Chapter 547
Good News
Ava Bennett's expression shifted for quite a while before she sneered, "Heh! Claire Bennett, your mother is a vegetable now. So what if she has a share in Bennett Group?"
"She's not dead yet. You want to take back the shares on her behalf? Don't make me laugh. Or else..." She paused, then continued with a smile, "Or else help her go sooner. Then you'll be able to get her shares back."
Ava Bennett knew Claire Bennett's mother was her weak spot. Using this to provoke Claire Bennett now would definitely make her furious.
Hearing Ava Bennett's words, Claire Bennett lowered her lashes lightly.
Her mother had indeed been lying in a vegetative state for many years, and was now receiving treatment at Zane Cole's hospital. Last time they had said there was some good news, but waking up was not going to be that easy.
Ava Bennett was being so brazen now precisely because she knew her mother was still alive. Normally, only after someone died could their children inherit everything. That was why she and Hannah Bennett had been so arrogant all these years. They knew that as long as her mother was alive, Claire couldn't take back what belonged to her mother.
So even though Claire had made them feel a sense of crisis at Grandpa's birthday banquet last time, in the end she still couldn't really do anything to them.
For now, only by gaining a foothold in Bennett Group would she have a chance to talk about anything else.
Claire Bennett calmed down. She lifted her eyes and looked at Ava Bennett calmly, not nearly as agitated as Ava had imagined. "My mother's condition has been pretty good lately. Zane Cole's medical skills are excellent. Maybe one day she really will wake up. I may not be able to do anything to you right now, but that doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future."
Hearing Claire Bennett's words, Ava Bennett's heart suddenly tightened.
She looked at Claire Bennett suspiciously. Her mother's condition had improved?
But very quickly, she suppressed the panic in her heart. Claire Bennett's mother hadn't woken up for so long already—how could she possibly wake up now? What a joke!
"Talk when she actually wakes up!"
Ava Bennett let out a light snort, lifted her chin, turned, and left.
After coming out, she still felt uneasy. She looked at Olivia Lawson beside her and said, "Move next month's new product launch. Change it to the same day as Claire Bennett's!"
"Okay, Manager Song," Olivia Lawson answered at once.
Ava Bennett sneered. She was going to use this chance to crush Claire Bennett properly. By then, Claire definitely wouldn't be able to establish herself in Bennett Group, much less take back Bennett Group's shares.
...
Inside the office.
When Molly Lee saw that Ava Bennett had finally left, all the wariness on her face faded. "Manager Song, that Ava Bennett just now was way too arrogant."
Claire Bennett didn't take it to heart. She said lightly, "Just think of her as a dog. If a dog bites you, you can't exactly bite it back."
Hearing Claire Bennett compare Ava Bennett to a dog, Molly Lee couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.
"Alright, go get back to work. Try to contact a few more investors. Maybe someone will take an interest in us and invest," Claire Bennett said with a smile.
"Okay, Manager Song, don't worry. I'll definitely pull myself together! I'll do my best to let the investors see how good we are. As long as someone invests in us, we'll be able to get the launch event going."
After saying that, Molly Lee sighed. "What a pity that you and President Sterling split up, Manager Song. Otherwise, if he came to invest in us, then he definitely would..."
Halfway through, she suddenly realized she had said the wrong thing and abruptly fell silent.
Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling weren't on very good terms right now. She really had brought up exactly the wrong thing.
"I... I'm going back to work." Molly Lee immediately turned and left, fleeing the office.
After Molly Lee left, Claire Bennett sat at her desk in a daze.
She wondered how Julian Sterling was doing now.
That day she had told Julian Sterling to handle the divorce procedures with her as soon as possible, but Julian Sterling still hadn't contacted her. She didn't know why.
That evening after work, when Claire Bennett opened the door at her apartment, someone suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Startled, she hurriedly shoved the person away, only to look up and see a familiar handsome face.
Julian Sterling?
He brushed away her hand and turned to walk into her apartment. Looking at the man who had appeared so suddenly, Claire Bennett asked, "Julian Sterling, what are you doing here?"
He stared at Claire Bennett with deep eyes, his expression somewhat complicated.
Seeing him like this, Claire Bennett suddenly felt a little panicked. For some reason, she had the feeling Julian Sterling seemed to be carrying some kind of emotion.
Could it be that, because of the things she had said to him while he was pretending to be sick, he had come to settle the score with her now?
Just as Claire Bennett's thoughts were running wild, Julian Sterling said, "Claire, I don't agree with what you said before. I want to be with you. Even if my grandpa and grandma try to stop us, it won't work. I came to find you because I wanted to tell you this."
Looking at Julian Sterling's resolute expression, a trace of helplessness appeared in Claire Bennett's eyes.
A moment later, she lifted her gaze to Julian Sterling and asked, "If your grandfather keeps opposing us, what will you do?"
Julian Sterling looked at Claire Bennett and said firmly, "I'll fight them to the end."
Hearing his words, Claire Bennett fell silent and lowered her lashes.
What she feared most had still happened!
In the past, Julian Sterling had already clashed with the other members of the Sterling family for her sake, even falling out with them and wanting to break away from the family.
Later, it was because of her fake pregnancy that their relationship had eased again. Now that the matter of their pregnancy had already been exposed, if Julian Sterling clashed with the Sterling family again, then it would be too painful.
This was not what she wanted.
She didn't want Julian Sterling to fight against the Sterling family for her, and she also didn't want Julian Sterling to leave the Sterling family.
A man as outstanding as Julian Sterling ought to stand at the very top and become a man admired by everyone. Only a sufficiently powerful family background could become his support.
Julian Sterling had no idea what Claire Bennett was thinking. A tender, affectionate look appeared on his face, and he stretched out his arms and pulled her tightly into his embrace. "After you left, I already made things clear to Grandpa. I don't want blind dates. I only want you, one woman."