Holly Summers was about to answer River Sterling when she saw Chase Childs hold out a hand to her without a word.

She glanced at him reflexively, momentarily confused by the gesture.

Seeing her confused expression, Chase Childs still said nothing. He simply took the bag from her hand, held it himself, then averted his gaze.

Although his actions were a bit abrupt, Holly Summers was touched. ’I never expected that Assistant Childs—who’s usually so quiet, who everyone says is as serious and stiff as a block of wood—could have such a thoughtful, gentlemanly side. He even knew to help a woman with her things.’

But she had no time to dwell on it. She immediately turned to River Sterling and began to explain what had happened.

By the time the group rushed to the entrance of the operating room, Miles Quinn heard their footsteps. He turned, saw them, and stood up to greet each of them. Clara Grant, however, was completely focused on Seth Quinn inside the operating room and didn’t notice their arrival.

Holly Summers walked over to Chase Childs and softly called, "Assistant Childs." When he looked at her, she gave him a meaningful glance.

Chase Childs took the hint. He opened the bag and held it out to her.

Holly Summers took a bottle of water and a pack of wet wipes from the bag, walked over to Clara Grant, and bent down to call out to her.

She had to call her name a few times before Clara Grant snapped out of her daze and looked at her. Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she caught sight of Linden Jennings and the others in her peripheral vision and finally realized they were there.

She turned her head and nodded at them in acknowledgment.

When the three of them saw Clara Grant covered in blood—on her clothes, her hands, her face—they were still stunned, even though they had prepared themselves.

Just looking at the blood on Clara Grant, they could imagine how much Seth Quinn must have lost.

Seeing Holly Summers pull out a wet wipe to help her clean the blood from her face and hands, Linden Jennings snapped back to reality and remembered the bag of clothes he was holding.

He took out his phone and made a call. Then he walked over to Clara Grant and Holly Summers and said to Holly, "Holly, don’t worry about that. Take Clara to have a shower and change her clothes. I know one of the directors here. I just called and asked him to arrange a VIP room. Someone will be over in a minute to show you the way."

Clara Grant remained silent. While she didn’t want Seth to worry when he came out of surgery and saw her in this state, she couldn’t bring herself to leave before he was out.

Linden Jennings seemed to understand what she was thinking and continued to persuade her. "Seth’s surgery won’t be over this quickly. Besides, showering and changing won’t take much time."

Holly Summers added, "Clara, President Jennings is right. Let’s go."

Clara Grant finally nodded. Just as she and Holly Summers got to their feet, the person who would lead them to the VIP room arrived.

Clara Grant cast another worried glance at the operating room doors, then said to Linden Jennings, "If Seth gets out before I’m back, please tell him I’ll be right there."

Linden Jennings nodded. "Don’t worry."

Watching Clara Grant and Holly Summers follow the guide into the elevator, Linden Jennings’s expression turned grim. He looked at Miles Quinn and asked in a low, heavy voice, "Did you call the police?"

"I called them right away, but it’s going to be hard to find any clues. After all, there’s no surveillance in the entire film studio." Miles Quinn was not optimistic.

"Hmph. If a person did this, they left a trace. Even if the police can’t find it, we’ll get to the bottom of this ourselves. If I get my hands on the bastard who did this, I’ll make him suffer a fate worse than death, or my name isn’t Sterling!" River Sterling snarled through gritted teeth.