voice came from the other end.
"Who are you?" Julian Sterling asked with a frown.
"I was picking through trash by the roadside and saw a car parked here. The windows were all smashed, and the phone kept ringing nonstop, so I answered it. Are you the owner of this car?"
Hearing this, Julian Sterling immediately knew that something had happened to Claire Bennett.
His gaze turned sharp, and the aura around him became terrifying.
"Marcus Reed, have people lock down Chicago immediately and find Claire Bennett!"
"Yes, Mr. Sterling."
Marcus Reed immediately began using every resource available to search with all his might for Claire Bennett's whereabouts. All of Chicago was thrown into an uproar, and everyone learned that the Sterling family was looking for someone—a woman.
Such a massive search inevitably made people curious about the woman's identity. Just who was she, to make the Sterling family this nervous?
...
At this moment, Hazel Lewis, who was at Sterling International, also received news that Julian Sterling was searching for someone.
She was sitting leisurely in her office, looking at the city-shaking news on her phone, smiling so hard she could barely close her mouth. Only now had the resentment from her failed attempt to frame Claire Bennett eased quite a bit.
When Willow Lane had asked her for help that morning, she had thought of this perfect plan.
She had given Willow Lane this idea, telling her to mislead Ian Walsh into going to settle scores with Claire Bennett.
Ian Walsh had been ruined so badly by Claire Bennett. A person with nothing left was the most frightening of all—what kind of methods would he use to pay Claire Bennett back?
By the time Julian Sterling found Claire Bennett, she would probably already be a ravaged, ruined woman. When that happened, Julian Sterling would definitely despise Claire Bennett.
You couldn't blame her for being vicious and ruthless. If anyone was to blame, it was Claire Bennett for blocking her path to becoming Mrs. Sterling!
Marcus Reed found the location of Claire Bennett's car, and then he also found Ian Walsh's car.
When they saw that Ian Walsh had abducted Claire Bennett into his car, Julian Sterling's entire aura turned cold. Even Marcus Reed beside him found it extremely frightening.
After that, following the surveillance footage, they traced them all the way to an unfinished building in the suburbs. There was no surveillance inside; they could only vaguely see Ian Walsh taking Claire Bennett in, and the two of them quickly disappeared from sight.
Julian Sterling's expression had already become terrifying, as if he were Yama himself about to destroy heaven and earth.
Marcus Reed swallowed and cautiously tried to comfort him. "Mr. Sterling, maybe Ms. Bennett is fine."
Julian Sterling pressed his lips tightly together and said nothing, only turning to get into the car.
At the unfinished building in the suburbs, Julian Sterling's car came to a stop. A car behind them also stopped right after, and many bodyguards dressed in black got out.
Marcus Reed immediately ordered, "Hurry and split up to search! You must find Ms. Bennett as quickly as possible."
"Yes."
The crowd scattered in different directions, and soon disappeared from view.
Julian Sterling stood outside, looking at the dilapidated building in front of him, his expression growing grave.
It had taken quite a while to get back to the city from the airport, and after all the delays from investigating and tracking them down, they had practically missed the best window for a rescue. If Claire Bennett really had been abducted here by Ian Walsh, then it was highly possible she had already met with misfortune.
Julian Sterling almost didn't dare think any further.
His expression became even uglier, dark as if water could drip from it.
Just then, bodyguards who had gone inside to check began coming back out. "Mr. Sterling, we didn't see Ms. Bennett inside."
"Nothing here either!"
"Nothing here!"
Julian Sterling's brows were tightly knit. A heavy atmosphere filled the air, and everyone unconsciously softened their breathing, not daring to provoke the man before them, afraid he would turn into a god of slaughter.
At that moment, from one of the empty rooms came a bodyguard's voice. "There's a discovery here!"
Julian Sterling immediately strode over.