Julian Sterling Is Old Mr. Bennett's Grandson-in-Law

In a doting tone, he said, "Mm, it's my fault."

Claire Bennett asked again, "Did you say hello to my grandpa yet? It's his birthday today, so you should still say something to him, or he'll think his grandson-in-law has no manners."

"I didn't have time."

Actually, Julian Sterling had already sent a gift ahead of time, but Old Mr. Bennett probably still didn't know that he was Claire Bennett's husband. He wanted Claire Bennett to introduce him personally, so he told a tiny lie in front of her.

Claire Bennett sighed helplessly again and took Julian Sterling's hand. "Come on, let's go say hello to Grandpa."

After saying that, she pulled Julian Sterling toward Old Mr. Bennett.

The two of them passed by Ava Bennett and Hannah Bennett, directly ignoring them where they stood.

Ava Bennett and Hannah Bennett's eyes widened as they stared at Julian Sterling and Claire Bennett's backs in disbelief. Their heads buzzed, as if they still hadn't recovered from what had just been said.

What had Claire Bennett just said?

Julian Sterling was Old Mr. Bennett's grandson-in-law?

Then didn't that mean Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling were... were husband and wife?

"Cousin, what were you trying to do just now, sticking yourself to Mr. Sterling? Don't tell me you were trying to seduce him? Too bad... Mr. Sterling is Claire Bennett's man. You made the wrong calculation."

"You actually tried to seduce Claire Bennett's man right in front of her? You're seriously shameless. This is absolutely hilarious."

Lila Bennett had been standing off to the side the whole time. She had watched Ava Bennett and Hannah Bennett whispering to each other about Julian Sterling earlier, and she'd already been laughing herself silly inside then. Now that the two of them had made fools of themselves, she couldn't wait to mock them.

Hannah Bennett and Ava Bennett came back to their senses and felt their faces burning hot. Their expressions immediately turned extremely ugly.

How could Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling be husband and wife?

There hadn't been the slightest bit of news about it at all, which was why they thought Claire Bennett was trying to latch onto Julian Sterling.

Who would have thought that in the end, they were the joke!

Thinking it through carefully now, Claire Bennett worked at Sterling International, and wasn't Sterling International a company under Sterling Group? Then it wasn't strange at all that they had some kind of relationship.

By this time, Claire Bennett had already brought Julian Sterling in front of Old Mr. Bennett. She said softly, "Grandpa, this is Julian Sterling."

Old Mr. Bennett lifted his eyes and looked toward Julian Sterling and Claire Bennett. The two of them were extremely well-matched in appearance, looking just like a golden couple.

He had just thought that Julian Sterling had been invited by Ava Bennett, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be Claire Bennett.

Although Ava Bennett was unwilling deep down, to Old Mr. Bennett there wasn't much difference. After all, they were both his granddaughters. No matter which one ended up with Julian Sterling, it would be very beneficial to their Bennett Group. It seemed his earlier demand that Claire Bennett return to Bennett Group really hadn't been wrong.

And Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling weren't just dating now—they were already married.

That meant the Sterling family and the Bennett family were now related by marriage!

Thinking of this, Old Mr. Bennett smiled even more happily.

"Good, good, good. I never expected Claire to have become so capable now."

Lila Bennett seized the chance to chime in from the side, "Exactly—way better than Ava Bennett!"

Ava Bennett's face darkened again at what she heard. She wished she could slap Lila Bennett hard across the mouth, but she had always played the lady, so she could only hate silently in her heart and glare at Lila Bennett coldly.

In the end, because of Julian Sterling, Old Mr. Bennett had a very favorable impression of Claire Bennett, and he pulled her along to chat and laugh as if there were no estrangement at all.

As for Ava Bennett, she was left hanging off to the side the whole time, thoroughly ignored.

By the time the birthday banquet ended, neither Ava Bennett nor Hannah Bennett looked very good.

After the banquet ended, Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling were invited by Victor Bennett to the Bennett house. Looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar house before her, Claire Bennett was filled with emotion.

After all, she had once lived here for a period of time when she was little. Now that she had returned again, everything had long since changed.

Besides wanting to talk with Claire Bennett, Victor Bennett actually had another very important reason.

It was about Claire Bennett's mother.

As long as that layer of connection still existed in her marriage with Julian Sterling, it could never last long.

With a ticking time bomb like that there, it might explode at any moment.

The last time he learned that Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling were together, he had been very worried about their relationship.

But at the time Claire Bennett had been very resistant to him. Now that she was willing to return to the Bennett family and come back to Bennett Group, it proved that she was willing to talk to him, and perhaps she was no longer so resistant.