Where Did Ethan Sterling Go?

His words made Claire Bennett's cheeks burn.

What kind of analogy was that?

...

The shadow of the Sterling family dinner gathering passed quickly.

That day, Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling had a small argument, but afterward, any dissatisfaction between husband and wife vanished completely in bed.

Lately, besides being busy with matters at Bennett Group, Claire Bennett also had to travel back and forth to Chicago to handle that competition with Hazel Lewis. Fortunately, she still had Molly Lee and Sienna Shaw helping her, so it could be said that her days were extremely full and busy.

Counting it up, on average she only saw Julian Sterling once every three days.

The two of them didn't have time to make a baby again, either.

But Julian Sterling didn't have time to protest, either. Old Master Sterling was now unhappy with Claire Bennett, so he deliberately arranged a lot of work for Julian Sterling, keeping him so busy he had no time to be around Claire Bennett, wanting to use time to let their relationship grow more distant.

He was thinking that after Claire Bennett gave birth, it would also be easier to get rid of the mother and keep the child.

Claire Bennett's entry into Bennett Group did not go smoothly. After all, Ava Bennett was trying every possible way to deal with her, so how could she possibly let her have an easy time? Fortunately, Claire Bennett was not someone who gave up easily, and she also understood Ava Bennett to a certain degree.

She handled all of Ava Bennett's dirty tricks with ease, making her furious.

In the blink of an eye, the results of the competition between Claire Bennett and Hazel Lewis were about to be revealed!

That night, Claire Bennett was packing her things.

She had taken three days off from Bennett Group, and tomorrow she was flying to Chicago to deal with the Maison Verne and Nia competition.

Julian Sterling came back looking exhausted. When he saw Claire Bennett packing, he finally remembered this matter, and realized he had made no arrangements at all.

"Claire, can you manage on your own? Do you want me to go with you?"

After saying that, Julian Sterling took out his phone, wanting to call Marcus Reed and tell him to push back the work.

Claire Bennett put down what she was holding and quickly stepped forward to stop him. Smiling, she said, "You don't need to worry about me. I'm just making a trip to Chicago, it's not like anything's going to happen. You should get your own matters arranged first."

She knew that because of what happened with Megan Sterling that day, Grandpa Sterling disliked her very much. If Julian Sterling pushed aside all his work to go to Chicago with her while he was already so busy, it might make things even worse.

Julian Sterling looked at Claire Bennett thoughtfully considering him, and a warm feeling rose in his heart.

He reached out and rubbed Claire Bennett's head, saying softly, "Mm, remember to come back early. I'll be waiting for you at home."

Hearing the word home, Claire Bennett went dazed for a moment.

Only then did she remember that they had already taken this detached house in New York as their own home. Julian Sterling was right. From now on, this place in New York would be their home.

"Mm, I'll definitely come back victorious!"

...

Chicago.

Claire Bennett had gone through a lot in New York during this period, but Hazel Lewis didn't know about any of it.

She had been curious too about why Claire Bennett had suddenly vanished. On the one or two occasions she had seen her, Claire Bennett had also looked hurried and preoccupied. But before she had time to think much about it, the sales competition between the two of them was about to be revealed.

Hazel Lewis brought her people with her and headed to Sterling International with a radiant, smug look on her face.

Before entering the office, she turned and asked the little assistant beside her, "You're sure that after the calculations, Nia's sales are higher than Maison Verne's?"

Hazel Lewis had also made her own estimate two days earlier, which was why she had shown up so confidently today.

The assistant immediately said, "It's true. We've definitely won this time. Those new designers you hired before put out so many great pieces, and they've already become bestsellers. Meanwhile, Claire Bennett's side still hasn't hired any designers, so how could they possibly compete with us?"

When Hazel Lewis heard that, her face was full of smug satisfaction.

Later, she had poached several more designers with high salaries to do jewelry designs for her, and the bestselling pieces they produced had nearly sold out.

But among her few bestselling pieces, there were always a few designers pressing down on her from above. She had been trying to find a way to contact them, but had no connections at all, and she had no idea why those few designers were so aloof.

At the same time, Claire Bennett and her assistant Molly Lee also arrived at Sterling International.

As soon as Molly Lee spotted Hazel Lewis in the distance, she immediately leaned close to Claire Bennett's ear and said in a low voice, "Manager Song, the designers who came on board later have crushed Hazel Lewis's side every time they put out a design. She's been trying to poach our designers, but unfortunately none of them paid her any attention. Even now, they still don't know those designers belong to us."

As for the three designers she was talking about, Claire Bennett had originally thought they had come to her on their own, but after Julian Sterling's identity was exposed, she found out that he had actually found them for her.

So that man had quietly done so much behind the scenes.