CHAPTER 418: CHAPTER 418: ARE YOU COURTING DEATH?

Age is a sensitive topic for Alisa, she didn’t answer but said displeasedly, "What does this have to do with Miss Sterling?"

Paige Sterling spoke bluntly, "Miss Alisa will turn thirty in three months, won’t you, Miss Alisa?"

Alisa’s face turned ugly because Paige was right, she’s already over thirty, older than Julian Hawthorne.

"Miss Sterling, it’s impolite to mention a woman’s age in front of her. Don’t you have any manners?"

"Manners aren’t something for everyone. For someone like Miss Alisa, who throws herself out like that, what good are my manners?"

"You..."

Paige Sterling stepped closer to Alisa, "Alisa, let me teach you one thing today—when provoking others, it’s best to first understand the kind of person your opponent is. Take me for example; when someone provokes me, I tend to investigate their family history thoroughly. Like how I know Miss Alisa’s first was when she was fourteen, with a forty-year-old man of fine bearing, who had a wife and kids..."

Paige seemed like a machine, speaking mechanically, starting from Alisa’s first and continuing like a machine gun, leaving no room for reaction.

Crucially, she spoke accurately, as Alisa’s expression told it all.

Meanwhile, Dora Upton calculated on the side, reaching Alisa’s age of twenty-five, concluding she’d been with thousands of men, not even sparing her one-night stands, not to mention Alisa’s achievements in seducing married men and leaving them with ruined families, along with various Pandemonium episodes when caught in adulterous affairs, vividly narrating as if present at the scene...

In the end, everyone was amazed: this woman’s romantic history is truly astounding.

Paige Sterling, "Look at that, you’ve been through so many men, and now you want to settle down with a reliable man. Our Julian is truly unfortunate, doesn’t even look like an honest man, yet somehow caught your eye?"

Yes, when ignoring Alisa’s family background, what difference does she have from those women who play around and then seek a reliable man to settle with?

The living room was quiet now, even Mrs. Hawthorne’s face turned a bit unsightly.

She hadn’t expected Alisa’s romantic history to be so rich; even in this era of free love, even if Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t like Julian this son, she definitely couldn’t accept a woman who’s been with thousands of men over sixteen years.

At this point, Paige’s gaze fell on Mrs. Hawthorne.

"Auntie, Julian is your biological son. Why disgust your own son with such a person? Do you want the whole world to know that you just wish your son were dead?"

Mrs. Hawthorne’s face turned unsightly as she found herself speechless.

That’s when Julian Hawthorne returned; as soon as he stepped in, he sensed the strange atmosphere in the living room.

He walked over to Paige Sterling’s side, "Beau, what’s going on?"

Paige smiled, "Nothing much, we have guests today, and I’m just chatting with them."

As if nothing really happened.

Alisa felt a lump in her throat, wondering how Paige dug up those things even she had forgotten herself, making her feel invisible in front of Paige.

She gritted her teeth, glaring at Paige Sterling, "Miss Sterling, you’re infringing on my privacy, I can sue you!"

Paige Sterling maintained a cold expression, "Miss Alisa, you’re sabotaging a marriage, I can sue you too."

"Sabotage? Are you joking?"

Mrs. Hawthorne also frowned, "Paige, what nonsense are you spouting? This isn’t something to joke about."

Paige spoke leisurely, "Forgot to tell you all, because of my significant contributions to the country, my marriage is protected."

Mrs. Hawthorne and Alisa were stunned.

Mrs. Hawthorne exclaimed, "Impossible, that’s nonsense! Paige, you’re truly daring, do you intend to drag the Hawthorne Family down with you?"

Paige Sterling, "Then go ahead and sue me."

Mrs. Hawthorne was at a loss.

Seeing Paige’s righteous confidence, could it be true? How is it possible? How could Paige Sterling have such capabilities?

How could Jared Sullivan’s daughter possess such abilities?

Alisa too was in disbelief.

"Miss Sterling, joking like this isn’t very nice, is it?"

"Do I look like I’m joking?", Paige Sterling smiled, "Go home and tell your dad, he’ll surely teach you that there’s a kind of person in the world you can’t mess with, named Paige Sterling."

Paige Sterling also had a private laboratory at the National Institute, where she developed world-leading aircraft carriers, spacecraft...

But these were mostly private, with few aware of her contributions in the military sector to the country.

Though she was publicly still the chairman of Penson, she was actually a highly protected talent by the country.

Honestly speaking, behind Paige Sterling stands the entire nation, there are truly few who can climb over her head now.

Alisa’s self-deemed pride, in front of her, was worth nothing.

So the saying online that the world is vast and one should explore is true, or else one might foolishly think the small plot they occupy is the center, is the entire world.

At this point, the living room was quiet until Dora Upton sighed, "God Sterling, how can you be so incredible?!"

Ahhhh, she only now became a fan of such an awesome person! She really wants to become God Sterling’s leg support!

Alisa broke the silence, "President Hawthorne, it seems Miss Sterling truly doesn’t welcome me. I wonder if she minds our relationship; maybe you should explain things to her, lest she overthinks and even uses destroying a marriage as an excuse."

Julian Hawthorne didn’t even glance at Alisa, calmly taking out an object resembling a walkie-talkie but evidently more advanced, uttering two words: danger.

The next moment, the doors of The Hawthorne Family were burst open, and a group of men in plainclothes, carrying guns, walked in.

Each was tall, looking sharp, evidently of military origin.

Upon entering, they directly shielded Paige Sterling and Julian Hawthorne, and asked Paige, "Professor Sterling, are you okay?"

Paige Sterling, "I’m fine."

Mrs. Hawthorne "..."

Alisa "..."

Dora Upton "..."

Alisa had lost her ability to react, finally being taken away by several people citing endangerment to Professor Sterling’s safety, and she was interrogated at the military department for over thirty hours, only being taken home when family members arrived.

At this point, she felt dizzy, truly realizing that the pride she thought she had was nothing in front of Paige Sterling.

The height others stood at was something she’d never reach in her life, her self-assumed actions were jokes in others’ eyes.

Let alone fighting Paige Sterling for Julian Hawthorne, she didn’t even qualify to converse with Paige.

Because behind her stood a Tell.

While behind Paige Sterling, stands a nation. To compete with a woman who contributes to the country for a man, are you seeking death?