Doesn't Seem Like Your Style

And the man in the photo was... Julian Sterling!

Standing in front of Julian Sterling was a middle-aged man and an elegantly dressed, beautiful woman. The two seemed to be chatting quite happily, as if they were discussing something.

Most importantly, there was the text that came with the photo.

"Claire, you think Julian Sterling is some good man? President Zhao has been looking for a son-in-law in New York lately. Everybody knows about it. Julian Sterling has already successfully hooked up with him!"

Who sent the message?

For some reason, a person surfaced in Claire Bennett's mind.

Ethan Sterling!

It had to be him secretly photographing Julian Sterling.

But what had he said? President Zhao was looking for a son-in-law, and Julian Sterling had already latched onto him?

Claire Bennett didn't care. She curled her lips into a cold sneer. She knew Ethan Sterling had always wanted to break her and Julian Sterling up, so the purpose of sending her this message couldn't have been more obvious.

She didn't take the message seriously at all and deleted it directly.

A little later, Julian Sterling came back.

There was a faint smell of alcohol on him. Claire Bennett quickly went over and took the suit jacket hanging over his arm. Looking at Julian Sterling, she asked, "Julian Sterling, how did tonight's investment fair go? Did everything go smoothly?"

Julian Sterling pressed his thin lips together.

Actually, it hadn't gone very smoothly. After all, he no longer had the halo of Sterling Group behind him. No matter how promising a new company might be, plenty of people still worried about what would happen afterward and didn't dare work with him.

And most of them had come with the mentality of watching him make a fool of himself.

But fortunately, he had gotten news of Ding Lin. That could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Julian Sterling tucked away all his thoughts and gently shook his head. "No."

This wasn't Claire Bennett's first day knowing Julian Sterling. The moment she saw him hesitate, she knew things hadn't gone very smoothly, but after thinking it over, she still didn't know how to comfort him.

Her own abilities were limited. In truth, she couldn't help much.

Maybe the only thing she could do was comfort Julian Sterling.

Suddenly, Claire Bennett thought of what Old Master Sterling had said, and she said, "If you run into problems, just work hard to solve them. Avoiding them isn't the answer. Once you get through this hard part, you'll realize everything after that is open sky and open sea. From then on, nothing will be able to stump you anymore."

She was putting fresh knowledge to immediate use, using Old Master Sterling's advice to comfort Julian Sterling.

Hearing Claire Bennett's words, Julian Sterling looked at her in some surprise.

Seeing his look, Claire Bennett smiled a little awkwardly and huffed, "Julian Sterling, why are you looking at me like that!"

Julian Sterling couldn't help laughing. "How come that doesn't seem like your style?"

"Old Mr. Sterling said that." Claire Bennett said it a little sheepishly. She looked at Julian Sterling and said, "I'm trying to comfort you. Fine, forget it if you don't want it!"

Julian Sterling reached out and pulled Claire Bennett into his arms in one motion.

He lowered his head and kissed her hard. "I do. My wife's being so thoughtful to me. Looks like I'll have to reward you properly."

Claire Bennett's cheeks flushed slightly red, and she reached out to push him. "Stop fooling around."

At that moment, she remembered the photo. Originally, she hadn't planned to ask about it. After all, she trusted Julian Sterling, and asking certain things out loud would seem like she didn't trust him. It might even affect their relationship.

But Claire Bennett wasn't someone who could keep things bottled up, so she still decided that whatever the issue was, the two of them should be open and honest about it to avoid causing any misunderstandings.

After choosing her words carefully, she asked, "Julian Sterling, I heard that President Zhao is looking for a son-in-law in New York..."

Julian Sterling's expression changed slightly. President Zhao really was looking for a son-in-law in New York, and the two of them had indeed exchanged a few pleasantries at the investment fair just now.

He hadn't expected Claire Bennett to know about it.

Now that Claire Bennett was asking about it, there was more than a hint of questioning in her tone.