The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 440: No One to Rely On

If she’s found directly by the authorities, they will definitely force her to reveal the whereabouts of those documents.

Those are her safety measures; she won’t take them out until it’s absolutely necessary. Once she does, it must be to gain the greatest benefit.

Alisa thought about it and decided to contact her people first and have them go directly to find Paige Sterling.

She didn’t believe Paige wouldn’t be concerned about Julian Hawthorne’s whereabouts.

Alisa reached out to the person she trusted the most, her female secretary.

After receiving the message, the female secretary went straight to the Sterling Family to request a meeting with Paige, but was naturally refused.

The female secretary became anxious and shouted loudly outside, "President Sterling, I have something very important to tell you! Please come out!"

When Paige ignored her, she continued shouting, "President Sterling, are you not at all concerned about your husband’s comfort? Aren’t you indifferent to whether your husband is dead or alive?"

Paige, inside the Sterling Family home, naturally heard the female secretary’s words.

She frowned; the locator had been scrapped a month ago, indicating that Julian Hawthorne had already faced a life-threatening crisis then.

And until now, she still had no news of Julian. Julian just vanished like that, and it’s fake if she said she wasn’t worried.

Now that someone came from Alisa’s side, saying they had news about Julian, how could she not take it seriously?

Paige then called the security to let the female secretary come in.

As the female secretary came in, Paige’s gaze fell on her, asking, "You said you know Julian Hawthorne’s whereabouts?"

Paige’s gaze was sharp, giving the female secretary an invisible pressure, and she immediately nodded, "Of course, it’s Alisa’s message. Now President Hawthorne is with Miss Alisa, but he encountered some accident, and can’t return immediately, so he needs President Sterling’s..."

Before she could finish, Paige interrupted, "I see."

Paige’s eyes grew deep; the authorities had been watching The Tell Group, and since Alisa sent someone to pass the message back, then the authorities must have known about the situation in advance.

But they didn’t take any action, which showed the situation wasn’t so simple.

Simultaneously, Paige also confirmed that Julian was safe.

She was relieved and began to carefully ponder what to do next.

"Thank you for bringing the message. You can go back now."

The female secretary looked at Paige, stunned. Just like that?

After learning her husband was in trouble, did Paige really have no other reaction? Was being this calm how a wife should react?

"President Sterling, President Hawthorne is in a bad situation, aren’t you worried?"

Paige retorted, "Didn’t you say? Miss Alisa would do her utmost to rescue him. I certainly trust Miss Alisa, and now that I’m in the country, I can’t help even if I want to, so I’ll have to trouble Miss Alisa."

The female secretary really believed Paige didn’t care about Julian at all. It seemed the rumors about the crisis in Julian and Paige’s relationship were true.

So, what should she do now?

The female secretary was still thinking of another plan when Paige sent her off, not giving her a chance to speak further.

After the female secretary left, Paige immediately contacted the authorities, and she calmed down.

Nothing was better than Julian coming back alive.

Soon after, the Sterling Family released news that Paige was ill, saying Julian encountered an accident while negotiating business abroad, his life was uncertain, and Paige was hit hard and fell sick.

Hence, Paige stopped going out.

Many people came to the Sterling home to see Paige, but were all blocked outside by Jared, who said Paige needed rest and visitors were unnecessary.

Paige was content to stay home and do her work while also keeping Old Master Hawthorne informed to avoid shocking him due to excessive worry about his grandson.

However, by consistently staying in, the so-called illness rumors grew to talk of severe illness, causing a sensation online and many speaking prayers for Paige.

Paige felt a bit embarrassed.

Jared was outside every day, cheerfully blocking people, and to Jared’s surprise, Yvette even came by.

In all this time, Jared and Yvette hadn’t seen each other. He was now very calm towards Yvette, without a hint of rekindling old feelings.

But Yvette clearly didn’t think so, having really regretted divorcing Jared due to her tough life outside.

If she hadn’t divorced, she’d still be the Sterling Family’s lady, enjoying the best of everything, never worrying about life; she could still be like a little fairy.

But after the divorce, she became an old woman tainted by life and society, her house bought by Skylar, and even with Jared paying her several tens of thousands monthly, she couldn’t maintain her refined life, nor be a fairy.

She had rent, food, clothes, and having gotten used to a good life at the Sterling’s, couldn’t bring herself to scrimp, so the money barely sustained her living. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

More importantly was the emotional emptiness.

Skylar was also incarcerated, and without a husband or daughter, she was all alone, with no support for the rest of her life.

The more this wore on her, the more she wished to return to Jared’s side and spend the rest of her life with him.

But it was just a thought, as now Jared had no affection for her, and she didn’t dare to pester him.

This time hearing Paige was sick, she finally had a reason to visit the Sterling house.

She saw Jared looking haggard over Paige and said with concern, "Jared, Paige still needs your care, you must first take care of yourself."

Yvette didn’t know what Paige was sick with, but since she had always been healthy, suddenly getting sick must have been serious, so she added, "Don’t worry, Paige is a strong girl, she will definitely turn misfortune around and be safe."

Since concern was expressed, Jared couldn’t be too unkind and said, "I thank you on behalf of Paige for your concern."

Seeing that Jared had no intention of letting her see Paige, Yvette said, "Jared, I’ve watched Paige grow up after all. Now that she’s sick, I’m also worried about her. Can I see Paige?"

If possible, she wanted to stay and take care of Paige, comfort her, help her get through the toughest times, hoping Paige would change her opinion of her.

With Paige mediating, Jared might be willing to remarry her.

If Jared gave her this chance, she could treat Paige as her own daughter from now on, never mistreating her.

Yvette eagerly looked at Jared, waiting for him to nod, but Jared refused.

"I appreciate your sentiment, but Paige needs rest."

Yvette lowered her head in disappointment and had to leave, despondent.

Now she was utterly alone, and even Jared wouldn’t take her back. She felt increasingly like a solitary being, inevitably recalling Skylar.

So, Yvette went to the jail to visit her daughter, and upon learning that Julian had an accident abroad on business and Paige was ill because of it, Skylar showed mixed emotions of excitement and disappointment.