Chapter 281
I Need to Think About It
The Sterling International president's office.
With a respectful expression all over his face, Wes Mercer stood in front of Julian Sterling and reported, "Mr. Sterling, lately Ethan Sterling seems to be looking into your affairs."
Julian Sterling paused the work in his hands and lifted his eyes to look at him.
"Your subordinate found out that Ethan Sterling has recently been privately offering a high price to buy candid photos of you, but the reporters destroyed all the photos they took of you before. Even if anyone kept copies privately, no one would dare sell them to him."
Julian Sterling had never taken this useless nephew of his seriously, and he was even less afraid that Claire Bennett would go back to him.
He let out a light scoff. "No need to bother with him."
What Julian Sterling was thinking about now was something else.
Naomi Pierce had already resigned, and now Maison Verne's newly established jewelry department needed a leader to take charge of it. He wanted Claire Bennett to take the position.
But with his current identity, he couldn't do that directly.
The best way was to have Claire Bennett take the position naturally, and it also had to be able to convince everyone.
He lifted his eyes to look at Wes Mercer and instructed, "Maison Verne has been lacking a leader lately. Pass the message down and choose one from all of Maison Verne's employees."
Wes Mercer knew that Julian Sterling was about to rig things behind the scenes.
Although he said it would be chosen from all the employees, what he really meant was that Claire Bennett should stand out and become Maison Verne's leader.
He immediately nodded and said, "Yes."
After speaking, Wes Mercer turned and was about to leave, but unexpectedly Julian Sterling stopped him. "Wes Mercer, wait a moment."
Wes Mercer stopped and turned back. "Does Mr. Sterling have any other instructions?"
Julian Sterling was silent for a moment, then asked, "I heard you got yourself a girlfriend?"
"Ah..." Wes Mercer froze for a moment, not expecting Julian Sterling to care about such private matters of his.
Recently, things between him and Willow Lane had been progressing very quickly. Two days ago, they had just confirmed their relationship. This morning he had told Victor Wells about it, and he hadn't expected Mr. Sterling to know now. It had to be that bigmouth Victor Wells who told Mr. Sterling!
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Wes Mercer's face, and he said softly, "I did just get a girlfriend, and she's also from our company, but Mr. Sterling, please don't worry. I won't let it affect my work because of that!"
Although Sterling International had no rule against office romance, Wes Mercer was still a little uneasy.
After learning about this, Julian Sterling had originally planned to tell Wes Mercer to pay attention to the impact, because Wes Mercer now represented Mr. Sterling. Later, though, he felt there was no need to say anything, so he didn't add more.
He said, "Mm, you can go out."
Wes Mercer let out a sigh of relief, turned, and left the office.
...
The office became quiet again.
Julian Sterling's brows were tightly furrowed. He thought of what had happened last night, and a helpless look appeared on his face.
It was obvious that Claire Bennett was extremely resistant toward him, her heart tightly shut. If she was unwilling to accept him, then they would only stay like this forever
This couldn't go on, but he had no solution at all.
Ding—
The phone on the desk suddenly rang.
Julian Sterling lowered his eyes and glanced at it. It was a message from Ruby Sterling.
Ruby Sterling: "Bro, what are you doing?"
"Ran out of money?" Julian Sterling picked up his phone and replied leisurely.
After waiting quite a while, Ruby Sterling's call came through directly.
Julian Sterling swiped to answer. Before he could speak, Ruby Sterling rattled off, "Bro! What do you mean by that? Who are you trying to humiliate with money? Just because I'm your little sister, does that mean I can't care about how you're doing?"
"Mm, originally I was going to let you use the black card for another two days, but judging from the situation now, it seems that's no longer necessary."
Ruby Sterling's tone suddenly changed, and she laughed ingratiatingly. "Hehe, I was joking. Please, go ahead and humiliate me with money!"