Chapter 667
Ethan Sterling's Fate
Ava Bennett's vacant eyes gradually came back into focus. She muttered, "Ethan Sterling... Ethan Sterling is the one who made me end up like this... If it weren't for him, I'd still be the Bennett family's precious daughter..."
A mocking curve tugged at Julian Sterling's lips.
He looked at Ava Bennett and continued, "Claire is lying in the hospital right now. The doctors said she's become a vegetable, and there's a good chance she'll never wake up. But have you found that your revenge is complete? Is the person filling your heart with hatred really Claire Bennett?"
Ava Bennett's expression jolted, and she fell completely silent.
Her eyelashes lowered slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking about.
Julian Sterling calmly withdrew his gaze, then turned and left.
Marcus Reed was waiting outside. When he saw Julian Sterling come out, he immediately walked up to him. "Mr. Sterling."
Julian Sterling said flatly, "Let Ava Bennett go."
What?!
Marcus Reed was stunned out of his mind. He couldn't believe Julian Sterling would make such a decision. He really wanted to let Ava Bennett go? Ava Bennett was someone he had finally managed to capture with great difficulty. If he really let her go, then wouldn't all his work have been for nothing?
But Marcus Reed didn't dare disobey Julian Sterling's words, either.
In the end, Marcus Reed let Ava Bennett go.
After leaving, she wandered the streets aimlessly. At that moment, a financial news report was playing on television. Ethan Sterling had closed another deal and was giving an interview in high spirits. The reporter interviewing him was a woman, and she kept throwing flirtatious glances at him.
Ethan Sterling didn't show any dislike either. He looked like he was having a great conversation with her.
Julian Sterling's words surfaced in Ava Bennett's mind again.
Is the person filling your heart with hatred really Claire Bennett?
Now Claire Bennett had become a vegetable, and she herself had been kicked out of the Bennett family. She didn't dare go home at all to face Victor Bennett, and she had also lost her status as the Bennett Group's daughter. But Ethan Sterling was perfectly fine, and could even flirt back and forth with other women.
Her real enemy wasn't Claire Bennett at all, but Ethan Sterling!
Ethan Sterling! She was going to find Ethan Sterling and take revenge!
Ava Bennett's eyes filled with crazed, out-of-control emotion, and a dark, terrifying smile spread across her face.
...
Julian Sterling was still staying by Claire Bennett's side.
Recently, he had stopped obsessively trying to find doctors for Claire Bennett. Instead, he had been caring for her the way one cares for a vegetative patient, massaging her every day, telling her stories, and keeping her company by talking to her.
Marcus Reed knocked on the hospital room door and walked in. This time, he had brought good news.
Before, he hadn't known why Julian Sterling wanted to let Ava Bennett go. It was only after seeing this news that he finally understood Julian Sterling's entire setup.
"Mr. Sterling, according to the latest news report just now, when Ethan Sterling was attending a press conference, Ava Bennett stabbed him more than eighty times in public. Ethan Sterling was rushed to the hospital, and right now it's unclear whether he'll live or die. I went to check on him. At the moment, he's only barely hanging on. Even if he wakes up, he'll be disabled for life."
After all, Ava Bennett had stabbed his internal organs. If Ethan Sterling was saved, he would suffer for the rest of his life. He might as well just die like this.
Julian Sterling listened to Marcus Reed's report expressionlessly.
After he finished, Julian Sterling merely curled his lips faintly. "He really got off easy."
As for the earlier poisoning of the old master of the Sterling family, Julian Sterling knew the person behind it was Ethan Sterling. He just hadn't found a good way to deal with him. Now that Ethan Sterling had ended up like this, he had only himself to blame.
He hadn't done anything at all. He had only stirred things up a little in front of Ava Bennett.
If Ethan Sterling hadn't toyed with Ava Bennett's feelings, Ava Bennett wouldn't have gone mad and run off to stab him that many times, leaving him hovering between life and death.
Marcus Reed continued, "Because Ava Bennett's mental state wasn't very good, she's already been sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment."
"Mm, very good." Julian Sterling nodded lightly and said, "How are things going lately on Thomas Sterling's side?"
Julian Sterling really had taken Ruby Sterling's words to heart. Those matters were now the goal sustaining him. He would seize the market as quickly as possible and pave a broad road ahead for Claire Bennett, so that if Claire Bennett woke up, she would be able to peacefully enjoy the good life.
At that, Marcus Reed immediately reported everything to him.
Finally, he left Julian Sterling, while Julian Sterling went back to continue taking care of Claire Bennett.
Looking at Claire Bennett, he said softly, "Claire, after a while, how about I take you to Grandpa and Grandma's house in the countryside to recuperate? The air there is good. It'll definitely be better for your recovery."