Chapter 585
What Ethan Sterling Wants to Do (Continued)
When Claire Bennett mentioned Ethan Sterling, Ruby Sterling seemed extremely agitated. She said indignantly, "Ugh! Don't even mention it! I really never expected Ethan Sterling to have been hiding something like that up his sleeve."
"I don't know how, but he managed to buy off Sterling Group's shareholders. Quite a few people are backing him now and want him to inherit Sterling Group's business, and it looks like he might already have more support than my brother. At this morning's shareholders' meeting, he almost took the position!"
After hearing Ruby Sterling's words, Claire Bennett fell silent for a long time.
Ruby Sterling continued, "Claire, I feel like this whole thing is the biggest ordeal of my brother's life. Grandpa's poisoning definitely has something to do with this! As for who did it, they still haven't found out yet..."
At that point, she seemed to realize it wasn't good to say too much in front of Claire Bennett. After all, given Claire Bennett's current situation, worrying about Julian Sterling too would only be another torment for her.
Ruby Sterling gave a light cough and comforted her, "But Claire, don't worry. As long as my brother can pull through this, the truth will come out soon enough. Then you'll be able to get out too."
Claire Bennett said, "Mm, I understand."
After ending the call, Claire Bennett handed the phone back to the police officer, then stared blankly at the bare wall.
She had originally thought it was just an ordinary poisoning case. She had never expected it to involve so many issues. Ethan Sterling really had been hiding his strength all along. No wonder he had been so arrogant when he came earlier.
But she still believed in Julian Sterling, believed that he would definitely overcome the difficulties and rescue her.
In the blink of an eye, another two days passed. Claire Bennett had no source of information in here.
During that time, Ethan Sterling came twice. After learning that she already knew about his affairs, Ethan Sterling stopped hiding anything. He became openly arrogant and sneered, "Claire, since you already know about my current situation, then you should also know that I now have the ability to help you. As long as you're willing to be with me, I'll get you out."
Claire Bennett looked at Ethan Sterling with cold eyes.
Only after he finished speaking did she say, "Ethan Sterling, do you know where you fall short compared to Julian Sterling?"
Ethan Sterling froze for a moment, then narrowed his eyes at Claire Bennett.
"Julian Sterling wouldn't be as despicable as you. Even if he deceived me before, he never once used cheap, underhanded tactics to force me into doing anything. Compared to Julian Sterling, you're nowhere near his level."
Ethan Sterling flew into a rage at once, his eyes turning sharp and vicious as he stared at Claire Bennett.
"Julian Sterling was completely driven out of Sterling Group by me today! I'm the one in control of Sterling Group now!" Ethan Sterling threw his head back and sneered, then snorted. "Julian Sterling is just a stray dog now! What does he even have that makes him worthy of being compared to me?"
Claire Bennett looked utterly disdainful and turned her head away, no longer paying Ethan Sterling any attention.
When Ethan Sterling saw her like that, he gritted his teeth and said, "Claire, I'm still patient with you. I believe you'll come to your senses eventually. It's fine. I can wait for you."
After saying that, Ethan Sterling turned and left.
Claire Bennett was disgusted beyond words. She truly couldn't understand what she had ever seen in Ethan Sterling before, but that was all in the past. The one in her heart now was Julian Sterling.
Sigh... she had no idea how Julian Sterling was doing now.
Another two days passed, and Ruby Sterling came to see Claire Bennett again.
This time, compared to last time, her complexion looked even worse, and she seemed utterly dejected.
The moment she saw Claire Bennett, tears began to fall from her eyes patter patter.
Claire Bennett was so startled that she nearly thought something terrible had happened. She hurriedly asked, "Ruby, what happened? Don't cry yet. Did something happen to your brother?"
Claire Bennett already knew nothing at all about what was happening outside, and she had been deeply worried to begin with. Now that Ruby Sterling had come looking as if the sky were falling, Claire Bennett couldn't help suspecting that something had happened to Julian Sterling.
Ruby Sterling let out a sigh and pulled a sheet of white paper from her clothes.
"Claire, sign it."
Claire Bennett lowered her eyes and glanced at it. What Ruby Sterling had given her was a divorce agreement!
She looked at the signature line below and saw Julian Sterling's name on it. It seemed he had already signed this divorce agreement long ago.
Claire Bennett's pupils contracted sharply. She clenched her fists and asked in a hoarse voice, "Ruby, what do you mean by this? Why are you giving this to me?"
At that moment, what Claire Bennett was thinking was, why would Julian Sterling do this?
Could it be that just because she was implicated in Grandpa Sterling's poisoning, he wanted to divorce her?
But hadn't the case still not been fully investigated yet? Didn't Julian Sterling want to believe her?
Countless possibilities flashed through Claire Bennett's mind, but no matter which one it was, she couldn't accept that Julian Sterling wanted to divorce her.
They had fought over divorce several times before, and had even nearly divorced once.
But now they had found their way back to each other. How could they give up so easily?