Chapter 545
Whose Problem Is It That They Can't Have a Child?
That's right!
Otherwise, why would they resort to a trick like a fake pregnancy? Old Mr. Sterling's brows were knit so tightly they could kill a mosquito. He muttered, "If that woman really can't have children, then what is Julian supposed to do?"
Although she echoed Old Mr. Sterling's words, Old Mrs. Sterling still sided with Claire Bennett. She gave a light snort and said, "How do you know it's Claire's problem? What if there's something wrong with Julian's body instead?"
Old Mr. Sterling had originally wanted to argue back, but after thinking it over carefully, he felt that wasn't impossible either. After all, no one could say for sure about this kind of thing. If the problem really lay with the Sterling family, then no matter how many women they brought in, they still wouldn't be able to produce a great-grandson.
Old Mrs. Sterling sighed and said, "Enough, stop worrying about it. Because you've been blindly butting in lately, Claire and Julian have split up. Looking at how things are... if Julian wants to win Claire back, he's definitely going to have to put in a lot of effort. Wait until they're back together before you start worrying about their situation."
"Mm." Old Mr. Sterling responded in a low voice.
For now, this was the only thing they could do.
...
At the same time, Ruby Sterling caught up with Julian Sterling and said with a worried look on her face, "Julian, are you really planning to give up the Sterling family?"
Julian Sterling looked composed and said nothing.
He had originally thought he could control everything, but Claire Bennett really was leaving him.
Seeing Julian Sterling like this, Ruby Sterling looked helpless. She said pitifully, "Julian, then what are we supposed to do now?"
After a pause, she added, "But after what happened today, I think Grandpa and Grandma probably won't interfere in your affairs anymore. Actually, that counts as a good thing, right?"
When Julian Sterling heard that, his expression eased slightly.
He felt that Ruby Sterling was right. The two elders of the Sterling family probably would not interfere in his and Claire Bennett's affairs for the time being, and that would also give him time to win Claire Bennett back.
The process had been somewhat less than ideal, but the result was still pretty good. It could be considered an indirect way of achieving the effect he wanted.
"Julian, since you're going to pursue Claire, I think the first thing is to get close to her, right? Didn't you say she isn't living with the Bennett family now? You can start there! If you live near her, then wouldn't you be able to see each other every day? Maybe that would rekindle Claire's love for you!"
Ruby Sterling enthusiastically began giving Julian Sterling ideas.
"Mm." Julian Sterling responded lightly, thinking what she said made a lot of sense.
Ruby Sterling still wanted to say more, but Julian Sterling suddenly looked at her and said, "Your wedding with Cameron Quinn is about to take place. You don't need to worry about Claire and me. You should take care of yourself first."
"Oh..." Ruby Sterling swallowed the words that had reached her lips.
She and Cameron Quinn were only getting married to use each other. It was just a marriage of convenience to begin with, so there was really nothing to look forward to.
...
After Claire Bennett was tricked into going to the Sterling family that day, she was forced to draw a clear line between herself and Julian Sterling.
For the past two days, she could only numb herself with work so she wouldn't think about Julian Sterling. As for the news outside, she didn't even dare glance at it, afraid she would see some report about Julian Sterling getting engaged to some rich heiress.
But she felt that their marriage certificate was still in effect, so legally they should still count as husband and wife. Julian Sterling probably wouldn't move that fast, would he?
But the Sterling family had already arranged blind dates for Julian Sterling under these circumstances, so it wasn't impossible for them to do anything.
Claire Bennett sighed.
"Manager Bennett, what's wrong? Are you worried about finding investors lately?" Molly's puzzled voice sounded beside Claire Bennett's ear.
Claire Bennett smiled and hurriedly suppressed all the emotions in her heart. "Mm, it's nothing. Don't worry about me. I'll think it through myself. Maybe then I'll figure it out."
What was she thinking so wildly for? Since she was already going to separate from Julian Sterling, she should stop dwelling on that man!
Whether he was going on blind dates or getting married now had nothing to do with her at all.
"All right." Although Molly felt that something was off, since Claire Bennett said she was fine, she didn't continue pressing her.
"By the way, have those investors we contacted last time replied?"
"Not yet. It's already been a week. Maybe they're not interested. Otherwise they would've contacted us about investing by now."
Because of her split with Julian Sterling, Claire Bennett had also transferred all of Maison Verne from Sterling Group in Chicago over to Bennett Group, so her former assistant Molly, Sienna Shaw, and the others all came along as well.
Among them were three designers whom Julian Sterling had secretly found for her back when she had competed against Hazel Lewis. She had originally planned to let them stay behind, but they insisted on following her, so Claire Bennett had no choice but to bring them all to New York with her as well.
Now that Maison Verne was just getting started at Bennett Group, and all of Bennett Group was under Ava Bennett's control, it would not be easy for her to surpass Ava Bennett.
Ava Bennett thought the same way. She wanted to suppress Claire Bennett and make it impossible for her to survive at Bennett Group, so lately she had been constantly stirring up trouble in every possible way.
But Claire Bennett had dealt with all of it, and Ava Bennett hadn't gained any advantage.
Speak of the devil, and the devil appears—Ava Bennett had come looking for trouble again!