Initially, Julian Sterling truly did not consider the angle of internal family disputes. He inherently harbored prejudices and a high degree of vigilance towards the outside. He merely thought that Nadine Locke was a chess piece planted by Gabriel Cole to gather commercial intelligence. After all, there had previously been intense suspicions between the two sides regarding the matter of Gabriel Cole arranging his people in key positions at the Caldwell Empire. But now, hearing Ethan Caldwell pose the question so directly, Julian had to begin piecing everything together and rethinking the situation from the very beginning.
