Who Exactly Is the Joke

Not long ago, he had thought Ava Bennett was fairly attractive, and since she was the Sterling family's daughter, she should have been a pretty good match. But today, Ava Bennett had made him lose every shred of face. She was carrying on like a shrew, making a scene and humiliating him completely!

At that moment, Claire Bennett looked at Ava Bennett and said, "Ava Bennett, for today's show, I signed a contract with the organizers for models to showcase Maison Verne's jewelry. If you want to make a scene, then you've come to the wrong place."

After saying that, her gaze swept disdainfully over Ava Bennett's head. "Go home and eat some walnuts. Maybe it'll help your brain."

"What did you say..." Ava Bennett froze completely.

She looked at Claire Bennett in disbelief, almost unable to believe what she had heard. Claire Bennett had just said that she had signed the contract for today's show?

Which meant she hadn't snuck in at all?

How could this be!

Ava Bennett felt her head buzzing, and she felt awful all over.

She had looked down on Claire Bennett from the bottom of her heart, so it had never even occurred to her that Claire Bennett would have this kind of opportunity. Subconsciously, she had assumed Claire Bennett had slipped in to freeload. After finally finding something she thought she could use against Claire Bennett, how could she possibly let it go? So she had started making a huge fuss.

But she had never expected that Claire Bennett had actually signed a contract and was doing things through the proper channels.

It was like someone had dumped a bucket of cold water over Ava Bennett, and she fully came to her senses. She looked around, and when she saw the looks everyone was casting her way, she completely panicked.

At that moment, security had already come in. They were still fairly polite, only surrounding Ava Bennett as they said, "Miss Bennett, please come outside with us."

Ava Bennett could only look to Ethan Sterling for help, but Ethan Sterling was angry right now and didn't want to spare Ava Bennett so much as another glance. He pressed his thin lips together and said nothing.

"Ethan, save me..."

Ava Bennett was forcibly dragged out by security. At last, backstage at the show returned to normal, and the person in charge said, "Stop standing around in a daze. Get onstage and let's start the show!"

Claire Bennett glanced at Ethan Sterling and said with a half-smile, "Ethan Sterling, I didn't expect that after me, your taste would be just as bad as ever—actually, it's getting worse and worse. But birds of a feather flock together, so I guess that makes sense."

After saying that, Claire Bennett stopped paying any attention to Ethan Sterling and focused on arranging her jewelry.

Ethan Sterling stared at Claire Bennett's back and clenched his fists.

What could be more humiliating than being mocked by an ex-girlfriend?

When Ava Bennett had seduced him, he had thought she looked a bit like Claire Bennett, and she also had her own jewelry brand, so she shouldn't be any worse than Claire Bennett. But who would have thought Ava Bennett was brainless and would make him lose all face?

Now that he looked at it, how was Ava Bennett comparable to Claire Bennett?

No, she wasn't comparable at all.

...

After Ava Bennett's big disruption, the show quickly resumed in an orderly fashion.

Ethan Sterling had already gone back to his seat. Earlier, the person in charge of the show had been very polite to him for the sake of Sterling Group, but after what happened with Ava Bennett, he was now ignoring him completely.

Thinking of that only made Ethan Sterling despise Ava Bennett even more.

Onstage, the models walked to the music, and besides the clothes on their bodies, the jewelry on their necks, hands, ears, and elsewhere drew attention.

Every piece of jewelry on the models had been painstakingly crafted, with exquisite, luxurious designs that immediately captured everyone's attention.

Ethan Sterling heard quite a few people discussing the details of the jewelry.

He looked at the jewelry on those models.

In comparison, Claire Bennett's jewelry designs were much better than Ava Bennett's. Right now, Maison Verne just didn't have enough name recognition, but given time, it would definitely surpass Ava Bennett.

Ethan Sterling had already been somewhat unwilling to give up on Claire Bennett, and at that moment, that unwillingness reached its peak.

Why couldn't Claire Bennett come back to his side?