Chapter 429
Who Told You to Do This
But just now Ian Walsh himself already came out and said it: he had framed Claire Bennett, and this matter had nothing whatsoever to do with her.
If Ian Walsh's wife hadn't shown up, they probably would have been completely fooled by him.
The reporters who had been stirring things up just now saw how things stood and felt that something was very wrong. They immediately tried to slip away quietly.
Just then, Wes Mercer suddenly appeared from who knew where, with quite a few bodyguards in black following behind him.
With a cold expression, he said, "Round up everyone who spread rumors just now. They slandered Sterling International's reputation. Our company's legal team will be filing suit against them!"
The people who had taken Willow Lane's money to come make trouble were scared out of their minds when they saw this.
Willow Lane had said that once this matter blew up, Claire Bennett would have no help at all, and might even be fired.
That was why they had dared to do it. They never expected Ian Walsh's wife to show up, and drag them into punishment like this. Sterling International's legal team didn't get paid for nothing. They could sue people into bankruptcy, and they had never lost a dispute involving Sterling International.
Now that kind of overkill was being used on them, wasn't it just a complete steamrolling?
Right away, quite a few people turned pale with panic.
Especially Cheng Bin, whose face was full of fear. The more he thought about it, the more terrified he became. With a thud, he dropped to his knees in front of Claire Bennett and said tremblingly, "Miss Song, this is all my fault. I was just doing a job for money. I actually don't know anything at all about your situation. That person told me everything!"
Claire Bennett lowered her eyes to look at him. "Who told you to do this?"
Actually, Claire Bennett knew who had done it, but there were still plenty of reporters here right now. She asked on purpose because she wanted that person's actions exposed in front of everyone!
How could Cheng Bin still dare to hide anything? Right now, he only wanted to clear the charges off himself.
"It... it was Willow Lane!"
When Molly Lee heard this, she felt deeply satisfied. She gave a soft snort and said loudly, "You all heard that, right? Willow Lane was behind this. She's currently a designer for Sterling International's Nia, and Maison Verne and Nia are in a sales competition. Willow Lane deliberately framed our Manager Song because of that. Manager Song never had any involvement whatsoever with Ian Walsh!"
After hearing this, the reporters present finally understood what was going on.
This was internal competition within Sterling International. They had almost been played like monkeys just now!
...
At the same time, Willow Lane and Hazel Lewis were in the office.
Just a second ago, they had been happily watching Claire Bennett make a fool of herself, but they never expected the situation to suddenly take such a nosedive.
Ian Walsh's wife had come looking for them, and had spilled everything about the matter.
Not only that, everything Willow Lane had done behind the scenes had now been exposed.
Willow Lane didn't know why things had turned out this way, but Hazel Lewis did.
Her expression darkened. Just now, she had heard what Jasmine Kane said. She said President Sterling had shown up at their door!
Julian Sterling!
Julian Sterling had helped Claire Bennett again. He had actually gone to the Kane family for Claire Bennett. Shouldn't the normal reaction have been that once he found out Claire Bennett's relationship with another man was shady and unclear, he would immediately break up with her?
But now it seemed like things had completely reversed.
Hazel Lewis nearly crushed her own palm from clenching it so hard.
She could hardly accept that things had failed just like this. This had clearly been a sure thing!
Compared to Hazel Lewis's gloominess, Willow Lane looked absolutely furious.
She shot up from her chair and gritted out angrily, "What's going on! How did Jasmine Kane show up? Ian Walsh is even insisting that I was the one behind this. Now I..."
Before Willow Lane could finish speaking, her phone rang.
"Hello."
"Miss Willow Lane, regarding Ian Walsh's matter..."
Before the caller could finish, Willow Lane viciously hung up.
But after hanging up on the first call, there came a second, then a third. Different calls kept coming in, making her phone ring nonstop.
In the end, Willow Lane turned off her phone, and only then did the whole world become quiet.
Willow Lane thought about how her actions had now been exposed, and everyone was watching her. Maybe her other matters would also draw attention. What was she supposed to do then?
"Hazel, you have to help me!"
Willow Lane said indignantly, "I went to Ian Walsh to work with him so I could help you bring down Claire Bennett. Now that this has blown up so badly, my position in Sterling International is definitely going to be affected."
Hazel Lewis looked at the nonstop flood on her phone screen, all of it cursing Willow Lane. Her brows knitted tightly, and her expression was somewhat ugly.