Your Wife Is About to Run Off

Cameron Quinn looked at Julian Sterling and asked curiously, "You really didn't bring Claire Bennett with you? Julian, I heard your family's old man seems to be making some moves. How are you planning to deal with it?"

In marriages among people of their status, each family's arrangements had always been a major focus of attention. Cameron Quinn happened to know a tiny bit of the inside story, entirely because his father had just learned about it from Old Mr. Sterling and had specifically come over to pressure him to hurry up and find a woman too.

He had no interest in any of the women in New York or Chicago, and as for the little woman he wanted to marry...

Cameron Quinn's gaze swept around the room, but he didn't see Ruby Sterling anywhere.

Where had that girl run off to?

A cold smile curved at Julian Sterling's lips as he said, "Grandpa won't get what he wants."

When Cameron Quinn heard that, a look of surprise appeared on his face. From the sound of it, Julian didn't seem worried at all. Could it be that he had really made some kind of preparations?

Just as he was about to ask more, a fairly loud commotion up ahead interrupted him.

Cameron Quinn lifted his eyes and saw a lovely figure. It was Hazel Lewis.

Quite a few young socialites were gathered around her. No one knew what they had said, but a burst of exclamations had just broken out.

"Looks like Old Mr. Sterling really is panicking, finding you someone like this." Cameron Quinn clicked his tongue, then added his assessment: "I think she doesn't even come close to Miss Bennett."

Julian Sterling frowned and said displeased, "Don't compare her to Claire."

The meaning of that was that Hazel Lewis couldn't measure up to Claire Bennett.

Cameron Quinn shut his mouth awkwardly.

Well then... this wife-protecting look at the slightest disagreement was truly a rare sight. If he weren't familiar with Julian Sterling, he would have thought the man standing in front of him was an impostor.

...

At this moment, several young socialites around Hazel Lewis were chatting and laughing merrily.

They weren't familiar with Hazel Lewis, this socialite from Chicago, but because members of the Cole family were with her, everyone regarded Hazel Lewis more highly and found her somewhat mysterious, since she could actually mingle with the Cole family.

You had to know, their own families had exhausted every possible effort just to invite someone from the Cole family over to treat an illness.

Rumor had it the Cole family wouldn't even give the Sterling family face.

Their families had arranged for them to come over and strike up a conversation, using Hazel Lewis as a way to get acquainted with the Cole family for the sake of their futures.

Before the Cole family rose after Zane Cole came to power, they hadn't counted for much in New York, and even fewer people paid them any attention. The Cole family's status today was entirely because of Zane Cole.

Jade Cole had previously made a serious mistake and been driven out of the Cole family by Zane Cole. She had now become someone with nowhere to go.

As for her so-called medical skills, they were only half-baked.

After learning that Hazel Lewis was about to form a marriage alliance with the Sterling family, Jade Cole set her sights on her, wanting to attach herself to Hazel so she could gain some benefits too.

In reality, the two of them had only met two or three times, yet they were already calling each other sisters.

Hazel Lewis thought she had invited someone from the Cole family to come support her, while Jade Cole, for the sake of her own interests, had not told Hazel Lewis about her actual situation and planned to bluff her way through first. They were six of one, half a dozen of the other.

After Jade Cole saw that everyone around her was revolving around her, she felt extremely pleased inside.

In the past, no one paid any attention to her at all, but now things were different.

If the Sterling family announced Hazel Lewis's status as their prospective granddaughter-in-law later, then as Hazel Lewis's close best friend, wouldn't she be even more sought after? Even if she had been expelled from the Cole family, so what? She could still live in style!

Thinking that, Jade Cole's eyes shifted, and she looked at Hazel Lewis and deliberately asked, "Hazel, is the Sterling family going to announce your matter today?"

As soon as the words fell, sounds of astonishment rose all around them.

The Sterling family was going to announce their matter? Could Hazel Lewis have some kind of connection to the Sterling family?

For a moment, the socialites around them all began guessing.

Although today was said to be Old Mrs. Sterling's birthday banquet, quite a few people had come with the goal of currying favor with the Sterling family. Julian Sterling, as the future head of the Sterling family, was especially the object of many women's pursuit.

Now Jade Cole's words naturally drew no small amount of attention.

When Hazel Lewis heard Jade Cole's words, a trace of shy embarrassment appeared on her face, and she said modestly, "I think so. Mr. Sterling said today he would announce it."

Hearing that, everyone's curiosity was stirred even more.

There were many members of the Sterling family, and quite a few unmarried men too. No one knew which young master Hazel Lewis was involved with.

Someone asked curiously, "Hazel, which young master from the Sterling family are you with?"