Sure Enough, Julian Sterling Was Tempted (Continued)

After saying that, he turned to Julian Sterling again with a pleased look and said, "President Sterling, actually... my requirements are really very simple. He just has to be handsome and ambitious. As for family background and the rest, none of that matters. As long as he's good to Madeline, that's enough..."

Harold Parker had deliberately set the bar this low so it wouldn't restrict Julian Sterling.

He was just short of saying there were no requirements at all and asking Julian Sterling to consider it, but Madeline Parker was still a young woman after all, so he had to leave his daughter a little dignity.

Julian Sterling lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "If I come across a good candidate, I'll introduce him to you."

He really hadn't thought much of it. He had just answered casually, basically to give Harold Parker some face.

Harold Parker said repeatedly, "Good, good, good. Then let me thank you in advance. Once it works out, I absolutely must treat you to a meal."

At that moment, Ethan Sterling was standing not far away, watching Julian Sterling, Harold Parker, and Madeline Parker chatting happily together with a dark look in his eyes.

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It looked like there was no need for him to arrange anything himself—Julian Sterling had already taken Harold Parker's bait.

Suddenly, someone linked arms with him. Ava Bennett stood beside him and said, "Ethan, look, you don't even need to do anything. Julian Sterling has already hooked up with President Parker's daughter."

She sneered inwardly, thinking Claire Bennett was in for it this time.

The corners of Ethan Sterling's mouth slowly lifted. He took out his phone and snapped a picture in Julian Sterling and Madeline Parker's direction. Looking at the photo on his phone, he smiled even more smugly.

Originally, he had been planning to use some special means to make Julian Sterling and President Parker's daughter sleep together.

But judging from the situation now, that probably wouldn't be necessary either.

Some methods were only meant to be used when necessary. Ethan Sterling tapped his finger on his phone and directly sent the photo to Claire Bennett.

He added: "Claire, what kind of good man do you think Julian Sterling is? Recently President Parker has been looking for a son-in-law in New York. Everyone knows about it. Julian Sterling has already successfully gotten involved with him!"

Next, he just had to wait for a rift to form between Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling!

At the residence, Claire Bennett had finished work and was at home keeping Old Madam Sterling and Old Mr. Sterling company.

The three of them were sitting together on the sofa.

Old Madam Sterling looked at Claire Bennett with loving eyes and asked concernedly, "Claire, didn't you launch a new product today? Did everything go smoothly?"

Although she had run into quite a few setbacks, Claire Bennett didn't want to talk about them in front of Old Madam Sterling and the others, so as not to make them worry along with her.

She smiled and said in a light tone, "It was okay. There weren't any problems."

"I say, you're just too much of a worrier!" Old Mr. Sterling snorted lightly from the side and said, "A new company has just been established. How could it possibly not run into problems?"

"If there really is a problem, then work hard to solve it. Avoiding it isn't the answer. Once you get past this hurdle, you'll know that what's ahead is wide open sky and sea. After that, nothing will be able to stump you anymore..."

Claire Bennett's eyes narrowed slightly.

For some reason, she felt Old Mr. Sterling's words carried a deeper meaning.

But it wasn't anything bad. Instead, it sounded more like he was patiently teaching a younger generation the ways of dealing with the world. Could it be that Old Mr. Sterling knew about something?

Sure enough, the older generation really was wiser.

Claire Bennett didn't make anything of it. She pretended not to know anything and followed Old Mr. Sterling's words, obediently saying, "Grandpa Sterling, I understand."

Old Madam Sterling couldn't help talking back. "What's wrong with me worrying about Claire and Julian? Not worrying about my grandson and granddaughter-in-law would be cold and heartless!"

She sighed and said, "Now that Tianhao is in control of Sterling Group, the people outside are definitely laughing at Julian."

"But precisely because of that, Julian needs even more to build up his company and let those people outside get a good look—what he relies on is his own ability, not the Sterling family's background."

How many people have the courage to start over like that?

But Julian Sterling did exactly that, and in an extremely short period of time, he rapidly turned the new company into something impressive, even though compared with the current Sterling Group, there was still some gap.

But it was already enough to make people admire him.

Old Madam Sterling was certain that in all of New York, there probably wasn't anyone who could do it.

Thinking of this, Old Madam Sterling added, "Julian also went to the investment fair today. Now that you two are able to get back on your feet, and will establish your own business empire in the future, Grandma is truly happy for you from the bottom of her heart."

Claire Bennett took out her phone and glanced at it. It was already getting late.