Somewhat Dependent on This Man

Claire Bennett's eyes lit up instantly.

"Really?"

She thought about it and felt that although Mr. Sterling wanted to hire her, he probably wouldn't pay attention to this kind of thing, so it was very likely that someone had told him, or that someone had helped behind the scenes.

Could it be Julian Sterling...?

Claire Bennett looked up at Julian Sterling and asked expectantly, "Was it you who told Mr. Sterling?"

"Mm."

Julian Sterling was just too thoughtful!

He had solved her worry in one stroke, and with what happened this time, if Julian Sterling hadn't helped, there was no way it could have been resolved so smoothly.

Without realizing it, she seemed to have become a little more dependent on this man.

...

Inside the court lounge.

Naomi Pierce sat in a chair with a deathly pale face. Beside her was the furious Ethan Sterling, who was extremely angry about what Naomi Pierce had done.

But Naomi Pierce was a member of the Bennett family, and now the Bennett family had helped her open up a new department at Sterling International. He had benefited along with her, so no matter how angry and dissatisfied he was, there was nothing he could really do to her.

Ethan Sterling held it in, but in the end he still couldn't. Seeking a momentary verbal release, he said, "The pregnancy was fake? You actually dared to lie to me! Is there a single thing that comes out of your mouth that's true?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Naomi Pierce didn't dare talk back to Ethan Sterling.

She stepped forward and soothed him, saying, "Ethan, I was just too angry. Last time Claire Bennett seduced you, and I only did that because I wanted to teach her a lesson."

Ethan Sterling breathed heavily, still feeling unable to vent his anger.

What happened with the engagement had already made him the laughingstock of high society.

He had finally gotten this tailwind from the Bennett family and was just planning to use this opportunity to completely turn the situation around, only for Naomi Pierce to stir up something like this again!

Naomi Pierce knew that now that she had the Bennett family backing her, even if Ethan Sterling knew she had done something like this, he wouldn't do anything to her.

If she weren't the eldest daughter of the Bennett family, she didn't dare think any further about the consequences.

She had to establish a firm foothold at Sterling International as soon as possible!

Naomi Pierce suppressed the thoughts in her heart, stepped forward, and lightly stroked Ethan Sterling's chest to calm him down. She continued, "Ethan, I handled this badly. Don't be angry anymore. We should focus our energy on the new brand."

Hearing that, Ethan Sterling's anger subsided somewhat.

At this point, they could only do that.

Ethan Sterling's eyes darkened as he asked, "I clearly already cut off all of Claire Bennett's help. How did she get so much evidence?"

If those things hadn't come with the help of some unspeakable force, there was no way Claire Bennett could have gotten them. Did she have some other backer?

Naomi Pierce's expression also darkened when she heard that.

This time, the reason her success had collapsed at the last moment was because of the things Claire Bennett had produced, and she also had no idea how Claire Bennett got them.

"If Claire Bennett could hook up with a sugar daddy like Sean Shaw to clear herself, then naturally she could find other people too. That's nothing strange."

When Ethan Sterling heard that, the unwillingness in his heart grew even stronger.

Claire Bennett used to put on such a chaste and resolute act, saying she wanted to wait until marriage before being together. Who would have thought that behind his back she was this kind of woman? And she'd rather give herself to other men than soften toward him.

He was going to find out exactly who the man Claire Bennett had latched onto was!

Ethan Sterling's expression shifted several times. He took a deep breath and said, "Our reputation is already awful enough. For the next while, you'd better behave yourself and stop causing trouble."

"Got it."

"I'll go out and drive away the reporters outside. You rest here for now."

After Ethan Sterling left, Naomi Pierce's assistant, Yoyo, finally slipped in from outside. Naomi Pierce glanced at her and asked, "Did you take care of the troll army I told you to arrange?"

"I-I did. Before, it was your fans who voluntarily went to mess with Claire Bennett's Claire Bennett Mural Studio. This time we're finding people to go after her, so we probably won't be discovered."

Only after hearing that did Naomi Pierce feel much better.

So what if everything had been exposed? She was going to make it impossible for Claire Bennett to get by!

Right now, all she could do was take on some mural orders, and because of this incident, Claire Bennett's later mural bookings had already fallen through.

If she kept going after her, Claire Bennett would probably be unable to get any jobs and end up working as a cleaner.

Thinking of that, the gloom in Naomi Pierce's chest dissipated quite a bit.

...

Early in the morning, Claire Bennett dragged Julian Sterling with her to the market to buy a lot of groceries, planning to go home and cook a lavish meal herself.

On the drive back, Julian Sterling stared at the rearview mirror for quite a while, and his expression suddenly darkened.

"What's wrong?" Claire Bennett asked in surprise.

"Someone's following us."

Claire Bennett followed his gaze and looked over. Sure enough, she saw a car closely tailing them from behind. When they sped up, that car sped up too; when they slowed down, it slowed down too.

Who was following them?

There was of course no way anyone would be tailing a driver like Julian Sterling, who drove for other people, so the problem could only possibly be with her.

She didn't have any enemies in Chicago either.