He Was Going to Clean House with Jasmine Kane

...

At the same time, Claire Bennett was still overwhelmed by the new product launch.

On top of that, Ian Walsh's matter had had an extremely bad impact on her new release. She had reached out to jewelry media outlets to promote Maison Verne's new designs, but to her surprise, everyone was more interested in her gossip than the jewelry, and they kept hounding her with questions about the scandal.

In the end, she could only brush them off and hang up.

Molly Lee had vaguely overheard what the other side was saying and roughly knew what they had talked about.

She remembered what had happened the day she and Sienna Shaw went to find Ian Walsh, and she still felt a little shaken. She had never expected Claire Bennett's husband to actually be Mr. Sterling!

He really had been hiding in plain sight!

No wonder when she had asked Claire Bennett whether the person backing her was Mr. Sterling, all the evidence had already pointed that way so early on.

But what shocked her most was that Claire Bennett still had absolutely no idea who her husband really was.

Otherwise, all she'd have to do was go home and cling to her husband's leg, and this whole thing would be solved in minutes. She might not even have to work so hard running Maison Verne anymore.

Unfortunately, she couldn't say a word about it. It was killing her to keep it in!

"Manager Song, actually, I don't think we need to worry too much about this. Maybe when the time comes, things will work themselves out," Molly Lee comforted her from the side.

Claire Bennett nodded helplessly and could only console herself. "You're right. Even bad publicity is still publicity. Our launch didn't have much buzz to begin with, so at least this is bringing us some attention."

Molly Lee: "..."

Maybe that wasn't what she meant?

She just felt that Mr. Sterling wouldn't sit by and ignore this.

...

Inside Nia's office.

Willow Lane was sitting inside, smiling at Hazel Lewis as she said, "I'm afraid Maison Verne's new product launch won't go smoothly tomorrow. I've already made arrangements with Ian Walsh and told him to go wreck it. He's agreed."

Hazel Lewis hadn't expected Willow Lane to persuade Ian Walsh so quickly. She looked at Willow Lane curiously and asked, "What did you use to get him to agree to that?"

Seeing Hazel Lewis's curious expression, Willow Lane felt a wave of smug satisfaction.

She leaned back in her chair leisurely and said with a mocking smile, "I told him I could help him get Claire Bennett into bed. I didn't expect him to agree without a second thought. Let him ruin Maison Verne's launch first."

"Is that so? You really are clever," Hazel Lewis praised.

It would be best if something really did happen between Claire Bennett and Ian Walsh. Then the Sterling family probably wouldn't be able to tolerate Claire Bennett anymore.

Hazel Lewis sneered inwardly. Using Willow Lane this time had really done her a favor.

When those two fought each other to the death, she would just sit back and enjoy the show!

Willow Lane had blamed everything about being deceived over the fake Mr. Sterling on Claire Bennett.

And now Claire Bennett had even brought in Sienna Shaw to seduce Wes Mercer, clearly trying to step on her face to climb higher. It was absolutely ridiculous. Only someone like Sienna Shaw would be interested in a nobody assistant like Wes Mercer.

Hazel Lewis seemed to think of Wes Mercer too, and she asked, "How are things now between you and that fake Mr. Sterling? Actually, I think you could work with him again and persuade him to help you deal with Claire Bennett."

At the mention of Wes Mercer's name, disgust appeared on Willow Lane's face.

She snorted unhappily. "Don't even mention that man. Claire Bennett has now brought over one of Bennett Group's former designers, and the two of them are actually dating. I don't know if they're doing it just to disgust me."

"Oh? Something like that happened?"

Then Willow Lane told Hazel Lewis about seeing Sienna Shaw and Wes Mercer that day.

She ground her teeth and said, "That bastard actually pretended to be Mr. Sterling to trick me. Just seeing him now makes me sick. There's no way I could ever forgive him, much less work with him. He'd better stay out of my sight."

Hazel Lewis had only been making a suggestion. But seeing Willow Lane react so strongly, she didn't say anything more.

"This time, arranging for Ian Walsh to go after Claire Bennett can at least help you vent some anger."

Willow Lane nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Let's see how Claire Bennett handles making a fool of herself in public this time!"

When Hazel Lewis saw how deeply Willow Lane hated Claire Bennett, she couldn't help secretly laughing to herself.

This woman was really easy to manipulate. She had directly made Claire Bennett into her imaginary enemy and was using every trick she had to go after her, so Hazel Lewis didn't have to lift a finger at all. When the time came, she would definitely record Claire Bennett's total public disgrace and hand it over to Old Mr. Sterling.

...

At quitting time, Willow Lane happened to run into Wes Mercer in the elevator as he was getting off work too.

Wes Mercer froze for a moment, then opened his mouth as if to greet her.

Unexpectedly, the moment Willow Lane saw him, the anger from being deceived flared up again in her heart. She immediately pulled a long face and shot him a fierce, irritated glare.

Wes Mercer had already been discharged from the hospital and gone home over the past two days. Because Julian Sterling had taken Marcus Reed to New York to handle personal matters, while the affairs in Chicago were being left in his care, the two were splitting up the work.

Ever since getting falling-down drunk that night, Wes Mercer had let go of Willow Lane.

Now when he saw Willow Lane again, he no longer felt heartbroken. Still, because they had once briefly dated, he couldn't be completely unmoved.

In contrast to Willow Lane's indignation, Wes Mercer seemed much calmer. He gave Willow Lane a slight nod in greeting.

Willow Lane didn't even look at him. She gave a light snort and moved far away from him.

When the elevator arrived, she left without the slightest pause. Her figure quickly disappeared from sight, as if she had no desire whatsoever to stay in the same space as Wes Mercer.

Just then, as Wes Mercer was about to step out, he unexpectedly ran into Sienna Shaw, who was about to get on the elevator.

Recently, because Wes Mercer had already been discharged from the hospital, and because Sienna Shaw had been busy helping Claire Bennett prepare for the launch, she hadn't brought him any meals for several days.

"Wes Mercer, did you just get off work?"

"Uh... yeah." Wes Mercer paused, then nodded.

Sienna Shaw noticed that something seemed off about his expression and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well somewhere?"