Wanting to Expose Your Identity

At this moment, in the little garden.

Zane Cole carefully chose his words, then said with a serious expression in a low voice, "Claire, that so-called husband of yours, he..."

Splash!

Zane Cole didn't get to finish. Countless splashes of water came pouring down from above, drenching him to the bone in an instant. Claire Bennett beside him couldn't avoid getting splashed a little too.

At that moment, someone who looked like a staff member from the estate came running over.

"Sorry, sorry! I didn't know you two distinguished guests were here. This is the time when our estate waters the flowers. I'm so sorry. Are you all right? I'll get you a brand-new set of clothes so you can change, okay? I'm truly very sorry!"

Zane Cole took a deep breath and wiped the water off his face clean!

He was absolutely certain this ridiculous man-made disaster had been arranged by Julian Sterling. If Julian Sterling hadn't done it, he'd walk on his hands!

That staff member seemed to have done it on purpose. Zane Cole was soaked from head to toe, water dripping from his clothes, his hair plastered to his forehead in strands.

By contrast, Claire Bennett beside him looked much better, with only a patch of her skirt hem wet.

Claire Bennett looked at Zane Cole and asked worriedly, "Porridge, are you okay? Why don't you go change first? It won't be good if you catch a cold. As they say, doctors can't treat themselves. What if you get sick?"

What she was even more worried about was that if Zane Cole got sick, what would happen to her mother's condition?

However, after Julian Sterling and Ruby Sterling heard those words through the surveillance feed, they took on another meaning.

Ruby Sterling rubbed her nose and whispered, "I didn't expect Claire to care about this guy that much. Seeing him get soaked, she's worried he'll get sick and immediately tells him to go change. Doesn't it kind of look like you accidentally helped your romantic rival instead...?"

After saying that, Ruby Sterling noticed Julian Sterling's icy gaze land on her.

Only then did she realize she'd probably said the wrong thing. She immediately gave an awkward little laugh and obediently shut up.

In the garden, Zane Cole and Claire Bennett were still talking.

Zane Cole said angrily, "I'm not going! I haven't finished what I was saying. I... I... achoo!"

After saying that, he immediately let out a huge sneeze. Under Claire Bennett's concerned gaze, he could only grit his teeth viciously and say, "Fine! I'll go change. Claire, wait for me."

In a little while, he was going to expose that damned man's true colors!

With that, Zane Cole left with the staff member.

Just as Claire Bennett was about to get up and leave, Julian Sterling's tall figure suddenly appeared before her. The moment she saw him, her heart inexplicably began to race in panic.

Julian Sterling had said he was away on a business trip, but he had shown up here...

So that meant she really had been lied to by her best friend and him working together?

Claire Bennett pressed her lips together. For a moment, she didn't know what to say, only felt her mind go completely blank.

After a moment, she asked with difficulty, "Julian Sterling... are you..."

Before Claire Bennett could finish, Julian Sterling cut her off. His deep eyes were steady as he said softly, "Claire, I'm sorry."

Hearing Julian Sterling apologize, Claire Bennett's heart sank to the bottom.

So he really had been lying to her all along.

Claire Bennett's face turned deathly pale. Her thoughts were in complete turmoil, and she didn't know how she should react or how she was supposed to face Julian Sterling from now on.

Yet before she could speak, Julian Sterling continued, "I came to New York on a business trip with President Sterling. I didn't expect him to actually throw such a grand birthday banquet for my grandparents."

Wait, wait, wait!

What had Julian Sterling just said?

This sudden turn caught Claire Bennett completely off guard. She widened her eyes in shock, her face full of disbelief.

Julian Sterling's words revealed several important pieces of information: he had come with President Sterling! And he was not that President Sterling!

Claire Bennett swallowed all the words she was about to say.

Everything just now had pointed to him being that President Sterling, and Claire Bennett had thought so too. Now that Julian Sterling suddenly said this, she was extremely surprised and felt like things had somehow gone beyond what she expected.

Through the surveillance feed just now, Julian Sterling had seen Claire Bennett's expression when she learned his identity. It seemed that now was not a good time to reveal it.

He could only choose to keep hiding it from Claire Bennett, and wait until she no longer had any reservations about him. Maybe then he would be able to tell her about it openly and honestly.

The more Julian Sterling thought about it, the more absurd it seemed.

He had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, always getting whatever he wanted, and he had never felt this uneasy before. Every uncertainty in his life had happened because of Claire Bennett.

Because he was afraid she would hate him, he didn't even dare tell her the truth.

Only after quite a while did Claire Bennett finally come back to herself.

She still found it hard to believe and murmured, "President Sterling threw a birthday banquet for your grandparents? Why is he being so nice?"