Chapter 550
She Just Didn't Want to Drag You Down
After hearing Julian Sterling's words, Ruby Sterling was completely stunned.
In the past, although Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling had fought like this too, things had never reached the point of no return like they had now. But listening to Julian Sterling's tone now, it sounded like Claire Bennett was the one insisting on cutting ties?
Ruby Sterling had never seen Julian Sterling like this before. Her older brother had always been outstanding since he was little. Did outstanding people just inevitably run into setbacks in life?
And her older brother's setback was Claire Bennett.
For a moment, Ruby Sterling didn't know how to comfort Julian Sterling.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, as if she had remembered something, and she said to Julian Sterling, "Julian, I think... maybe Claire doesn't really want to divorce you!"
When Julian Sterling heard Ruby Sterling's words, some expression finally appeared on his numb face.
But very quickly, he returned to normal. He just let out a light laugh and said, "You don't need to comfort me. I know that with the way things are between us now, there's no possibility of fixing it."
"No! Julian, listen to me first!" Ruby Sterling simply crouched down beside Julian Sterling and looked at him as she said, "Claire still has feelings for you deep down. There's no doubt about that. I think the only reason she was so determined to divorce you this time is because she was worried about you. She just didn't want to drag you down!"
The bystander sees more clearly than the players do. As that bystander, Ruby Sterling knew how Claire Bennett felt about Julian Sterling.
How could she possibly stop liking Julian Sterling that quickly?
There had to be some reason that made her make that choice!
Julian Sterling's brows drew tightly together. At first he hadn't taken Ruby Sterling's words to heart, but after hearing her analysis, a bit of hope seemed to take root in him.
Maybe it really was like Ruby Sterling said—maybe Claire Bennett didn't truly want to divorce him.
Ruby Sterling looked at Julian Sterling and asked, "Julian, think carefully. What exactly did Claire say to you?"
She felt certain that there had to be some clue hidden in Claire Bennett's words.
Julian Sterling sighed and said hoarsely, "She said she was tired of being with me, that she wanted to find someone who wouldn't make her tired. She said she wanted to be with Zane Cole."
"Bullshit!" Ruby Sterling couldn't help cursing. She said directly, "Back when we first saw Zane Cole, we treated him like a romantic rival, but Claire still firmly chose you. She didn't choose Zane Cole. So now that so much time has passed, she's suddenly going to choose Zane Cole?"
"Julian, think it through again carefully!"
Julian Sterling's expression turned grave, and a glimmer of light gradually appeared in his eyes.
He had been immersed in his own pain all this time and really hadn't thought of that point.
If Claire Bennett had chosen Zane Cole, then what business would there have been left for him in any of this? None of what happened afterward would have happened at all. So Claire Bennett had said those things and wanted to divorce him because of some other reason?
At the time, Claire Bennett had asked him what he would do if Grandpa kept opposing them.
His answer had been that he would fight them to the bitter end, and it was from that moment that Claire Bennett had fallen silent. After that, she said those things to him.
The dark look on Julian Sterling's face gradually faded.
So Claire Bennett had sacrificed herself and left because she didn't want him to leave the Sterling family.
A fine, piercing ache rose in Julian Sterling's heart, and he felt both angry and helpless about Claire Bennett's actions.
"Julian, well?" Ruby Sterling looked at Julian Sterling cautiously.
Julian Sterling's expression eased a little as he said, "Mm. Claire may have done it for me. She didn't want me to leave the Sterling family."
In the living room, Old Madam Sterling and Old Mr. Sterling were sitting there with grave expressions on their faces.
Although they had opened the door earlier and gone in and seen that Julian Sterling seemed fine, they were still worried. They didn't know what his condition really was now.
The two of them waited and waited, and only then did they finally see Ruby Sterling come downstairs. Her expression was grave, and it didn't look like things had gone very smoothly, which made them even more uneasy.
Could it be that Julian Sterling really had some kind of problem?
They immediately pulled Ruby Sterling over and asked, "Ruby, how did your talk with Julian go? How is he now? Is there actually something wrong with him?"
Ruby Sterling secretly glanced at the two of them and sighed. "Sigh! My brother's in bad shape!"
"What!" The two of them went pale with shock and were about to head upstairs.
At that moment, Ruby Sterling hurriedly stopped them. "Grandpa, Grandma, my brother is already miserable enough right now because of breaking up with Claire. Please don't go upset him even more. Just let him have some quiet by himself."
Only after hearing Ruby Sterling's words did the two of them calm down.
They were just too worried about Julian Sterling.
"Ruby, tell us carefully—what exactly is going on with Julian?"
With reddened eyes, Ruby Sterling said, "Because the Sterling family opposed them, Claire decided to separate from my brother. My brother is in pain because of this now. I've never seen him like this before. Even though he doesn't look like he's thinking of doing anything stupid right now, the way he looks as if his soul has been sucked out of him—how is that any different from a vegetable!"
Old Madam Sterling's face instantly turned deathly pale.
The words 'a vegetable' were far too triggering. She simply couldn't bear to hear those words now, and she especially didn't want anyone else in the Sterling family to be associated with them.
Actually, she had already let go of her prejudice against Claire Bennett lately, and in her heart she had slowly started trying to accept her too. It was just that Old Mr. Sterling had still kept opposing their relationship. She had never expected things to end up like this now.