Chapter 371
I'm with Sterling Group
At that moment, there were still some nosy onlookers hanging around, unwilling to leave. Sienna Shaw felt like they were being made into a joke, so she tugged on Claire Bennett and said, "Manager Song, let's go inside and talk. They probably won't come back again."
Claire Bennett nodded lightly.
The two of them walked into Sienna Shaw's home together, and after closing the door, they were cut off from everyone's line of sight.
Sienna Shaw's place was very small and looked quite shabby. Other than a few simple pieces of furniture, there was nothing else in it.
Her emotions had already calmed down. Seeing Claire Bennett standing there, an uneasy look came over her face, and she blushed awkwardly as she said, "Manager Song, it's pretty messy here. I hope you don't mind."
Back when Claire Bennett was still at Bennett Group, she had been a manager. Even though she had already left Bennett Group many years ago, Sienna Shaw still hadn't changed the way she addressed her.
Claire Bennett casually found a place to sit down, then asked, "What's your situation now? After I left Bennett Group, did you stop working in design altogether?"
Hearing Claire Bennett's words, Sienna Shaw's eyes started to grow wet again.
"I..." Sienna Shaw's mind was in a mess, as if she didn't know where to begin. In the end, she steadied her emotions before slowly continuing, "After that incident happened to you back then, another major thing happened too. Later, everyone in our team was fired..."
Claire Bennett's brows knitted tightly, and a look of confusion flashed across her face.
She knew the team she had led definitely wouldn't be accepted by others, but it shouldn't have gone so far as all of them being fired, right?
She hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened?"
Sienna Shaw wiped away her tears and began talking about what had happened back then.
"After you left, everyone in our team had a year's salary withheld. Later, Willow Lane used the fact that Ava Bennett favored her to keep targeting us. She brazenly took our designs to competitions and even put her own name on them. If we didn't hand them over to her, the only option was to leave Bennett Group. But if we left, then all our hard work would be handed over to her anyway!"
Bennett Group was one of the best in the industry. Sienna Shaw and the others couldn't bear to give up such a good opportunity, so they could only obey Willow Lane.
Anyway, in jewelry design, most people only cared whether the finished pieces looked good, not so much who the designer was.
Claire Bennett frowned even more when she heard that.
She asked, "How could you let her take your designs? Even if Ava Bennett was backing her, you still could have reported it to President Song."
Although Claire Bennett didn't have much affection for that father of hers, when it came to something like this, she knew he wouldn't have favored Willow Lane either.
Sienna Shaw let out a heavy sigh and said bitterly, "Because of what happened to you, we had no voice at all. Ava Bennett was in charge of everything at Bennett Group. We simply had no room to fight back."
Claire Bennett vaguely understood now. It was precisely because Sienna Shaw had given all her work to Willow Lane that she had no reputation at all in this industry, and now looked like some newcomer who couldn't do anything.
"Then how did you end up leaving Bennett Group? And after you left, did you really stop working in design?"
At this point, Sienna Shaw started to get emotional.
Choking back sobs, she said, "Later, I didn't want to give my designs to Willow Lane, so she falsely accused me of stealing her designs. Willow Lane even had Ava Bennett circulate my name throughout the industry, so no matter where I went, no one would hire me."
"After I left Bennett Group, I couldn't find work for the time being. My mother also fell ill and needed a lot of money for treatment. I only borrowed from loan sharks because I had no other way out."
Claire Bennett had more or less come to understand what Sienna Shaw's life had been like over the past few years.
Sienna Shaw had been blacklisted in the industry by Ava Bennett, but hadn't Claire Bennett gone through the same thing?
It was just that Claire Bennett could still work as a mural artist, while Sienna Shaw had it even worse and now owed a huge debt.
It seemed they were both women fated to suffer.
Claire Bennett said in a low voice, "Don't think about the past anymore. Right now, there's a chance for you to get revenge. Come work with me. Willow Lane happens to be on the opposing side from me. As long as we beat her, you'll be able to vent all the resentment you've built up over the years, and you'll also have money to pay off your debts."
She looked at Sienna Shaw and said seriously, "I wasn't joking with those people just now. I really do want you to come work with me. Are you willing?"
"Manager Song, are you serious?"
Sienna Shaw stared at Claire Bennett without blinking, as if she couldn't believe what she had just heard.
She had always thought she would never be able to work in this industry again. She never expected that now she could actually reenter it. Was she really not dreaming?
Sienna Shaw viciously pinched her own thigh. Only after feeling the pain did she realize that all of this was real!
Crying, she said, "Thank you... Manager Song, you really are our savior. I'll definitely work hard!"
Claire Bennett held out her hand to Sienna Shaw. A faint smile curved her lips as she said, "Sienna Shaw, congratulations on joining Maison Verne."