He's Already Been Fired

Fortunately, nothing too unexpected had happened. Sure enough, she'd heard too much random nonsense from Ruby before, and it had made her start overthinking too.

...

At the same time, Julian Sterling returned to his own apartment.

He took out his phone and called Landon West. The call was answered after two rings. "Young Master Sterling, how did it go? Was my future sister-in-law satisfied with the investment?"

Landon West wasn't that old either, basically about the same age as Julian Sterling, and the two had a good relationship.

He didn't speak with much restraint either, just like an ordinary close friend.

These past two days, Landon West had been out on vacation. When Julian Sterling asked him for help, he readily agreed, but since he couldn't come back for the time being, he could only have one of his managers handle the matter.

It was just that when he gave instructions, he said it was for someone from Bennett Group, without specifically saying it was Claire Bennett.

At the time, Ava Bennett and Claire Bennett had both gone, and the manager over there, Jason Chang, happened to be able to use this matter to do Ava Bennett a favor. He could also take advantage of the situation to get a little benefit for himself, which was how things turned out this way.

Julian Sterling let out a cold laugh. "Satisfied? Your company's employee invested in someone else."

"What?" Landon West was completely dumbfounded.

How could that be? Could it be that the people under him were obeying in public and defying in private?

"President Sterling, wait a moment. I'll go ask what exactly happened." After saying that, Landon West hung up.

Five minutes later, Landon West called again.

His voice was helpless as he said ingratiatingly, "I've already gotten to the bottom of it. Turns out one of the people under me refused to listen to me. He's got a lot of nerve! But I've already fired him. I'll be back in New York tomorrow, and I'll personally receive my future sister-in-law then. I'll definitely make her satisfied!"

The next day, Claire Bennett got up and went to work. As she passed Julian Sterling's place, she even craned her head to look. She was always afraid of running into him, yet at the same time faintly hoped that she would.

Only then did Claire Bennett realize that she had never forgotten Julian Sterling at all.

She still had feelings for Julian Sterling, but there was basically no possibility left for them. She forcefully suppressed the emotions in her heart.

After arriving at Bennett Group, Claire Bennett saw a crowd gathered there. Ava Bennett and her assistant Olivia Lawson were surrounded in the middle by a group of people. She didn't know what they had said, but everyone was chatting and laughing, and it looked extremely lively.

After Claire Bennett walked in, the employees suddenly went quiet.

All of a sudden, one employee looked at Claire Bennett with ill intent and asked in a mocking tone, "Claire Bennett, how come I heard you failed when you went to see Hudson Capital? And now Hudson Capital chose Manager Ava instead. You're too pitiful, aren't you? Don't be sad now."

Looking at the smile on the woman's lips, Claire Bennett's eyes instantly turned cold.

Yesterday, Ava Bennett had gone straight to Hudson Capital and snatched her investment, and now she was already showing off proudly.

When Ava Bennett saw Claire Bennett's expression, she curled her lips into a mocking smile. All this was thanks to the fact that she knew Jason Chang. To thank him, she had even swallowed her pride and gone to dinner with him. He had almost dragged her off to get a room, and fortunately she had found another excuse to put him off.

But fortunately, the outcome had been good.

Although Claire Bennett had worked at Bennett Group before, now that she had come back, she was pretty much like a newcomer, and Bennett Group's employees were not especially respectful toward her.

Instead, Ava Bennett was more popular.

Everyone looked toward Ava Bennett and began flattering her.

"Manager Ava, this time your launch event got investment from a company as big as Hudson Capital. It's definitely going to be incredible. I heard that none of Hudson Capital's investment projects have ever failed. Their President Monroe has an amazing eye."

"Then doesn't that mean Manager Ava's launch event is going to blow up?"

Hearing that, Ava Bennett covered her mouth and laughed softly. "Oh, stop flattering me. Since the launch event now has investment, I'll give it my all. As for whether it succeeds or not, I'll leave that to fate."

Several of them continued, "Oh, don't be so modest."

"Exactly, we'll just wait for your huge success!"

Suddenly, someone glanced at Claire Bennett, who was standing nearby, and said, "But... Claire Bennett doesn't have any investment right now, so she can't put on her launch event, can she?"

As soon as those words fell, everyone's gaze turned toward Claire Bennett again.

Actually, Claire Bennett had wanted to go into her office earlier, but this group of women was blocking her way, so even if she wanted to get past them, she couldn't.

And just now, they had all been fawning over Ava Bennett, and no one had paid attention to her.

Now that she saw everyone looking at her, Claire Bennett finally spoke coldly. "The deadline hasn't passed yet, so how do you know I can't get investment? Move, please. I need to work."

Hearing Claire Bennett's words, quite a few people mocked her inwardly.

Ava Bennett, however, said kindly, "Sis, why don't you go see President Monroe after all? After all, your launch event is on the same day as mine. If you don't have investment by then, it'll probably look really shabby. What you'll be embarrassing is our Bennett Group."