Chapter 505
The Attempt to Drive a Wedge Between Them Failed
Mrs. Sterling's banquet this time had been planned with Claire Bennett's help. Although they had gone easy on her out of concern for her health and hadn't let her work too hard, Claire Bennett still hadn't done any less of what needed to be done, and Mrs. Sterling was still very satisfied deep down.
Now that she heard Hazel Lewis say this, her expression turned somewhat meaningful.
Hazel Lewis was only a minor rich girl from Chicago, while Claire Bennett was the daughter of the New York Bennett family. If you really compared them, Claire Bennett had seen far more of the world than Hazel Lewis had.
She didn't particularly like Hazel Lewis's way of putting other people down to elevate her own status.
To begin with, Mrs. Sterling had never been all that warm toward Hazel Lewis. It was only because Mr. Sterling liked Hazel Lewis that she had been somewhat more cordial to her. Now that Hazel Lewis had said something like this, Mrs. Sterling became a little more distant toward her.
But in front of so many people, it also wasn't good to contradict Hazel Lewis and make her lose face.
Mrs. Sterling still wasn't willing to be too ruthless about it. She only said lightly, "I understand. As for Julian's future wife, I will definitely keep a close eye on her."
Hazel Lewis had thought Mrs. Sterling would dislike Claire Bennett together with her, just like Megan Sterling did.
But unexpectedly, Mrs. Sterling merely responded blandly, without even much expression, as though she hadn't taken what she had just said to heart at all. Hazel Lewis instantly became a little anxious.
But Mrs. Sterling clearly didn't want to talk to her about these topics. Just then, another lady came to speak with Mrs. Sterling. She apologized to Hazel Lewis, then left with that lady.
Watching Mrs. Sterling's departing back, a dark look appeared in Hazel Lewis's eyes.
Anyway, with Claire Bennett's kind of status, she definitely wasn't qualified to enter the Sterling family. Hazel Lewis could only think of another way to curry favor with Mrs. Sterling.
...
At this moment, Ruby Sterling had already found Claire Bennett in an upstairs room.
When she saw Claire Bennett leisurely watching TV and eating, she was utterly speechless.
"Claire! Why are you still here? My brother couldn't find you and was practically going crazy with worry, and your phone was turned off too! And yet you're here watching TV."
Claire Bennett lifted her eyes and glanced at Ruby Sterling, picked up her phone and checked it, then said, "My phone just died earlier. I didn't notice."
Fine then. At that moment Ruby Sterling noticed that Claire Bennett hadn't even changed out of her dress, and she asked, "You haven't even changed your clothes. Hurry up and change, and let's go downstairs together."
Claire Bennett helplessly curled her lips slightly. "Ruby, I'm not going downstairs. You should go back first."
"Huh? Why?" Ruby Sterling was still a little dumbfounded, not knowing what exactly was going on with Claire Bennett.
Claire Bennett silently let out a sigh. "Just now Grandpa Sterling told me to stay upstairs and not come down and wander around if nothing was wrong."
"What!" Ruby Sterling was simply stunned.
She had never expected Mr. Sterling would do something like this. Not letting Claire Bennett come downstairs—who exactly was he trying to humiliate?
Although she felt deeply that Claire Bennett had been wronged, she was still a little afraid of Mr. Sterling and didn't dare let Claire Bennett go downstairs either.
"I'm going to find my brother!" As soon as she said it, Ruby Sterling turned and ran off.
"Hey, Ruby... wait..." Claire Bennett didn't want her own affairs to cause a conflict between Julian Sterling and Mr. Sterling, but Ruby Sterling had already run off without looking back, and there was no way for her to catch up.
In the end, Claire Bennett could only return to her seat and sit down.
She plugged in her phone to charge, planning to tell Julian Sterling about it later over the phone so he wouldn't worry about her situation.