Claire Bennett's Condition Is Extremely Dangerous

At that moment, the light over the emergency room finally went out. The doctor pushed Claire Bennett out from inside, and Julian Sterling, Old Mr. Sterling, and the others all crowded around. "Doctor, how is my granddaughter-in-law doing?"

The doctor looked at them and said gravely, "The patient's condition isn't very optimistic. She has multiple external injuries, and her spleen has ruptured..."

With every word the doctor said, Old Mrs. Sterling's, Old Mr. Sterling's, and Ruby Sterling's faces grew uglier.

With so many injuries, how much pain must Claire Bennett have been in...

"After emergency treatment, we've temporarily saved her life, but we can't guarantee the follow-up treatment. The worst-case outcome is that she may become vegetative."

Hearing the doctor's words, Old Mrs. Sterling was deeply shaken. "Claire, she... she's actually gone down the same road as Quentin and his mother. If... if she can't wake up, then won't she become vegetative too..."

As Old Mrs. Sterling spoke, she covered her face and burst into tears. The situation now was exactly the same as when she had gotten the news that Quentin Sterling had been in a car accident.

Ruby Sterling threw herself into Cameron Quinn's arms and cried, "Will Claire never wake up?"

Cameron Quinn gently patted her back and comforted her, "She will. Don't overthink it."

Julian Sterling's brows knitted tightly, his whole body tense. He clenched his fists and said pleadingly, "Doctor, please do everything you can to save her."

The doctor nodded. "Don't worry. We'll do our best to save her. As for what the final outcome will be, that depends on the patient's luck."

After saying that, the doctor turned and left.

Claire Bennett was moved into a hospital room. Julian Sterling was worried about Old Mrs. Sterling's health and afraid her emotions were too agitated, so he had Old Mr. Sterling take her away first and said he would tell them once there was any update on Claire Bennett.

Although Old Mrs. Sterling was worried about Claire Bennett's condition, she also didn't want Julian Sterling to be distracted, so she went back with Old Mr. Sterling.

Cameron Quinn felt that Ruby Sterling was too emotional, and staying here wouldn't help with anything, so he took her away as well. The only one left now was Julian Sterling.

On the hospital bed, Claire Bennett lay there quietly.

She looked as though she were asleep, except her body was covered with all kinds of tubes, making her look terrifyingly fragile and weak.

Julian Sterling sat beside her. Looking at Claire Bennett, who had still been talking to him on the phone that morning and had now become like this, his eyes reddened.

Claire Bennett's injuries were too severe. He didn't know what he would do if she never woke up.

Julian Sterling covered his face and took a deep breath.

Outside the hospital room, Marcus Reed's footsteps stopped at the doorway. He saw Julian Sterling sitting by Claire Bennett's bedside keeping watch over her, his back looking lonely and desolate, and for a moment he couldn't bear to disturb him.

Julian Sterling was the first to notice Marcus Reed's presence. He suppressed the thoughts in his heart, stood up, and walked out of the room.

"How is it?"

Marcus Reed looked at Julian Sterling and said, "Mr. Sterling, I've found the car that hit Ms. Bennett. It was abandoned outside the suburbs, and no one was inside. The car is registered under Ava Bennett's name. The person who hit Ms. Bennett was Ava Bennett. I'm currently tracking Ava Bennett's whereabouts."

Julian Sterling's brows drew tightly together. He clenched both fists, and his face went taut.

He also knew about how Ava Bennett and Claire Bennett had recently been fighting like life and death. He hadn't taken it to heart, thinking Claire Bennett was so smart that she would definitely be able to suppress Ava Bennett. He hadn't expected Ava Bennett to actually do something like this.

If anything happened to Claire Bennett, even if he had to wipe out the entire Bennett family, he would make her pay for Claire Bennett's life!

...

Another two days passed. After treatment, Claire Bennett had successfully pulled through the life-threatening stage, but she still had not woken up.

According to the doctors, the trauma she had suffered was too severe. There was nothing they could do, and they could only wait for a miracle to happen.

In other words, if Claire Bennett couldn't wake up, she would become vegetative.

This was extremely bad news. Julian Sterling still hadn't told Old Mrs. Sterling and Old Mr. Sterling, worried that the two of them wouldn't be able to accept the result, so he chose to bear it silently on his own.

And at this very time, Ethan Sterling's side wasn't peaceful either.

Taking advantage of Claire Bennett's accident, he had been snatching all kinds of resources from Julian Sterling's company recently. When he saw that Julian Sterling had made no response at all, he became even more aggressive and poached his clients.

Julian Sterling had stayed with Claire Bennett in the hospital for five days and five nights. During that time, he had almost never closed his eyes, hoping that Claire Bennett would open hers and wake up. But Claire Bennett still kept her eyes tightly shut, with no response at all.

He held Claire Bennett's hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Claire, wake up soon, okay?"

"We still haven't celebrated our wedding anniversary. Didn't you say that after everything was over, you'd go out and have fun with me? Claire, stop torturing me..."

How much he wished that the one lying here were him.