Chapter 178
The Feeling of an Old Married Couple
Claire Bennett collected herself and calmly sat down beside Julian Sterling.
After sitting down, she suddenly had the feeling that the two of them were already an old married couple. It actually felt pretty strange, and the ad on the screen had already finished playing and switched back to the drama.
With a flash of the scene, the male and female leads were locked in a fierce embrace, then started making out with each other, making anyone watching blush hotly.
Claire Bennett's body stiffened, and she felt uncomfortable all over.
Oh my god! Why was she watching this kind of drama here with Julian Sterling?
She sat rigid on the sofa, her heart practically about to leap out of her chest.
Just then, Claire Bennett suddenly felt a shadow fall over her. Then a pair of large hands settled on her shoulders and pressed her into the soft sofa. Immediately after, cool lips kissed hers.
One of Julian Sterling's hands clasped Claire Bennett tightly around the waist, pulling her into his broad chest, while the other braced the back of her head as he kissed her deeply and passionately, completely lost in it.
The only sounds left in the air were the ones coming from the TV. The man and woman in the show had already pulled apart, but their lips and tongues were still entwined, and the longer they kissed, the more intense it became, as if there were even a faint sign of it getting out of control...
Claire Bennett could even feel the man's body tense up, yet all she could do was clutch his clothes tightly and let him kiss her with such lingering heat and passion.
A moment later, Julian Sterling let Claire Bennett go.
If he didn't let her go now, he was afraid he really would lose control.
Things had only just started, and he didn't want to scare Claire Bennett, or else before he could even surpass Sean Shaw's attraction score, Claire Bennett might already run off without a trace.
Compared to Julian Sterling's composure, Claire Bennett looked much more disheveled.
She was breathing hard, as if she still hadn't recovered from the stimulation just now. Her whole mind was in a daze.
At that moment, Julian Sterling asked, "When I kissed you, how much attraction score did that give me?"
If sending her flowers had earned him 5% attraction score, then on a 100-point scale, he still had 95 points to work for. He wanted to know how far he still was from his goal—how much was the attraction score this time?
"Huh?" Claire Bennett murmured softly.
Only after quite a while did her scattered reason fully return. Once she processed Julian Sterling's words, heat spread across her cheeks, turning them red like an apple.
This was simply too deadly!
It was only a kiss, and it already left her so dizzy she couldn't tell east from west. If anything more happened, she'd surrender on the spot, okay!
But if she admitted that just one kiss from Julian Sterling made her very attracted, then wouldn't this attraction-score game of theirs become impossible to keep playing very quickly?
Claire Bennett composed herself, gave a light cough, and said, "Julian Sterling, you should understand that before that girl has fallen for your friend, suddenly kissing her like this won't have much effect. At most, it's only 10% attraction score."
Julian Sterling curled his lips slightly. Only 85% left now...
Ever since what happened last time, from the moment Claire Bennett got up every day, there was a smile on her lips, as though she had fallen into a passionate romance.
These past two days, Julian Sterling had truly been exceptionally good, like a very qualified boyfriend.
Whenever she sent him a message, he replied instantly, and every day he kept finding new ways to send her things.
Even the people at Maison Verne could tell she seemed to be in love. They were quietly gossiping about her in private, but Claire Bennett didn't care.
Today, another same-city delivery arrived.
Everyone curiously gathered around, chattering as they discussed it, wanting to see what good thing Claire Bennett had received again today.
This time it was afternoon tea, in a huge insulated box. There were all kinds of branded desserts, ice cream, and more—everything girls liked to eat. It really hit the mark, and quite a few people had envious looks in their eyes.
Claire Bennett suspected that it was as if Julian Sterling had some expert secretly advising him behind the scenes.
Just the fact that every day he sent her different things she never could have expected wasn't something an ordinary person could come up with. Where did he get so many ideas?
Seeing there was so much, Claire Bennett generously shared it out. She said to everyone, "I can't finish all this by myself. Let's all eat together. Don't be shy."
"Wow, Director Song is really generous! Then we won't hold back."
"Thank you, Director Song. We get to enjoy the good fortune too."
Everyone crowded forward to divide up the food. Claire Bennett picked up one of the bottles of juice and returned to her seat to sit down.
That day at Crown Taste House, Willow Lane had been thoroughly humiliated by Claire Bennett, and her resentment toward her had only grown deeper. Now, seeing her acting so high-profile, her face darkened, and she nearly ground her teeth to pieces.
A gloomy look flashed through her eyes.
She would let Claire Bennett be smug for two more days for now. Recently, she felt that President Lu had been much warmer toward her, and they had been chatting more and more too.
Once she hooked up with President Lu, she would trample Claire Bennett underfoot!
After Claire Bennett returned to her seat, her assistant Molly Lee became the target of everyone's questions. Quite a few people curiously pulled her over and asked her all sorts of things, wanting to know who was spending so lavishly to pursue Claire Bennett.