Of Course You Should Get Closer to Her More

"Since the last time at Kinley Estate."

"Uh... could it be that you're too exceptionally gifted, so Claire got scared of you? I mean, for a girl's first time, if the impression isn't very good, it really can leave psychological scars."

Other than that reason, there was no other explanation.

When Julian Sterling heard that, regret surfaced in his eyes. He didn't know whether he had hurt Claire Bennett.

"It's not like there's no solution!" Ruby Sterling said with great seriousness. "Since Claire Bennett has a psychological shadow, then you just have to break that shadow!"

"How do I do that?"

"Of course you should get closer to her more! Once she gets used to it, she won't resist you anymore!" Although Ruby Sterling had little dating experience, when it came to love advice, she could rattle it off one set after another. That was thanks to how many novels she'd read.

What trick for wooing girls hadn't she seen before?

So now, giving Julian Sterling advice, she sounded impressively convincing.

After Julian Sterling heard her out, he felt what she said made sense, and the confusion in his heart was immediately resolved.

...

Word that Maison Verne was going to select a person in charge quickly spread through the entire department.

After a lot of people heard the news, they all got excited and worked up.

The notice said the selection would be from among Maison Verne's employees and didn't list any requirements. Didn't that mean anyone could sign up to run?

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Quite a few people were eager to try.

Willow Lane was also very happy. Just a moment ago, she had tentatively complained to President Sterling, saying that Maison Verne was in a bit of chaos without anyone managing it.

President Sterling had told her things would change very soon.

She hadn't expected it to be this!

With him choosing the person in charge on such a broad scale, he was probably trying to avoid people gossiping that she got in through the back door after he helped her, right?

The corners of Willow Lane's mouth curled up, and sweetness welled up in her heart. President Sterling was so good to her!

Her gaze swept across the faces of the people around her, all discussing it excitedly, and then she snorted inwardly: these people were simply daydreaming. Did they really think they could get selected just by participating?

They were all just there to make up the numbers, and yet they were excited out of their minds. It was laughable!

Claire Bennett, who was still busy restoring the artwork drafts, naturally knew nothing about this.

It was Molly Lee, who heard the commotion outside and got curious about why those people were shrieking so excitedly, who went out to ask around. She never expected there to be such huge good news.

She immediately came back, excitedly reporting it to Claire Bennett.

"Director Claire, Maison Verne is choosing a person in charge!!" Molly Lee said with a beaming face, excitedly adding, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you become the leader, then you won't have to be afraid of them anymore."

She knew that after Naomi Pierce was fired, a new person in charge would definitely take office.

She had originally thought someone would be directly sent down from above, but she hadn't expected that the selection would actually be from within Maison Verne itself. How could that not make her excited?

Claire Bennett froze for a moment. Selecting a person in charge?

Me, run for it?

Faced with such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Claire Bennett was silent for once.

Molly Lee's excitement gradually cooled. She looked at Claire Bennett and asked in surprise, "What's wrong? You don't want to be the leader?"

Claire Bennett gathered her thoughts and lifted a faint smile.

"No, I just need to think about it."

Hearing that, Molly Lee was a little curious. Most people would be desperate to jump at an opportunity like this immediately, yet Claire Bennett was saying she needed to think about it. What was there to think about?

Claire Bennett didn't say anything more and simply continued her restoration work seriously.

But in the gaps between tasks, she couldn't help thinking back to what had happened before at Bennett Group. Back then, after entering Bennett Group, she had also once held a leadership-level position.

But not long after, an incident occurred that caused half a year's hard work by the entire team to go to waste.

Although the situation had been remedied in time, it still left a considerable impact on her heart. So when she heard about becoming a leader again, she wasn't as excited as an ordinary person would be.

After getting off work, Claire Bennett received a message from Julian Sterling saying he had come to pick her up.

As soon as she walked downstairs, she saw his car in front of her.

Claire Bennett opened the car door and got in.

"How was work today?" Julian Sterling asked casually.

Thinking of the little mishap that had come up, Claire Bennett felt her temples begin to throb faintly again. Willow Lane's artwork drafts would probably take about three days to finish restoring, and only then would the matter be considered over.

"There were a few little accidents, but it's fine. I can handle them."

She didn't want Julian Sterling to worry, so she gave him a simplified version, focusing on the minor parts and avoiding the serious ones.

But then she thought of the matter of Maison Verne choosing a leader, so she added, "Also, Naomi Pierce was fired, and now Maison Verne is in a state of having no one in charge. Upper management sent down a notice saying they want to choose a leader from among us..."

After pausing, Claire Bennett sighed helplessly. "I think this might be President Sterling trying to help his girlfriend move up."

Julian Sterling: "..."

If he hadn't known that Claire Bennett was unaware of his identity, he might have thought right then that Claire Bennett already knew what he had been doing behind the scenes. He really was trying to help Claire Bennett move up.

But in Claire Bennett's eyes, President Sterling was Wes Mercer.